U ORMESHER
Rachael
Blackmore on
Minella Times
clears the last
before becoming
the first female
jockey to win the
Grand National
W ASPLAND
This is the
moment when
England’s long
wait for a major
trophy was
prolonged, after
penalty shoot-
out defeat by
Italy in the final
of Euro 2020
WW ORMESHER
Reflections of
Headingley in the
sunglasses of the
England captain,
Joe Root, during
the India Test.
Yorkshire were in
the news for the
wrong reasons
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A REMARKABLE
YEAR IN PICTURES
Times sports photographers
Marc Aspland and
Bradley Ormesher
choose the favourite
images they took in 2021
X ASPLAND
In her first
rotation in the
Olympic team
finals, Simone
Biles of the US
went to do a vault
with 2.5 twists
but seemed to
bail midway, later
explaining she
was suffering
from “a little bit
of the twisties”