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India's batting master
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I dream of genius...
In India, Sachin Tendulkar is the brightest of stars, a hero whose epic deeds have stirred a nation and whose status is close to deity. To the rest of us, he is the finest cricketer since Don Bradman. Tim Adams charts the career of the man who became a myth before he was 25 years old
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Motor racing
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Zanardi the brave
Last September Alex Zanardi lost both his legs and nearly lost his life in a horrendous motor racing accident. But Zanardi, always one of the most ebulliant drivers on the circuit, has refused to let the crash ruin him. He's walking again - and next, he's determined to go skiing. This is his story...
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The top ten...
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The 10 greatest bounders in the history of cricket
Simon Rae chooses cricket's top ten grandmasters of gamesmanship.
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Last month's 10
Last month golf journalist Michael Casey nominated the 100 Best Golfers of all time. Here's what some of you thought of his selection:
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Adventure racing
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Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown
They've just kayaked for 70km - now there's only another 410 to go by bicycle, foot and horse, down potholes and out to the sea in a Force Seven. Tom Templeton watches the only all-woman team - sleepless and saddle sore - tackle the Adrenalin Rush, a race for those with very able bodies and even sounder minds
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The sex issue
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Sex before (and during) sport
It is perhaps the oldest and most fundamental question in the whole of sport: does sex affect your (sporting) performance? After exhaustive research, all of it of an academic kind, OSM comes up with some answers:
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Paul McGrath
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Into the darkness
In a remarkably frank interview Paul McGrath reveals why he drinks, how he fell off the wagon disastrously this summer, and why the love of his family makes him determined to keep fighting to be sober.
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Youth football
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Whatever happened to the likely lads?
In 1996 they were the best young footballers in the country, but their future was always going to be precarious. Groomed for stardom, how many actually made it? Six years on David Conn tracked them all down , from the Premiership striker... to the postman.
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The healer
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Miracle Worker
On a remote farm in South Africa, 71-year-old Winks Greene is achieving remarkable results healing crippled horses and injured athletes. And it's all done with a contraption the size of a shoe box.
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OSM profile
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Sophie Christiansen, Paralympic dressage
In 1987 Sophie Christiansen was born two months prematurely with cerebral palsy. She survived and is now one of Britian's leading young horsewomen.
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Regulars
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An Observer Classic: 31 August 1980
Geoff Capes was Britain's greatest ever shot putter, and a prizewinning budgerigar breeder - but it was his superhuman exploits as a strongman which made him famous.
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Off the rails
I have decided that irrational betting on outsiders may not bring me joy but I've made a commitment, and feel I must stick with it
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Man of Reason
This month, W.W. Bellows dons his tool belt, adjusts his workbench, takes a sharpened HB from behind his ear and chisels away at the DIY transfer market.
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How to...
Hit a shuttlecock at 162mph by Simon Archer, Olympic bronze medallist in mixed doubles with Jo Goode at the 2000 Sydney Games.
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Do you remember when...
Great Britain were the first baseball world champions?
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Frozen in Time: 7 August 1926, Cape Gris-Nez, France
Gertrude Edele becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel.
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Defining Image
Yao Ming, 7ft 5in Chinese basketball star
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Mind Games
How good is your sporting knowledge?
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Numbers game
The world of sport in numbers.
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OSM Letters
Your feelings on last month's OSM.
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Quick-fire round: Roger Black
OSM grills the former athletics star
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Site unseen
Sporting websites worth a visit.
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December 2007