Matthew Syed

Matthew Syed is a former three-times Commonwealth table tennis champion and a two-time Olympian. He is author of Bounce: How Champions are Made, a columnist for The Times and a commentator for the BBC and Eurosport.

 Related Sessions

Sunday 2 November 2008, 12.45pm Student Union
Are drugs ruining sport?


 Publications

Bounce: how champions are made (Fourth Estate, 2010)


 Festival Buzz

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Ruth Gledhill, religion correspondent, The Times