The criticism of Pep Guardiola expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people is often dressed up as sophistication but the truth is simpler: it's about the grotesque instinct to police compassion.

The Chomsky-Epstein fallout isn’t about one thinker’s failure, but the dangers of idolising power and moral authority

On paper, Evan Ferguson has much of what Raúl Jiménez has: size, strength, a good football brain. What he may lack — for now — is the maturity, or perhaps the humility, to subordinate his own instincts for the sake of the team.

Having been put in his place by his daughter (something all parents will recognise) Colin Sheridan figures we should err on the side of kindness and courtesy

Strava tells a story. And more importantly, it lets other people watch that story unfold, kilometre by kilometre, in real time or painful replay.

The LA Lakers star is coming to the end of a record-breaking run in the NBA.

Seán Binder’s acquittal raises uncomfortable questions about how Europe treats humanitarian work, and why quiet activism rarely survives public memory

Of all the clubs to make this leap, it had to be Chelsea.

Trump’s withdrawal from global institutions exposes a brutally transactional worldview — and offers the rest of the world a chance to move on

Here's a dangerous idea, by American standards anyway: what if NFL teams halved their rosters and embraced the crazy notion that players could have more than one job?