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Exclusive: the battle for Man Utd
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Gold Trafford
Two Irish billionaires are ready to move in on Old Trafford. If they succeed then their friend Sir Alex Ferguson could stay on as manager next season. An OSM special investigation.
Gold Trafford (part two)
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The OSM 10
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The 10 most glamorous other halves
This month Euan Ferguson is looking for the most glamorous couples the world of sport has ever seen. Here's his top 10.
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Last month's 10
Last month Pete May, the author of 'Sunday Muddy Sunday' and 'The Lad Done Bad', picked his top ten footballing bad boys. Here's what you thought of his selection.
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OSM Letters
Women, football and OSM
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Of Ice and Men
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Ice in the soul
Katarina Witt was spied on by the East German secret police during a brilliant ice-skating career which saw her win two Olympic golds and four world titles. She tells David Jones why she's not about to hang up her skates - and why she won't hear a bad word said against her homeland.
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Australia's killer sport
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On the rocks
What causes more deaths in Australia every year than snakes, sharks, spiders and crocodiles put together? Rhidian Brook journeyed Down Under to find out.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan interview
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The two Ronnies
Snooker's greatest talent opens up to Gordon Burn about depression, winning the world title and the special relationship he enjoys with his imprisoned father.
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Back flick
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The OSM lowdown on...BBC Sports Personality of the Year
This year's winner will be revealed next Sunday (9 December) live from TV Centre.
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Contender
'At school I had a few months of, "Why are you doing this?" Then I started winning titles'
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An Observer Classic
10 December 1933: Five days before cricket's first ever Test match between England and India, The Observer's 'Special Correspondent' in Bombay advised the tourists to take nothing for granted
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Common ground
Those unlikely sporting links
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How to... commentate on a horse race
Jim McGrath spills the trade secrets
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Man of Reason
In the second of his hard-hitting missives to OSM, the venerable W. W. Bellows lies back, pen at the ready, and thinks of England.
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My teams
Robert Del Naja, aka 3D from Massive Attack, on his favourite teams Bristol City and Napoli.
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Now and then
Sportsmen in panto
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Quick-fire round
Favourite non-sports TV show as a child?
I used to love Rag Tag and Bobtail.
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Site unseen
Sporting websites worth a visit.
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When the chips are down
Victoria Coren's everyday tale of poker folk
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December 2007