Sport

Showing Israel the red card December 2012
As UEFA prepares to stage the 2013 European under-21 championship in Israel, Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi reports on the exclusion of Palestinian footballers

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about competition October 2012
'Did sibling rivalry make you happy? Would you like to be treated by a more competitive doctor?'

The neoliberal Games: who are the real winners from London 2012? July 2012
Far from embodying some timeless ‘Olympic spirit’, the 2012 Games reflect the injustice and inequality of the current economic system, writes David Renton

The Olympic struggle of the London 2012 resisters January 2012
East London activists write on their seven years of campaigning over the 2012 Olympics development

Winners and losers: The human price of Olympic gold December 2011
The metal for the 2012 medals will come from Salt Lake City and the Gobi desert. Richard Harkinson introduces activists fighting Rio Tinto plc’s hazardous mines

The Olympics site: ‘a ticking-clock assault on the residue of industrial history’ December 2011
In this extract from his latest book, Ghost Milk, Iain Sinclair looks at the toxicity of the soil under the Olympics

From toe-hold to no hold: football and the EDL November 2011
Jim Keoghan looks at the campaign to kick the English Defence League out of football

Fueling an oily future November 2011
Art activists Platform look at BP's sponsorship of the Olympics

South Africa’s own goal June 2010
As football fans worldwide turn their attention towards South Africa, Ashwin Desai and Patrick Bond look at what impact hosting the World Cup is having on the world's most unequal large country

Off the ball December 2008
Mark Perryman stands up for a game that would prefer him to sit down

A broader Britannia November 2008
England's World Cup qualifying campaign takes fans to some far-flung places: Belarus this year, Kazakhstan and Ukraine in 2009. Mark Perryman argues the case for a fan-led popular internationalism

It’s just not natural August 2008
From sheep's testicles to strychnine the use of performance-enhancing substances in sport has a long, if dishonourable, history. Cathal Sheerin reports

Sleeping your way to the top August 2008
Cathal Sheerin investigates altitude chambers in world-class sport and asks if it's breaking the Olympic sporting spirit, giving an unfair advantage to athletes that can afford to use them

Pass the torch and follow the money August 2008
The Olympic ideal speaks of internationalism, but the Games have long been a focus for national rivalries. And while advertising remains banned from stadiums, the 'Olympic family' embraces corporate sponsors. Garry Whannel looks at the contradictory politics of the world's largest sporting event

Who’s afraid of the Indian Premier League? June 2008
Mike Marqusee on why it's just not cricket anymore

You’re booked December 2007
Sports books fill the bestseller lists every Christmas. Anne Coddington and Mark Perryman examine the rise and rise of the new sports writing

Manchester’s Red Revolution June 2005
Tom Wainwright discovers a grassroots movement that's transforming fans into activists

The Olympics and the City April 2005
Oscar Reyes went to Athens to look at how the Olympics affected the life of the city, and found a legacy of privatization and surveillance. Back in London, he draws the lessons for the capital's own Olympic Bid.