14 November 2015
Another week, another sporting scandal – but why exactly is corruption such a problem for so many international sporting organisations? Steve Bloomfield sits down with Owen Gibson, Martha Kelner and Gideon Haigh to discuss…
19 May 2016
Dust off those sport socks and lace up your trainers – this week we’re all about sport in the city. We discuss everything from urban regeneration and sport to the origins of Australian rules football. Plus: the abundance…
25 June 2015
Although Kingsley, Scottish football club Partick Thistle’s new David Shrigley-designed mascot, features jaundiced skin and a frightful visage, Tom Edwards thinks it’s ideal for the football field – a stretch of turf that…
We at Monocle are pretty familiar with what a great mascot can do. For brands, towns, whole countries even, the right sort of furry, feathered or fine-featured friend can speak volumes. Here at Midori House and in our…
13 November 2014
With concerns about the spread of Ebola running high, Morocco has rejected the chance to host the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament. But Monocle’s Steve Bloomfield believes there is an alternative venue.
In just over two months’ time the greatest footballers from across Africa are due to take part in the 30th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations. It is a tournament that in recent years has become one of the most fascinating…
16 June 2014
Although football is providing the greatest show on earth in Brazil, there’s many more coinciding sports events worthy of your extra time. Monocle’s Aisha Speirs managed to fit last night’s NBA finals into the schedule.
Hong Kong might be in the grip of World Cup fever but there was another kind of match taking place this weekend that had me even closer to the edge of my seat.
12 June 2014
The World Cup in Brazil starts today and after all the protests, politics and bad press, it’s simply time to enjoy some good football, says Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco.
It’s today. The final bricks in the wall have been laid for what is, in my opinion, the major soft-power event in the whole world. Yes, I’m talking about the World Cup in Brazil, my home country, the nation most-often…
8 April 2014
Brazil is known throughout the world for its footballing excellence but some Brazilians remain dubious of the sport’s positive impact, says Monocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco.
I’ve never been a major football fan but I have to admit, when it comes to it, my country does it very well and we should be proud of it. For those who have no idea what I’m talking about – the country in question is Brazil…
6 September 2013
With Istanbul chasing the opportunity to host the Olympics, can it turn the event into a positive outlet for its politically frustrated population?
Istanbul is chasing an Olympic dream. A week before the final decision on who will host the Olympics 2020, team Turkey upped its game by re-naming its campaign, “History in the Making”.
10 July 2013
The UK has gone sporting mad in the midday sun and Monocle’s culture editor says long may it continue.
Today, England’s cricketers take on Australia on the first day of the first Test match of the Ashes, a thing not unimportant to either nation or their cricket fans. Despite the fact it’s going to be hot and some of the…
1 May 2013
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?
There were few things that I hated more than the moment on the school timetable marked “sports”. Perhaps it was the brutal “games” we had to play for what I can only imagine looking back were the teachers’ slightly perverse…
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