Women’s football isn’t popular? Pull the other one. Chris Ison/PA

Debunked: four myths about women’s football

The progressive march of women’s football offers a refreshingly different FIFA story from that which has dominated the headlines over the past few weeks.
The last African games bid from Abuja fell short in Sri Lanka in 2007. EPA

It is time to let Africa host the Commonwealth Games

With the end of the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, it is tempting to suggest that its success might just have saved the event. Certainly what has not been in question is that its future has been in doubt…
One star you won’t be seeing perform in Glasgow. John Walton/PA

Why isn’t tennis part of the Commonwealth Games?

Among those of us that follow the internal workings of the Commonwealth Games, eyebrows were raised when tennis was not included in the list of sports for Glasgow 2014. Scotland has of course got great…
Team GB’s gold medal hopes are pinned on the Scottish curling team. Benson Kua

Curling: how the Scots keep Team GB medal hopes on ice

Jenny Jones’ bronze medal in the women’s snowboard slopestyle has rekindled excitement in Britain for the Sochi games following much controversy over the cost and human rights and security fears in Russia…

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