Celebrating Britishness: politics without the politicians
Maybe you can’t have a strident British nationalism. Maybe that’s the subtextual mistake all those lectern-banging politicians have been making.
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Sometimes events pop up at the most awkward times, but tonight’s football match between “enemies” England and France couldn’t be more convenient – the perfect antidote to the weekend’s terror attacks.
Attendances at women’s football matches are soaring after the World Cup success of England’s women’s team, and women across the country are keen to play. But can the sport maintain its momentum?
A Fifa task force recommends playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in November and December, with the prospect of a 23 December final.
The controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar receives a makeover from a task force at football’s world governing body Fifa, which recommends playing the tournament in November and December.
Maybe you can’t have a strident British nationalism. Maybe that’s the subtextual mistake all those lectern-banging politicians have been making.
The Commonwealth Games have long highlighted Paralympic sport. And everyone at the event shares not just a love of sport, but also a cultural heritage.
Is Alex Salmond hoping to ride a wave of patriotic fervour flowing for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games? If history tells us anything, he may be disappointed.
2014 might have been a sporting “annus horribilis” for this country, but things could be about to get a lot better with the start of the World Lacrosse Championships in the United States.
It’s red and white, it’s not the flag Switzerland and every few years it triggers a debate about xenophobia. Yes – it’s the cross of St George. Football writer and commentator John Anderson waves his.
It is time to cough up some cash to improve access to football stadiums for disabled people, Minister for Disabled People Mike Penning MP tells the big clubs.
Costs, travel logistics, unfinished stadia, and the prospect of civil unrest have cast a pall over the 2014 Brazil World Cup. But such concerns may be put aside when the draw begins later today for the biggest footballing event on earth.
Self-expression or gay propaganda? How a Swedish athlete at the Moscow World Championships could be imprisoned for her nail varnish.
The showcase community of an outcast regime: Channel 4 News glimpses life in the opulence and eerie quiet of North Korea’s capital Pyongyang.
It’s a potential treat for people missing the Olympic thrill. Two of the world’s top runners, sprinter Usain Bolt and long-distance champion Mo Farah, hint they would be up for a race over 600 metres.
What began as a protest over rising bus fares has become a far wider movement, bringing more than a million people on the streets of Brazil. How will the government respond?