The International Break Phenomenon
Football fans on social media have gone mad. After a summer with a 48-team international tournament, men’s football is enduring its longest ever mid-season international break. Yet football fans on...
View ArticleGhana’s Fading Stars: A Tale of Decline and Morocco’s Rise
1963. 1965. 1978. 1982. These are the four years Ghana’s Black Stars won the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), taking four of their first seven AFCON titles. By stark comparison, their recent runs have...
View ArticleIndia vs Brazil: The Football Friendly No One Needs
India are set to host Brazil this Saturday, October 3rd, in the first international break since the World Cup. It will be the first meeting between the two men’s national teams, in what the All India...
View ArticleThe Spread of American Sports across Europe
Autzen Stadium in Eugene, OR, before a game in the 2025 Football SeasonPhoto By Mark Wang “They’re expanding, but I think what’s been so cool is wherever you go, you’re getting that country’s touch....
View ArticleThe Boycott that Wasn’t: Was Irish Sport for Palestine a Success?
The eerie silence that came from a near-empty Nagyerdei Stadion was in stark contrast to the noise generated in the run up to Ireland’s 3-0 victory over Israel. The game was played against the backdrop...
View ArticleBrandon McNulty’s world title gives American cycling a new beginning
At some point on the streets of Montreal, Brandon McNulty must have wondered whether he had made a terrible mistake. The American had attacked and gone with around 30km still to race, with the biggest...
View ArticleVisagate strikes again for overseas cricket players
Wickets may have dried up in this summer’s drought, but immigration laws for overseas cricket players continue to thrive like rampant ivy. Countless cricket clubs across the country enlist an overseas...
View ArticleJosh Hokit: The UFC’s Next Heavyweight Star or Too Much, Too Soon?
Some fighters enter the UFC quietly and let their performances speak for them. Josh Hokit has done the opposite, turning his rapid rise into a marketing gamble and competitive test. From California...
View ArticleEsteban Ocon to Leave Haas at End of 2026 Season
Esteban Ocon will leave the TGR Haas F1 Team following the 2026 season. After weeks of speculation about the Frenchman’s future, Ocon wrote on social media, “I leave this project with my head held...
View ArticleWhy the UFC’s Heavyweight Division Is Facing an Identity Crisis
The UFC’s heavyweight division has no shortage of dangerous men. What it does have is an identity crisis. For more than three years, the biggest division in the sport has struggled to answer the...
View ArticleThe Los Angles Dodgers Hunt History
LOS ANGELES, CA, USA – Crisp autumn air with coloured leaves falling, suburban mothers sipping pumpkin spice lattes, and children terrorizing parents with obscene sugar consumption; however, for the...
View ArticleNightmare Start: Are Hampton & Richmond heading for relegation?
National League South club Hampton & Richmond FC have suffered two of the worst consecutive seasons in their 10-year run since re-entering the league in 2016. Sitting in 22nd place after just 10...
View ArticleChampioning Women’s Sport? Ultimate Sevens Answers the Call
“I don’t know what they’re made of, like uranium or something, but my goodness me, that’s like a health and safety hazard. Next year we’ll make it slightly lighter, but no, it was really cool, really...
View ArticleUltimate Sevens Men’s Round Up: Sol Feroz Crowned Inaugural Champions
Sol Feroz men have been crowned the inaugural champions of Ultimate Sevens. The evening in London had it all: big hits, fast breaks, yellow cards, difficult conversion attempts and last-minute winners....
View ArticleUltimate Sevens: What’s It All About, Then?
Rugby’s attempts to break down barriers and discover new audiences are well documented. But whether its Mike Tindall’s ill received R360 competition or Ben Ryan’s answer to five-a-side through Rugby X,...
View ArticleTuchel’s homecoming and Ballon d’Or battle: previewing England v Spain
There is no need to remind anyone of the last time these two sides faced each other. That is, of course, if you’re an England fan. Since La Roja’s triumph over the Three Lions in Berlin just over two...
View ArticleLawrence to London: Kansas football’s shot at a global brand
When the Arizona State Sun Devils play at Wembley on the 19th September, the designated home team will be the Kansas Jayhawks. As with the Sun Devils’ breakdown, Sports Gazette spoke with reporters who...
View ArticleUnion Jack Classic: The arrival of College Football and Arizona State
Walk into a Primark in the United Kingdom, and you will find the jumper aisles lined with American university names — Yale, Harvard, Princeton. They are brands as much as institutions, worn by people...
View ArticleSpurs open WSL campaign with statement win over West Ham
Tottenham Hotspur Women kicked off their Women’s Super League campaign in impressive fashion, securing a 3-1 victory over West Ham United Women in front of a lively home crowd on a sun-drenched...
View ArticleWinged Elephants and Empty Seats: Inside The Hundred’s Identity Crisis
There’s a hollowness about this year’s Hundred; a growing sense of aimlessness, pointlessness, and futility. Pyrotechnics, walkout songs and half-time musical acts are designed to give the tournament a...
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