Mike Rowbottom Chief Feature Writer

Mike Rowbottom, one of Britain's most talented sportswriters, covered the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics as chief feature writer for insidethegames, having covered the previous five summer Games, and four winter Games, for The Independent. He has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, The Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian.

Mike Rowbottom

Recent articles by Mike




Murray's absence opens US Open up for Federer and Nadal

Murray's absence opens US Open up for Federer and Nadal

The renascent Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have won all three of this year's tennis grand slams and the sequence of high profile withdrawals from the US Open - the most recent being Britain's world number two Andy Murray - has improved their chances of finishing the season sharing the big four titles between them.