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The Tour de France
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Summit or nothing
On the eve of the 100th Tour de France cycling sceptic John Carlin searches for the soul of the race and finds a history of courage, endurance and downright folly.
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Pills, spills and bellyaches - a cheat's guide to the Tour
'It is stupid to spread the idea that the Tour can be won on mineral water... all riders take something,' said one winner. William Fotheringham recalls the highs and lows from a century of devious and deviant behaviour.
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Exclusive interview
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Serena Williams
In a revealing interview, with Tim Adams, the tennis star talks about race and relationships, men and shopping - and the moment she realised she could eclipse her sister.
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Celtic in Seville: Picture special
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The pain in Spain
Nearly 80,000 Celtic fans travelled to Seville to watch their team contest a European final for the first time in 33 years. For a week, Andy Hall and his camera followed them. Here we present additional online pictures from the Seville trip.
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Celtic in Seville (part two)
The second part of our online galleries from Celtic's European final trip.
Apologies to readers that the additional pictures were not available online last Sunday.
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More features
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Don't fancy yours much
Pigeon racing is not what it used to be. The flat caps are long gone, the prize money is measured in millions and at the world's most lucrative race in Sun City, everyone has an eye for the birds.
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Stand and deliver
Kitty Empire meets Michael Vaughan and discovers how he will cope with the pressures of being the world's No 1 batsman and England one-day captain.
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Triumph and despair
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Haile Gebreselassie
One of the greatest distance runners of all time, talks about growing up in Ethiopia - and the special relationship he had with his mother, who died when he was just seven.
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The OSM 10
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The 10 funniest sports shows
Come on, admit it? You've seen them all.
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Last month's 10
Last month OSM assistant editor Oliver Irish nominated the 10 Best Football Games of the Season.
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Observer Classic
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Scotland beat the world champs
England v Scotland, Wembley, 16 April 1967.
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Backflick
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British World Champions
No 3: David Small, barefoot waterskiing.
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Coaching badge
No 3: Nick Kinane.
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Do you remember when...
Ed Moses was almost invincible.
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First and last
Dwain Chambers was born in Islington on 5 April 1978 and now trains in America. His goal is to run 9.65sec this season - which would shave more than a tenth of a second off American Tim Montgomery's world record mark of 9.78.
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Frozen in time
French Open, Roland Garros, 1974.
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Literal truth
No 32: Paul Weller.
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My team: Brighton & Hove Albion
By Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim).
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Numbers game
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Office Putting
Glenlivet World Championships
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On the nose
9-2 sure thing: Alamshar to win the Derby at Epsom (Saturday 7).
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Sporting passport
This month, the style capital of the world, Milan.
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The main event
Wimbledon 23 June - 6 July
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The month in a minute
June
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December 2007