Sport

The human cost of the World Cup has been far too high and it would be disrespectful to pretend otherwise

Which European nations are refusing to, as requested by the current Fifa president Gianni Infantino, "focus on the football"

If a butterfly flaps its wings in Sumatra, who wins the World Cup in Qatar? Examining chaos theory in football

Gerard Piqué has played his final match for Barcelona. He may not have been blessed with athletic pace but he always played instinctively

The Qatar World Cup is an uneasy reminder of how the world works. But shouldn’t sport be better?

Is Union Berlin a German Leicester City in the making? Unlikely. But, this won't stop them trying

After fighting the Nazis in the second world war, Paul Barrière fought to save his outlawed sport

A 3,000km cycle ride across the continent reveals the consequences of climate change – and what we can do to stop it

The sporting talents of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, nicknamed Kvaradona, are surprising and thrilling

Robert Lewandowski embarks on a new chapter in his striking career

Little known elsewhere, the brutal Calcio Storico is a 500-year-old annual tradition unique to the Tuscan city

Pierre Levegh’s name is forever linked with a dreadful day almost seven decades ago. As the 70th anniversary approaches, maybe his feat deserves to step out from the shadow of the catastrophe

A decision to replace riding with an obstacle race in the Olympic multi-sport event has exposed a long-running battle for its soul

Why can't politicians be more like Jürgen?

Migration and livestreaming are helping the traditionally English game gain a foothold in mainland Europe at long last

Becker obviously owes a lot of money to a lot of people. As a country, however, Germany owes him so much more

Restrictions on freedom of movement after Brexit have left British competitive cyclists struggling to gain the experience they need to make it

The Russian oligarch should have got out years ago - now the club I love is in limbo

While some in sport suck up to Vladimir Putin, others are reacting correctly to the threat of the obliteration of life on our continent

After the Beijing Olympics’ controversial fake snow, does climate change mean it’s game over for winter sports?

Catalans Dragons return to action with their eyes on going one step further than last season

While he was Mayor of Beijing, Wang Qishan shared with Sebastian Coe how China approached the widespread demolition of housing in its capital city as the games neared

Will hosting the Games help to liberalise China? Or is this a shameful moment of appeasement for a brutal dictatorship subjugating the Uyghur population and ‘disappearing’ internal dissidents?

ROB HUGHES on the potential return of Christian Eriksen, eight months after his heart stopped suddenly on the pitch

Lawyer Joe Tacopina has represented the great and the not-so-good. But what’s he doing as the owner of a club in Italy’s Serie B? By RYAN HERMAN

Two of the leading lights behind the failed European Super League bid have since gone in very different directions

The world No. 1 men's tennis star won't disappear from headlines just because he's left Australia's shores.

Freiburg's Christian Streich is similar to a managerial legend in more ways than one

The world's eyes are on the Park Hotel in the wake of the Novak Djokovic fiasco. Can refugee advocates use the situation to their advantage?

Football's authorities need to pay more attention to players' physical and mental burnout, says ROB HUGHES

An exhibition of photos by Sefton Samuels evokes memories of football, long before the monied Premier League took over.

The Cameroonian soccer player has his eyes set firmly on the prize, writes ROB HUGHES.