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Venus Williams
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What planet is she on?
She was a prodigy who was trained by her father, but that's where the likeness to the other focused, driven champions ends. This one likes doughnuts, admits she can be lazy and enjoys teasing interviewers.Tim Adams enters Venus Williams's world
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Memorabilia
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Collectors? They'll have the shirt off your back...
And Pele should know - his World Cup shirt has just been sold for £140,000. Sports memorabilia has become a million-pound industry, but it is increasingly plagued by exploitation and forgery. So how do you know if you're getting the real deal - and is it all worth it when you do?
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Asian cricket in Britain
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Some corner of a foreign field
Given the Asian passion for cricket, it should be a unifying force in Britain today. But is it? Jonathan Rendall travelled to the sport's heartland and discovered that although cultural divides still exist, there are positive signs for the future.
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BMX Bandit
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Up where he belongs
Mat Hoffman is the king of BMX, but in pushing the limits of what can be done on a bike his body has paid a terrible price - including 45 broken bones, and more than 50 concussions. At the age of 30 he thinks his risk-taking days may be behind him (just don't count on it - his new best friend is Evel Knievel and he's taken up sky-diving).
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The OSM 10
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10 weirdest moments in tennis history
Few sports have been born into such genteel circumstances as tennis, or lawn tennis as the Victorian called it when they devised a leisurely afternoon pastime for the privileged few with gardens that included a large area of mown grass.
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Last Month's 10
Last month OSM editor Matt Tench nominated the 10 Best Footballers in Britain This Season.
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Nostalgia
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The marketing of an assassin
Back in 1988 Mike Tyson's biggest problem was finding credible opponents. And, after his destruction of Michael Spinks, Hugh McIlvanney wondered whether the 22 year old could ever be beaten..
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Sprinting
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Speed freak
A virtual unknown six months ago, Morne Nagel has recently beaten some of the world's best sprinters and is on course to break 10 seconds for the 100 metres. Of course, 33 athletes have already run that fast - but he would be the first white man to do so. He tells Duncan Mackay why it doesn't faze him.
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Your views
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OSM letters
Backhanded compliment
The article in last month's OSM about the Goxhuli family made for depressing reading.
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Backflick
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How to...
Hit a golf ball like Tiger Woods by Tiger's coach, Butch Harmon
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My Favourite...Constellations
Neil Hatley takes us through Andromeda, Cancer and Aquarius
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Contender
Westley Barber, racing driver
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Man of Reason
From his lofty perch overlooking Mount Fuji, W.W. Bellows argues that it won't be long before the lesser lights of world football take their place at Fifa's top table
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OSM Competition
Go to the British Grand Prix (by helicopter).
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Off the rails
I saw myself as an owner/rider, jogging down to the start, flying over fences... I saw a whole new way of life, a different way of being.
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Overrated
World Cup draws
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Underrated
Getting up early
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Quick-fire round
John Inverdale
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Site unseen
Sporting websites worth a visit.
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December 2007