Russia faces blanket international sports ban
Russia mounted a cloak-and-dagger operation to hide doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Now it faces a possible ban from…
Can sport be an antidote to populism?
Soon, even breakdancing may be an Olympic sport. My reflections on how the inclusiveness of sport may help to counter…
Corruption, cheating, doping. But sport enchants us still.
For three decades, I've reported on bribery, corruption, cheating and doping in internatinal sport. Why, then, do I still love…
Getting on the Olympics team … as a journalist
I was no sports expert, but I covered six Olympics. It was exciting and frightening at the same time --…
North Korea & Olympics: Politics as usual
North Korea wants to take part in next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea. As ever, the issue is all…
No end to scandals & censure for world sport
New doping and corruption allegations besmirch the custodians of international sport -- on a whole new scale.
One minute, one hour, one day
Small units of time make the difference between life and death when acts of terror occur. Being in the wrong…
Here comes the World Cup — rugby union style
They run, kick and toss a ball. They collide like mastodons. No, it's not the NFL. It's the Rugby World Cup,…
Big hurdle for new world athletics chief
Sebastian Coe, the new head of the world athletics federation, has his work cut out for him in restoring trust…