In Japan, if you're not doing ‘Rajio Taiso’ you're either dead or you've slept in. Millions of Japanese rise early every morning to get together and do radio exercises – the rest do them at work.
As fashion brands plunder the world of sports for ideas Monocle's film crew headed to ISPO - the leading trade fair devoted to sports - to discover new ideas and hi-tech advancements.
Thursday 12 July
I’m loving the Tour de France. Yeah, the cycling’s good and, as the field heads into the mountains, it’s getting compellingly, leg-bustingly gruelling, but what about Bradley Wiggins and his sideburns?
Monday 1 March
It has been two weeks of unprecedented soul-searching for Russian sport, after a dismal performance at the Winter Olympics threatened to overshadow the glitzy and expensive roadshow that the country took to Vancouver to…
Friday 6 November
The football champions of Africa will be crowned tomorrow as the Democratic Republic of Congo’s TP Mazembe take on Heartland of Nigeria in the final of the African Champions League.
Getting into shape is hard work, so we need all the help we can get. Here, Monocle selects the most comfortable trainers, the most useful gadgets and the most nutritious supplements to help you get fit.
Sochi, a Black Sea beach resort popular with Putin and Siberian retirees, was the surprise choice to host the 2014 Winter Olympics – it lacks proper sewers for a start. So before it can cater for an expected one million…
Wednesday 1 May
This week the US welcomed its first openly gay professional team sports athlete. But will it change attitudes where more games are played – in the playground?
One of the most curious by-products of South Korea's broadband boom has been the creation of an online gaming culture unlike anything seen anywhere in the world. The footage we're presenting here comes from Ongamenet, a…
Swimming on Bondi Beach, playing tennis in the jardins of Paris, running down the beach in Rio. Monocle picks five cities to call home if you want to stay healthy and trim.
With membership fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, clubhouses designed by star architects and troupes of attentive young female caddies - golf is the ultimate statement of wealth in South Korea - and business is…
Tuesday 24 July
Last week I arrived back in London after 10 days on the road. Normally I shuttle back into town on the Heathrow Express but this time I decided to take a taxi – for cost and logistical reasons.
Wednesday 20 June
Tomorrow night sees the latest instalment of an increasingly fraught story of two nations who seem to be on divergent paths.
Wednesday 20 October
What should a city do with a football stadium no one uses, sitting on prime land in the centre of town? Demolish it, you say.
Tuesday 21 September
"A stadium of four million people” was how New Zealand pitched itself in its winning bid to host next year’s rugby world cup.
Tuesday 31 August
Brazil’s logo for the 2014 World Cup was supposed to symbolise unity.
Monday 14 June
Football, as a spectacle, is uniquely dependent on its fans.
Thursday 15 October
As the qualifying matches for football’s World Cup come to a close over the coming weeks, thousands of people around the world will be planning trips to the tournament to be held next June in South Africa.
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