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Football
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Football Unlimited
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Seasons in the sun
When Bobby Robson started out, England ruled the world and players earned £10 a week. Fifty years on, and having witnessed a football revolution, he talks about Figo, the trouble with foreigners, and why English players drink too much.
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My old man said be a city fan...
As Manchester City return to the Premiership, Noel Gallagher recalls his first game and revels in the cigarettes and alcohol lifestyle of his early heroes.
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The 10 worst foreign signings of all time
Tomas Brolin | Ali Dia | Andrea Silenzi | Michele Padovano | Marco Boogers | Brian Pinas | Marco Negri | Alberto Tarantini | Stephane Guivarc'h | Savo Milosevic
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A brief history of the football
In medieval times the parental rebuke "stop playing with your food" could be taken a little more literally: long before the creation of the Football League in 1888 footballers were partial to playing keepy-up with a hog's head.
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My team: Raith Rovers
Gordon Brown.
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Cricket
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Cricket Unlimited
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An Observer classic
PGH Fender assesses the batting genius of Don Bradman , 'the wonderful Australian automaton', halfway through the vintage 1930 Ashes series in England, won 2-1 by the tourists. In the first three Tests, The Don scored 728 runs in only 5 innings.
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Other features
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In the court of King George
As a player he has done it all. He made money and friends in high places. Now George Weah faces his toughest goal - to help the child soldiers traumatised by civil war in Liberia. Jason Burke, in Monrovia, sees a local legend cast his spell.
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Redgrave: Why I take drugs
Steve Redgrave needs to inject himself with insulin six times a day just to stay alive. But he is determined his diabetes won't prevent him winning gold at the Sydney Games
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Take a deep breath. It may be your last
Trevor Hutton knows all about pressure. As he attempts the world freediving record, he has to get down to 73 metres on one lungful - a depth that will crush a Coke can. And then he has to get back to the surface...
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This man makes a mint from polo
Bautista Heguy earns £1 million a year from a sport still seen as the exclusive preserve of the rich. But now an ageing rock star has plans to bring chukkas to the masses. Which doesn't please everyone.
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When the Tour comes to town
It's more than a sport - it's a national obsession. So when the Tour de France sweeps through Draguignan in Provence the locals are ready. And once the peloton passes, it's time to party...
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Regulars
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Do you remember when...
Back in the summer of '86, English football was in deep trouble. And then William 'the fridge' Perry - all 25 stone of him - lumbered majestically into London.
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When the chips are down
The fourth instalment of Victoria Coren's everyday tale of poker folk.
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What if...Eddie the Eagle won Olympic gold?
Eddie the Eagle won Olympic gold?
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How to...
Throw a football 46 metres.
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Letters
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December 2007