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Football
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Nick Hornby meets Tony Adams
If a man has discovered the joys of music and literature and sobriety, can he still be bothered to fling himself at Duncan Ferguson?
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Formula One
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An innocent abroad
Jenson Button is only 20, and he still acts his age - at least off the track. In his first season he has experienced Formula One's hedonistic lifestyle - and its unforgiving nature.
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The lowdown
The Williams F1 Team.
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Athletics
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Fast and loose
They're young, gifted and (mostly) black. Britain's brilliant generation of sprinters are poised to prove themselves in Sydney - and beyond.
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The drugs tests don't work
American athletes are almost certain to hog the podium again in Sydney, but new evidence suggests the dope testing regime in the US is worryingly lax - and that there has been a widespread cover-up of positive results.
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How did it come to this?
In August 1936 Jesse Owens became an Olympic immortal by winning four golds at the Berlin Games. Four months later he had been banned from athletics and reduced to racing against horses.
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The lowdown
Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics.
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Surfing
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Zowie waves and wowie mamas
For years women were dismissed as useless or - worse - lesbians in the macho world of surfing. Now they are making an impact but, as Andy Martin discovered when he caught up with the circus in South Africa, it remains a sport obsessed with sex and sexuality.
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Poker
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When the chips are down
Victoria Coren's everyday tale of poker folk.
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Contenders
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Olympic gold
Eight names that should be a lot more familiar by the end of the month.
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Nostalgia
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An Observer Classic
Brian Clough always made good copy. In this report from Sunday 21 September 1980, Ronald Atkin found him in typically combative form.
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The ten greatest tries of all time
Selected by Observer rugby union writer Norman Harris.
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Last month's top ten
You respond to David Hills' views on the ten worst foreign signings of all time.
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Do you remember when?
... Harvey Smith made his famous two-fingered gesture?
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Now and then
The Indy motor speedway.
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Regulars
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How to...
... Tackle Jonah Lomu. By Jonah Lomu.
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What if..
... Gazza wasn't as daft as a brush?
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My team
Tommy Scott, lead singer of Space, eulogises Liverpool.
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My superstition
Sumo wrestler Mitoizumi on throwing large amounts of salt.
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OSM letters
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December 2007