The Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup is a new low for Fifa
No one should be fooled by the claims that the tournament can accelerate change in the country
No one should be fooled by the claims that the tournament can accelerate change in the country
Now is the time to salute the astonishing achievement of a winner of 22 Grand Slams and a man who never let his mega hunk status define him
The country uses an intensive and disciplined bureaucratic system modeled on the Soviet Union
Real tennis is real old and aspects of real tennis courts are inherited from monastic cloisters
Some mistakenly claim that the decision to exclude breaking from the 2028 Olympic Games had something to do with her performance
The Games impose such a burden on their host cities that only a few countries are capable of staging them
Today, it seems, his name is associated with everything but actually fighting
The hugely controversial Olympic boxing bout between Angela Carini and Imane Khelif lasted just forty-six seconds
France doesn’t have a real government
The world’s eyes are on Paris tonight as the opening ceremony gets underway
Euro 2024 is just what Germany needs right now, to give the battered Bundesrepublik a much-needed lift
It is fair to say that, with every passing year, her US Open triumph looks more and more like a one-off
It’s the younger supporters who are most susceptible
Sports bodies have a responsibility for making decisions open and fair
It’s making me warm to cycling
What viewers want is compelling stories, not haphazard events and dialogue caught on camera
Knee-taking and fist-raising protests have been banned at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, with the International Olympic Committee warning athletes who flout the rules that they will be punished. The IOC clearly hopes this will mean the delayed and accursed Olympics – already set to be loaded with a slew of joy-killing Covid restrictions – can take place without the additional burden of political controversy. That’s the theory, but could it all backfire? At first glance it looks as if the IOC has been clever. Rather than issue a top-down declaration, they canvassed 3,500 athletes asking whether the current Rule 50, which bars all political demonstrations on the podium (not specifically the knee or the