With the first of this year’s four golf Majors – the US Masters – already upon us, we have taken a look at which nations have enjoyed the most success in the sport’s most prestigious tournaments over the last decade. We’ve also broken down the fortunes of the UK’s representatives … Read more
Who will be the next player to break the world transfer record? The domestic season in Europe is heading towards a climax and attention is already starting to switch towards potential transfer moves over the summer. Many of the big clubs will be ready to flex their financial muscles and … Read more
Once the international break is out of the way, attention will switch to the business end of the domestic season as the fight for trophies, Champions League qualification and survival come to a head. In all five of Europe’s main leagues there is plenty still to play for so we … Read more
It has been a cracking week for Champions League comebacks, with Barcelona making history and Borussia Dortmund also overcoming a first-leg defeat, but how many more can we expect this season? With further second legs to come next week , we have looked back over every two-legged knockout match since the … Read more
Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula 1 after he won last year’s Drivers’ Championship may have inadvertently weakened one of modern sport’s most successful duopolies. Between them, German and British drivers have dominated the sport in recent seasons so the sudden removal of one of their number creates an opening … Read more
As we approach the business end of the season there will be plenty of twists and turns at both ends of the league table and fans are keen to use any football predictor they can find to see if their team is on track. To address this we have created … Read more
With the January transfer window having slammed shut once more and chairmen up and down the land no doubt breathing a sigh of relief, we’ve analysed every Premier League transfer made in the first month of the year since the winter window was introduced in 2002/03 to work out which … Read more
La La Land’s impressive haul of awards and accolades so far has had many wondering how impressively it could perform at this year’s Oscars. The current record for most Academy Award wins is shared by three films – Ben Hur in 1960, Titanic in 1998 and Return of the King … Read more
Super Bowl LI on Sunday will be all about the two quarterbacks: the legendary Tom Brady features in his seventh championship game, having won four of the previous six, while Matt Ryan – eight years his junior but his main rival for the MVP award – has reached this stage … Read more
With the Australian Open already under way, Andy Murray has begun a tennis season as world number one for the first time in his career. We’ve looked back at the data from the previous two decades of Grand Slams to set some expectations for him based on how the top-ranked … Read more
As we approach the business end of the January transfer window, the same questions that arise every year are being murmured among fans and pundits alike. Who will spend the most money? Should a team be trying to spend their way out of trouble – or towards glory – or … Read more
With the draw for the Champions League round of 16 having been made, punters may have already formed their conclusions about who will get through. But what about the rest of the route to the final? Who are the best teams to face and at what stage is it preferable … Read more
At the end of 2016 we will have reached the halfway point in the Premier League season and plenty has already been written about how much can be predicted about the final table at this point. Less attention, though, has been paid to the individual player awards: the Golden Boot … Read more
Being top or bottom of the Premier League on Christmas Day is often viewed as an omen for how the rest of the season will turn out, but just how good has the Christmas league table been as a predictor? We’ve looked at every previous Premier League season to see … Read more