Culture / Sport
Ahead of the game
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.
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Culture / Sport
Monocolumn
Friday 8 February
Going downhill fast
The prospect of next year's Winter Games in Sochi should be creating nothing but excitement; instead it's attracting criticism for alleged human-rights transgressions. What's happened to the notion of an Olympic spirit?
Edits / Emerging Markets
Expo 11: Olympic gold rush
Beijing’s citizens are living under more than the legendary smog clouds. The world will be focused on China’s capital city this August, and, if all goes to the Communist Party’s plan, we will be overawed by the glittering…
Edits / Sport
Monocolumn
Tuesday 28 August
A Paralympics of personality
During the Second World War, my aunt was in the Waaf: the Women’s Auxillary Air Force.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 24 October
One giant leap for Wales in the Rugby World Cup
It’s congratulations to the New Zealand rugby team then, a worthy winner of the 2011 Rugby World Cup final in Eden Park, Auckland, this weekend.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 21 June
In a different league
During the World Cup, football-crazed Italy grinds to a halt as fans glue themselves to the TV to watch the Azzurri play.
Business / Sport
Monocolumn
Friday 24 September
Commonwealth debacle – part of a national tradition
The last-minute scramble to get everything ready for next week’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi is hardly unusual in India: a final push involving everyone in the village, plus the guests, to get arrangements finished is so…
Culture / Sport
Monocolumn
Thursday 2 September
Pray up! And play the game
While Pakistani cricket lurks under the shadow of corruption and international cricket’s integrity looks in jeopardy, one match, played in the lean shadow of Christ Church spire, Southgate, boasts a certain purity.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Wednesday 12 May
Football transforms a small town
“There’s no question about it, this will become one of the most visited places in Europe,” says Alastair Saverimutto in a very matter-of-fact way.
Affairs / Sport
Ivory power
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…
Business / Sport
Ready, set, go
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.
Affairs / Sport
Reluctant Hero
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.
Affairs / Sport
Up for the cup
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.
Business / Sport
Poised to strike
In this issue, for our World Cup series, we visit Puma, the sports brand that has become most associated with African football. As the competition heads to the continent, will Puma be the PR victor?
Design / Sport
Mixed doubles
There’s no better way to spend a sunny autumn afternoon than a few sociable sets of tennis on London’s Parliament Hill Fields. We get kitted out for the perfect match, both on and off the court.
Edits / Sport
The Perfect Home Gym
*Monocle* assembles the perfect fitness regime and fills a kitbag with exercise essentials without s much as breaking into a sweat.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Sunday 29 July
Olympic success isn’t all about medals
It’s not every day you see a giant Brussels sprout the size of a Smart car being carried in an enormous red and white chequered sling by a tiny stork.
Edits / Sport
Monocolumn
Sunday 7 November
Just can’t haka it anymore
Since 1769, when Captain James Cook first set foot in New Zealand and was met by a Maori war party, the haka has unsettled and aggravated the British.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Saturday 1 May
A new football hero
Unlike its American counterpart, professional Canadian football has never managed to become a truly coast-to-coast sport.
Affairs / Sport
Monocolumn
Monday 8 February
Vancouver’s Winter Olympics turn frosty
Airspace restrictions are in effect, naval frigates are patrolling the coast, and the surveillance cameras have been switched on.