Sport

Paris Olympics: 'The city is under siege. I just want it all to be over'
Gendarmes outside the Gare de Nord train station in Paris ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games
Robert McLiam Wilson

Paris Olympics: 'The city is under siege. I just want it all to be over'

The city centre has been rezoned and cleared out - the Olympics is a slap in the face to its own citizens, says novelist Robert McLiam Wilson, who has lived in the city for over 20 years
Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'
A montage of Premier League shirts from Brentford, Everton, Southampton, Nottingham Forest, and Crystal Palace, over a pixellated backdrop of Wembley Stadium as Southampton FC returned to the Premier League
Exclusive

Premier League clubs step up gambling sponsorship on front of shirts ahead of ban: 'It's shameful'

The new Labour government must make changes so disabled people can enjoy sport
disabled people sport
Chloe Schendel-Wilson

The new Labour government must make changes so disabled people can enjoy sport

'I felt intimidated': Disabled people feel shut out of playing and watching sport, report finds
Disability rights

'I felt intimidated': Disabled people feel shut out of playing and watching sport, report finds

Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I've been dreaming of going to the Euros since I was 14'
Euro 2024

Line of Duty's Martin Compston: 'I've been dreaming of going to the Euros since I was 14'

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough
Jessica-Jane Applegate
Learning Disability Week 2024

Paralympian Jessica-Jane Applegate on winning gold and being told she doesn't look disabled enough

'I come down and smash it out': How a boxing gym is giving marginalised young people a fighting chance
Young male teenagr Abdul, an alumni of Empire Fighting Chance, a boxing gym in Bristol
Sport

'I come down and smash it out': How a boxing gym is giving marginalised young people a fighting chance

Christopher Eccleston opens up on 'emotional' London Marathon race: 'This has been the hardest run'
Christopher Eccleston shows his medal after completing the 2024 London Marathon.
London Marathon

Christopher Eccleston opens up on 'emotional' London Marathon race: 'This has been the hardest run'

Grand National: Animal rights activists claim 'tweaks' to 'cruel' horse race don't go far enough
Animal rights

Grand National: Animal rights activists claim 'tweaks' to 'cruel' horse race don't go far enough

'Flags won't feed people': Experts decry growing outrage over Team GB's 'woke' Union Jack flag
Culture wars

'Flags won't feed people': Experts decry growing outrage over Team GB's 'woke' Union Jack flag

How a chocolate-like Harry Kane statue brought council spending and tax hikes into sharp focus
A state of England footballer Harry Kane, looking like it's made of chocolate
Football

How a chocolate-like Harry Kane statue brought council spending and tax hikes into sharp focus

The Beautiful Game: Everything you need to know about Netflix's new Homeless World Cup film
Colin Farrell with the Scottish team, holding a football
Homeless World Cup

The Beautiful Game: Everything you need to know about Netflix's new Homeless World Cup film

Rugby legend Gareth Thomas: 'The fear of coming out was far worse than the reality'
Gareth Thomas
Letter To My Younger Self

Rugby legend Gareth Thomas: 'The fear of coming out was far worse than the reality'

'We felt like absolute stars': Behind the 1971 women's football World Cup the world forgot
women's football/ team
Sport

'We felt like absolute stars': Behind the 1971 women's football World Cup the world forgot

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Sports, culture and fashion
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Sports, culture and fashion

We started as a boxing gym – now we’re a whole community
Community

We started as a boxing gym – now we’re a whole community

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI's James Harkin
Close-up of a dartboard with a dart in the bullseye
Books

Top 5 quite interesting books about sport – selected by QI's James Harkin

The debris of history surrounds us. So why are we still making the same mistakes?
Rugby pitch with players
John Bird

The debris of history surrounds us. So why are we still making the same mistakes?

Football fans are fed up of racism, sexism and homophobia. Here's how to kick it out for good
Football

Football fans are fed up of racism, sexism and homophobia. Here's how to kick it out for good

Arsenal star Bukayo Saka shares advice for tackling social media hate and online trolls
FOOTBALL

Arsenal star Bukayo Saka shares advice for tackling social media hate and online trolls

As the Lionesses played in the World Cup Final, this tournament showed how women’s football tackles homelessness
The Lionesses put the spotlight on women's football but the Street Soccer Nations Cup showed how women's football helps to tackle homelessness
Football world cup

As the Lionesses played in the World Cup Final, this tournament showed how women’s football tackles homelessness

Sport is not just life and death. It’s far more important than that
The human avatar of Count Binface Jon Harvey and brother Dan
Opinion

Sport is not just life and death. It’s far more important than that

England legend Fara Williams: 'Young girls can dream of being a professional footballer now'
The England team ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup, 2023
Football

England legend Fara Williams: 'Young girls can dream of being a professional footballer now'

Four things we learned from the Homeless World Cup
Homeless World Cup
Football

Four things we learned from the Homeless World Cup

Peter Crouch: 'Being tall was my superpower'
Peter Crouch at Anfield
Letter to my Younger Self

Peter Crouch: 'Being tall was my superpower'