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Jamie Gardner

Jamie Gardner is Chief Sports Reporter at PA, focused on all off-field matters related to sport including governance, finance and social affairs. He has served in this role since October 2019, prior to which he had been Deputy Sports Editor at the agency for seven years.

Nottingham Forest player Callum Hudson-Odoi (left) appealed for a penalty against Everton (Peter Byrne/PA)

Forest take up offer to listen to VAR audio linked to penalty appeals at Everton

Anna Watkins, pictured after winning double scull gold at London 2012 with Katherine Grainger, is keen to promote the support available to athletes when they leave their funded programmes (Stephen Pond/PA)

Don’t panic – Anna Watkins looks to help athletes adjust to life after Olympics

The EFL says the agreement over FA Cup replays is further evidence of its clubs being ‘marginalised’ (Nigel French/PA)

Ending FA Cup replays another example of EFL being ‘marginalised’, says league

Lucy Frazer has given the UK government’s backing to the conditions governing Russian and Belarusian athletes (James Manning/PA)

Russian Olympic athletes face ‘strictest neutrality conditions’ – Lucy Frazer