Roger Federer’s retirement from professional tennis was greeted with sadness by sports fans around the world, but none more so than his friend and fellow legend Rafael Nadal. How does their story compare with some of the other greatest sporting rivalries of all time?
There are several big clubs across the ‘big five’ European leagues that are enduring a difficult start to the season, but how much trouble are they in? We’ve looked back at the previous 10 seasons to understand what counts as a bad start.
An all-British bout between current world champion Tyson Fury and former title holder Anthony Joshua is close to being agreed and our great infographic takes a look back at the hardest workers in the history of heavyweight boxing.
On September 17, the third fight in the trilogy between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will finally take place, four years after their last meeting. We’ve looked at how the previous two fights unfolded – and what they’ve been up to since – to predict how the final chapter will end.
The group-stage matches for all of UEFA’s continental club competitions have now been confirmed following last week’s draws. Here, we break down the Europa League and Europa Conference League draws and analyse what they mean for the teams involved.
With the NFL returning in September, we’ve looked back at the data from previous campaigns to reveal what fans can expect this time around. With five different Super Bowl winners in as many years, there is all to play for ahead of the new term and here is our NFL 2022 season preview.
With the season’s fourth and final grand slam set to begin in late August, we’ve analysed every singles match over the last decade to predict how this year’s tournament will unfold in our 2022 US Open tennis preview.
Following the release of the 2022-23 NHL schedule, we’ve compared the difficulty of each team’s opening games and their early-season record. Colorado Avalanche will be defending their Stanley Cup title after denying Tampa Bay Lightning a hat-trick of victories.
As the new Premier League season approaches, millions of fans will be selecting their fantasy teams before the first deadline. To give you an edge, we’ve analysed the data from past campaigns to come up with some fantasy Premier League tips for having a successful campaign.
We’ve looked back at 10 years’ worth of moves to reveal which club’s signings have lost the most value. Our transfer analysis covers players bought and sold by the same club since 2013, with fees converted from euros to pound sterling. We exclude sales where the fee was unknown.
This year sees the two Canadian Grands Prix return to the UCI World Tour schedule for the first time since 2019. The Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec and Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal were added to the schedule in 2010 but were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid pandemic.
We’re just over halfway through 2022 but a number of sporting world records have already been broken. Here we have analysed five with the most compelling stories behind them.
After previously assessing the draw, we’re taking another look at all eight World Cup 2022 groups and inspecting the 32 nations involved. This includes how they made it to Qatar, their recent records against the other finalists and their likely routes through the tournament.
Man City have pulled off a coup by capturing Erling Haaland, but he faces a double jeopardy next season. Title winners do not usually feature the top scorer and there is also a Premier League Golden Boot curse on foreign imports in their first campaign in England.