Who will be crowned NBA champions in the 2020-21 season?
With the new NBA season getting under way, we’ve analysed every previous one under the current format – stretching back to 2004-05 – for clues about what might happen this time around.
Who could win their first tennis Grand Slam title in 2021?
With age having already begun to catch up with some of the sport’s superstars, it is likely that we will see a first-time tennis Grand Slam winner in 2021, so we’ve run the rule over the five most likely candidates on each tour based on their recent performances.
Champions League progress: How to navigate the tournament
As this season’s group stage comes to a head and fans start looking ahead to the round of 16 in the spring, we have analysed every match under the current format to identify the patterns that matter in terms of Champions League progress.
Football Manager 2021: How to find the best wonderkids
With the Football Manager 2021 beta already out and the final release around the corner, plenty of people will be spending the winter months attempting to guide their preferred club to glory. Long-term success in the game relies on securing a production line of young talent to replace stars as they age, and finding the next wonderkid before your rivals can become an obsession.
End of an era: Who will win the 2020 ATP Finals?
To commemorate the end of the ATP Finals’ 12-year stay in London, we have analysed what it has taken to win the tournament in this period and what this could mean for the outcome of its final staging this year.
Analysis: Ten footballers who could suffer from burnout this season
With football now back under way across Europe, the continent’s top clubs can once again focus on the long term. Unfortunately the compressed post-Covid schedule and looming international commitments could lead to their star players tiring during the campaign and suffering from burnout.
A history of the Six Nations wooden spoon
With the 2020 Six Nations set to resume after its coronavirus-enforced hiatus, most fans’ attention will be focused on France, England and Scotland as they vie for this year’s title. However, we’re casting our eyes down to the bottom of the table where Italy are on course to receive their 15th wooden spoon of the Six Nations era.
Analysis: The best ‘Cinderella runs’ in NBA postseason history
With the fifth-seeded Miami Heat having reached the 2020 NBA Finals, we’ve looked back at the best ‘Cinderella runs’ in the competition’s history to see how their postseason might rank against the other great underdog stories.
How COVID-19 has affected the sporting calendar
As the world of sport continues to recover from the disruption of the first wave of COVID-19 that brought it to a virtual halt in the Spring, we’ve picked out five major sports and looked at how they responded, with regards to making changes to this year’s sporting calendar.
Six Nations history: A statistical review
With the 2020 Six Nations set to finally conclude in October after a coronavirus-enforced hiatus that saw the final four matches postponed, we have taken a look at the most interesting numbers in Six Nations history since the current format was introduced in 2000.
Analysing the UEFA Nations League
For most football fans, their favourite players’ first match of the new season will actually be for their countries rather than their clubs. The second iteration of the UEFA Nations League kicked off this week with a revised format, so we’ve broken it down to work out what’s likely to happen.
Where have the major MMA events been held?
We’ve looked at where three of the MMA’s leading promotions – the UFC, Bellator and the ONE Championship – have held their events to date. The UFC is, unsurprisingly, dominated by events based in the United States. In fact, there have been more UFC events held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas than in any country besides the United States itself.
Who are the most successful managers in the EFL?
While the Premier League grabs the lion’s share of the football headlines in England, there are more than three times as many professional clubs below the top flight with stories of their own to tell. To celebrate those working away from the limelight, we’ve ranked the top 20 managers based on their achievements with EFL clubs.
Top 10 richest horse races in the world
We’ve taken a look at the richest horse races in the world to track down where elite thoroughbreds can pick up the most prize money. Racing isn’t known as ‘the sport of kings’ for nothing and huge purses are on offer all around the planet thanks to high-profile sponsors and wealthy patrons.