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Rob Draper

Rob Draper is a football reporter and current European Football Writer of the Year

September 2024

  • Jamal Musiala at Bayern Munich’s training ground

    Jamal Musiala: ‘How English do I feel? How German? You could say 50-50’

  • Rodri shows the pain after suffering the knee injury against Arsenal on Sunday

    Manchester City eye Torino’s Samuele Ricci after Rodri is ruled out for season

August 2024

  • Travis Tygart

    Wada investigator ‘helped’ with Usada scheme to recruit Kenyan runner

    Wada insists it ordered Usada to shut down programme, with the agencies in a war of words after Observer investigation

July 2024

  • Kenya runners

    Revealed: how a Kenyan runner turned undercover agent to lift the lid on dopers

  • Dani Olmo clears Marc Guéhi’s header off the line in stoppage time.

    Dani Olmo brings England’s run of heart-stopping moments to a halt

  • Nico Williams celebrates after scoring Spain’s opener

    Spain 2-1 England: player ratings from the Euro 2024 final

  • Ollie Watkins celebrates scoring for Exeter against Carlisle in the League Two playoff semi-final in 2017.

    Once upon a time in the West Country: the origin story of Ollie Watkins

  • ‘I wasn’t focusing on the past – only on now’: Saka revels in penalty redemption

  • England 1-1 Switzerland (5-3 pens): Euro 2024 quarter-final player ratings

June 2024

  • Raheem Sterling successfully completes the 'sheep dip' on the Royal Marines’ endurance course

    ‘It was massive’: Raheem Sterling believes Southgate’s boot camp shook up England

    Post-season training in 2017 ended up being a session with the Royal Marines but England profited from it in the long run

April 2024

  • Phil Foden celebrates his spectacular goal against Real Madrid

    How Phil Foden has developed into Manchester City’s outstanding player

    Young midfielder was player of the match against Real Madrid and is now trusted by Pep Guardiola to be centre stage

March 2024

  • Rafa Benítez photographed in Vigo.

    ‘It’s an addiction’: Rafa Benítez on Celta Vigo, family and clamour for Xabi Alonso

    Iconic Spanish manager and serial winner shares with Rob Draper the intricacies of his unceasing passion for coaching and his love of Jamie Carragher

February 2024

  • Harry Kane arrives at the event. Harry Kane visit to the Bayern Munich supporters’ club "Die Roten" in Kirchweidach on 28 January 2024, following the event’s postponement in December 2023 due to bad weather. 
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    Harry Kane in Germany: ‘The kids are loving it. They’ll be speaking the language before me’

    On a meet-and-greet with fans in Bavaria, the England captain tells Rob Draper about life with Bayern Munich and whether he has a chance of ever winning the Ballon d’Or