How does a Tour de France favourite win on the scorching mountain slopes?
Jul 07, 2016 17:26 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The Tour de France is winding its way from the flat, windswept coast of northern France down through the Loire valley and the lumpy terrain of the Massif Central. So far, it has been a time for the bulky sprinters and the...
Lionel's messy tax affairs are part of a bigger problem in football
Jul 07, 2016 17:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Law
One things for sure, it has not been a good summer for Lionel Messi. Following a fourth international cup final defeat, the diminutive Argentine announced his retirement from international football on June 26, aged just...
Money ball: the often overlooked object at the heart of Euro 2016
Jul 05, 2016 18:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Business
As we enter the closing stages of the UEFA Euro 2016 finals, heres a curiosity about major football tournaments. The thing at the very centre of the action gets the least attention the ball itself. Not that this stops...
Seven steps to reboot the fight against doping in sport
Jul 03, 2016 02:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports Law
The disqualification of Russia from the Rio Olympics appears to be a triumph for anti-doping. The World Anti-Doping Agencys independent commission produced enough evidence to justify support for a ban from the...
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Euro 2016 sponsors being ambushed on social media by 'unofficial' brands
Jul 01, 2016 23:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
While the nations at the UEFA Euro 2016 championships have done battle on the pitch, an equally intense battle has been taking place off it between brands that want tournament exposure. Sponsors such as Coca Cola,...
Fair play at the Olympics: testosterone and female athletes
Jun 21, 2016 11:34 am UTC| Sports Law
There are performance differences between the sexes in elite sport. It has long been assumed that contrasting levels of testosterone in men and women can largely account for that gap, but new scientific studies are...
Briferendum Series: Beckham against Brexit
Jun 21, 2016 10:26 am UTC| Commentary Sports
Former football superstar and captain of England, David Beckham backed the Remain camp today to the delight of the remaineers. Beckham is the UKs most prominent and popular football star, who still followed by many. In...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects