Browse Sports

Twelve sports, twelve guides. Each one goes past the scoreline – into the tactics, the training, the money and the culture that make the sport worth watching. Pick a sport for the full guide, or go straight to the latest results.

Football

The tactics, the money and the tribalism behind the world’s most-followed game.

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Formula 1

Aerodynamics, strategy and the engineering war that decides races before lights out.

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Tennis

Why matches are won on movement and margins long before the final set.

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Basketball

Spacing, pace and the analytics that rewrote how the game is played.

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Cricket

Five days or five overs – how one sport contains two entirely different games.

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Rugby

Collision, set-piece and the physical cost of a professional career.

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MMA

Grappling, striking and the fight IQ that separates contenders from champions.

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Golf

Course management, equipment and the mental game over four rounds.

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Cycling

Team orders, marginal gains and the domestique’s sacrifice inside a grand tour.

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Baseball

Pitch design, the strike zone and a sport measured in inches.

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Boxing

Ring craft, weight-making and the business behind the biggest fights.

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Olympics

Four years of preparation for a single afternoon – and what it costs.

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Also covered: American Football results. For every sport’s fixtures and scores in one place, see World Sports Results or the World Sport Calendar.