Dan Palmer: The European Championships were spoilt and now the World Cup will be too
In 2016, Portugal won a single game of football from seven attempts and were crowned as the champions of Europe.
David Owen: Lee, Ma, Ambani and the IOC’s sure touch in emergent Asia
Two unrelated events have prompted me to reflect this week on an area of its affairs where the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has shown consistent good judgement.
Alan Hubbard: Food for thought as Rashford plays political football and wrong-foots British Government
Who is the most popular political figure in Britain today?
Mike Rowbottom: Geoghegan Hart wins the Giro for Scotland. And Ireland. And Britain. And Hackney...
The front page of today’s copy of The National - "the newspaper that supports an independent Scotland" - shows an exuberant, pink-jerseyed cyclist hoisting aloft the trophy marking victory in the Giro d’Italia.
Michael Pavitt: Is sport's visibility hampering attempts to get fans back in venues?
One of the biggest ongoing questions for sport centres around the return of spectators to stadiums and how this can be achieved safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Nancy Gillen: "London 2012 all over again" - female athletes reveal high hopes for Birmingham 2022
Preparations are ramping up for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Philip Barker: Pelé among a golden generation of sports stars born in 1940
Today is the 80th birthday of Pelé, a fact which will make an entire generation feel a little older.
David Owen: Watching the risk-reward balance of doing business with China
Mounting political and economic tensions between the United States-led West and China are presenting sports bodies with a big dilemma.
Sarah Davies: Birmingham 2022 will be women's time to shine
Today Birmingham 2022 is confirming that it will be the first major multi-sport event to award more medals to women than men for the first time in history.
Alan Hubbard: Why I believe the Tokyo Olympics must go ahead, virus or no virus
If there is a God, then He - or She - surely will make a divine intervention to ensure that the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games go ahead next year as scheduled.
Mike Rowbottom: How basketball eluded the Tall Poppy Syndrome at its 1936 Olympic debut in Berlin
If – sorry, when – the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games occur next summer (because I forgot they are going ahead "no matter what happens") they will enable basketball to register another historic Olympic landmark with the introduction of the 3x3 game to the men's and women's programme.
Michael Pavitt: Draft coronavirus measures highlight headaches facing Tokyo 2020
The resumption of sporting events has unsurprisingly led to a rise in the number of athletes testing positive for coronavirus in recent weeks.
Nancy Gillen: Iran continues to get away with discriminatory policies towards female spectators
The Volleyball Boys’ Under-19 World Championship seems like a fairly unassuming event but it was in the spotlight this week.
Philip Barker: Sport has had to adjust to a new normal before
In 2020, getting back to “normal” has been a constant theme in sport. After last week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting, President Thomas Bach was optimistic that the Olympics would take place next year.
Liam Morgan: AIBA failing to box clever in bid for Olympic reinstatement
In a little under two months’ time, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) will have elected a new President.
