Sports
Women's Sports Crossed the Threshold. The Money Followed.
Record audiences, franchise fees rising tenfold and sponsors discovering a market that was there all along. The state of the fastest-growing property in sport.
Topic
Olympics
The Games, the money and the athletes reshaping Olympic sport.
Sports
Inside the Marathon's Two-Hour Barrier
The record has fallen in record conditions, in magic shoes, on pace-lit courses. What physiology, engineering and course design have learned about 42.195 kilometres.
Sports
Breaking, Skateboarding and the Rise of the Urban Sports Festival
The Olympic wave normalised street culture's sports — and cities noticed. A look at the festival format quietly winning the attention of a generation.
Sports
Why Tennis Surfaces Decide More Than the Weather Does
The same players, three surfaces, three different games. The materials science behind grass, clay and hard courts — and why the calendar is built around their differences.