01Interviewing before the match
02At a post-match press conference
03‘New York Times’ writer Howard Beck files copy after the game
04Thomas Hahn at a ski-jumping competition in Oberstdorf, Germany
05German ski jumper Michael Neumayer is interviewed by journalists
06Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch
07Winner of the day’s competition Martin Koch (Austria) talks to Hahn
08Tom Hilde, one of Norway’s best ski-jumpers, talks to Hahn
09Hahn and other journalists work in the press area after the last jump
10Alessandra Bocci interviews AC Milan midfielder Antonio Nocerino
11Bocci watches AC Milan versus Cesena at Dino Manuzzi stadium
12Yoshie Noguchi
The sports writer has a tough job. Crafting a story that’s more than mere results reporting takes toil – especially when sports players are often famously ineloquent. And then there are the deadlines.
Issue 31
Côte d’Ivoire are seen as Africa’s best chance for World Cup glory. The secret to their prowess is the ASEC Mimosas academy, which not only trains, but also educates young Ivorians – the best of whom have gone on to become…
Issue 32
One of the few unifying experiences in multi-lingual Switzerland is Rainer Maria Salzgeber’s TV coverage of the national football team’s matches. The presenter says the sport can help the nation become more tolerant of…
Issue 8
Australia's dramatic water shortage, and New Zealand gears up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Issue 54
Preparations from the seating to the flags and the turf are nearly complete for this summer’s London Olympics. We look at the companies that have won the contracts to supply the Games.
Issue 42
How do you make people think it’s fun to dress up in rubber? That’s the challenge facing a diving industry fed up with its image as a sport for middle-aged holiday-makers in the Maldives. At Boot 2011 they seem to have the…
Issue 33
As national coaches from Brazil to South Korea plot World Cup tactics, so too do the world’s journalists. Monocle visits Durban and Johannesburg to see how 18,000-plus writers, pundits and photographers will be accommodated…
Issue 54
Kenenisa Bekele is a superstar in his home nation of Ethiopia – an Olympic gold-winning distance runner who has risen from poverty to the top of his sport. Yet he remains a humble man who eschews the limelight.
Issue 34
The World Cup is a million different stories in one. As the tournament gets under way this month, Monocle looks at how players, coaches, companies and fans from all over the globe have been getting ready.
Issue 33
The first winter military world games took place in March in Valle D'Aosta, Italy, giving armed forces of the world a chance to bond with each other and to promote peace through sport. Monocle was there, cheering our fav…
Issue 52
The sports writer has a tough job. Crafting a story that’s more than mere results reporting takes toil – especially when sports players are often famously ineloquent. And then there are the deadlines.
Issue 26
Jealous of the British-inspired Commonwealth Games and the Jeux de la Francophonie for nations of the former French empire, Portugal has created the Jogos da Lusofonia. In a world of soft power, pole vaulters and sprinters…
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