Political dictators, almost by definition, are cowards.  If the only route by which your rivals can be resisted and contained is to assassinate them, you yourself are doomed: in the short or long term.

What could have been a fuel-guzzling power plant and a blight on the landscape is a symbol of Copenhagen’s status as one of the greenest cities in the world and a spectacular facility for sporting activity.

Few things in sport are more thrilling or satisfying than a perfectly-timed finishing burst – and Sunday (August 27) treated us to two classics of the genre in rapid succession.

All races at the World Athletics Championships are equal - but some are more equal than others. Ask Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Ask Femke Bol.

It all started with that Ronaldinho free-kick.

There was a risk sitting down to pen my post-World Athletics Championships reflections it would turn into a long list of incredible sporting moments it had been a privilege to have been here to witness.

With the 2023 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships and the USA Gymnastics (USAG) National Congress underway this week in San Jose, California, we feel incredibly proud of the progress our organisation and community have made during what has been a pivotal year for USAG.

It's hard to believe that it was 40 years ago, in 1983, that the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki was launched.

If the International Olympic Committee (IOC) say yes to its return to the Olympic Games at their Session in Mumbai this October, it will represent a major milestone for cricket, a sport which traces its organised roots back over two hundred years.

It was at the World Athletics Championships 20 years ago in Paris that I first properly became aware of the name "Victor Conte", a man who I did not realise at the time was about to play a major role in my professional life.

Lionel Messi is, for vast amounts of fans, the greatest football player of all time but his recent spell at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) saw him go underappreciated. To see the magisterial Argentine enjoying life in Miami should be welcomed with open arms, despite the naysayers bashing Major League Soccer for its quality.

In spite of competing attractions, most notably in Budapest, I would expect the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s all-seeing eye to be trained keenly on Johannesburg this week.

For your elite international athlete, the classic Clash song is one that always seems relevant - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Nestled in between Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht lies the historic Dutch city of Woerden.