The Guardian is inviting readers to sign up for The Recap, a free sport newsletter that gathers the best of its coverage from the previous seven days and sends it straight to your inbox every Friday lunchtime.
The email is designed to give subscribers a quick route into the newspaper’s award-winning sports journalism. Each edition includes selected features and interviews, thoughtful analysis, and highlights drawn from the archive. It also brings together films, podcasts, galleries and other content that stands out across the week.
In addition to a roundup of the week’s best material, The Recap is intended to help readers prepare for the weekend ahead. Subscribers will also be told about the Guardian’s live coverage plans, so they can stay informed about what is coming up across sport.
What readers can expect
The newsletter is positioned as a concise weekly guide to the Guardian’s sports output, offering a mix of editorial picks and practical updates. Rather than requiring readers to track every story individually, it delivers a curated selection of the most notable pieces and upcoming events in one place.
That means subscribers can expect a blend of reporting, analysis and multimedia content, all chosen by the paper’s editors. The aim is to provide both a summary of the past week and a useful preview of the weekend’s action.
Other sports newsletters from the Guardian
The Guardian also points readers toward several other sports email products. For football fans, The Fiver offers daily news and gossip. Cricket readers can sign up for The Spin, which arrives weekly, while rugby union followers can subscribe to The Breakdown, another weekly roundup.
For readers in Australia, the Guardian Australia offers a separate daily sports newsletter as well.
The Recap is presented as a simple way to keep up with the Guardian’s sport coverage without having to check the site constantly. With a weekly schedule and a broad mix of content, it is aimed at readers who want a concise selection of the most interesting stories, commentary and extras from across the sports desk.
