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Going to the Tour de France as a spectator is all about everything Big Sport left behind when it decided to become Big Business.
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Imagine a world where the World Cup and football didn’t exist – what on earth would the sport’s top managers be doing?
Germany win the World Cup with a 1-0 extra time victory against Argentina, bringing to a close a month of extraordinary football in Brazil.
From spray foam to odd boots, football commentator and writer John Anderson picks his World Cup highlights and pet hates. Do you agree?
CCTV footage shows Ray Whelan moments before he flees his hotel in Brazil. Mr Whelan was declared a “fugitive” after police attempted to re-arrest him as part of an investigation into ticket touting.
Squaring up to Argentina in the second semi-final, the Netherlands are hoping to avenge past failures. The Dutch team have made it to the final three times, but have yet to win the World Cup.
When Brazil were beaten in the 1950 World Cup by Uruguay, it was famously described as “our Hiroshima”. After losing 7-1 to Germany, is the hyperbole as bad this time?
Going to the Tour de France as a spectator is all about everything Big Sport left behind when it decided to become Big Business.
Wimbledon finals, World Cup semi-finals, the Tour de France in Yorkshire and Grand Prix qualifying – it has been a big day for British sport. Check out the results and best pictures from the day.
As France and Germany prepare for their last-eight encounter in Brazil, we look back at one of the most exciting – and notorious – matches ever, the 1982 World Cup semi-final in Spain.
A successful US football team and convenient TV scheduling has seen soccer burst into the mainstream in the United States during the Brazil World Cup.
Cameroon faces allegations that seven of the country’s players were involved in match-fixing at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
England may be out but the competition has plenty to offer the neutral football fan – including the highest number of goals per game for more than 30 years.
Luis Suarez denies biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini and says he lost his balance and hit his face on the defenders shoulder.
As Luis Suarez gets a hero’s welcome in Uruguay despite biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup, we look at how a 19th century general who fought the British is inspiring a nation.
Fifa gives Luis Suarez a nine-game international ban and a four-month suspension from all football for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.