Sporting Pictures of the Week 9 August
Grace Nweke sealing gold at the Commonwealth Games. And the celebrations that followed. The 4 by 400 men’s relay final. Scottish moody. Up the pies. Mount Smart proving that is[…]
Tagged: football
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Sporting Pictures of the Week 26 July
The 2026 Geopolitics FIFA World Cup in one picture. Or maybe this one. Or Trump subtly arriving at the final. The final itself was summarised in a range of photos. […]
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Sporting Pictures of the Week 19 July
The photo of the week. The Wo rld Cup final preview via a … raffle Bless him, and his stuffed whiskey drinking racoon Fans greet Norway’s football team at Slottsplassen[…]
Sporting Pictures of the Week 12 July
Lewis Hamilton, in a car made of Lego blocks, goes around the Silverstone track before the Formula One British Grand Prix. Sophie Ecclestone is consoled by Georgia Voll after Australia[…]
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Sporting Pictures of the Week 6 July
Armand Duplantis during the men’s pole vault at the Diamond League athletics in ParisAmerican fans getting into it Mexican fans doing it better. Harry Kane with a team talk. […]
Where did that come from?
By Benji Crossley I’ve organized a tipping competition in my office for the World Cup. One of the categories is goals New Zealand would score. I predicted we’d score two.[…]
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Sporting Pictures of the Week 7 June
World Cup corner. In this age of AI slop Norway went old school with a photo op for the ages. From the 2006 World Cup—Iranian football player Captain Yahya Golmohammadi[…]
Sport Reflects Society.
By Benji Crossley Sport reflects society. It reflects it at its best. It reflects it at its worst. Perhaps nowhere is that more true or more obvious than England’s relationship[…]
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Sporting Pictures of the Week 24 May
Cricket presentations get weirder over time, but this might be the best yet. Isabella Gaze walks out to bat before the start of her innings during the Twenty20 international between[…]
Sporting Pictures of the Week 17 May
Venezio has been promoted to Serie A. This is their version of the bus top parade. Hearts fans watch the dramatic end of the Motherwell v Celtic match on a[…]
