Sport

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: 'One hit could kill them'
Alix Popham tackles Argentina’s Juan Martin at an international in Cardiff, 2007. Image: Matt Dunham / AP Photo / Alamy
Contact sports

Hundreds of ex-rugby players with brain injury demand answers: 'One hit could kill them'

Alix Popham was just 40 when he was diagnosed with dementia. As part of our special takeover edition of the magazine, he speaks with 28-year-old Ross Kirtland who is in the process of getting a scan as he suspects he may have brain damage caused by rugby.
Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'
WWE wrestler Mick Foley in the ring
Letter to My Younger Self

Wrestling legend Mick Foley: 'You need to tell people you love them before it's too late'

Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates
Partnership

Formula E and giffgaff partner to create new opportunities for Big Issue Recruit candidates

'I've done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform'
Social Justice

'I've done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform'

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Sir Chris Hoy: 'If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug'
Sir Chris Hoy
Sport

Sir Chris Hoy: 'If exercise was in pill form, it would be hailed as a miracle drug'

Healthier lives were Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026's games must raise that bar
The Commonwealth Games
Steven Mackenzie

Healthier lives were Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. 2026's games must raise that bar

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Sir Chris Hoy

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness
An older woman working out at BeActive Urmston
Sport

The community group who took over a leisure centre to give everyone access to sport and fitness

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again
Kego at a street football tournament with The Last Stand.
Football

I was tipped to play football for England until my mum got sick. Street football gave me hope again

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup'
Sport

‘Gay footballers are not out, but they’re at the World Cup'

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime
Sport

Leicester Riders: The basketball team taking on knife crime

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: 'We'd love to have Wales behind us'
Street Football Wales footballers at the Homeless World Cup
World Cup

The Welsh football team going to Mexico for World Cup football: 'We'd love to have Wales behind us'

Inside the Big Issue: Flick Off!
Big Issue cover 1721. Flick Off with Donald Trump as a Subbuteo player
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Flick Off!

How getting young people into sport could save the UK millions
A boy playing football
Jamie Masraff

How getting young people into sport could save the UK millions

How the Street Child World Cup changes the game for homeless children: ‘It’s the World Cup of hope’
a number of players from the Street Child World Cup lying down with their feet in the air
Football

How the Street Child World Cup changes the game for homeless children: ‘It’s the World Cup of hope’

Formula E is in pole position as sport's first-ever B Corp
B Corp Month

Formula E is in pole position as sport's first-ever B Corp

Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb
Scott Meenagh competes in the Winter Paralympics
sport

Winter Paralympics: Costs of competing leaves Paralympians with mountain to climb

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it
Team GB Winter Olympics stars Tabby Stoecker and Matt Weston
Lucy Sweet

Winter Olympics show anything is possible if you put your neck on the line – and risk breaking it

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Culture and sport

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Motorbike racer and TV presenter Guy Martin: 'I'm 44 and I've never voted once'
Letter To My Younger Self

Motorbike racer and TV presenter Guy Martin: 'I'm 44 and I've never voted once'

Politics on ice: Greenland casts shadow over US vs Denmark ice hockey clash at Winter Olympics
Sport

Politics on ice: Greenland casts shadow over US vs Denmark ice hockey clash at Winter Olympics

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where's the uproar about the United States in 2026?
US president Donald Trump with FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where's the uproar about the United States in 2026?

Exercise is good for everyone – but too many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel they belong
A picture of people playing football
Simon Blake

Exercise is good for everyone – but too many LGBTQ+ people still don’t feel they belong