On The Road at the Giro d’Italia: I figured he was pretty tired of people congratulating him, so me and Sir Bradley Wiggins just had a chat about the race ahead

Giro d’Italia? What’s that? I hear you say. Well, for anyone who has thumbed past page one in the cycling-for-dummies handbook (no, that does not exist) it is the second most famous race in the world, only beaten by a certain Tour de France.

By Martin Ayres | Sport | Friday, 3 May 2013 at 4:27 pm

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week three in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.

With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

Here’s all that’s been going on in week three of T20 cricket’s biggest tournament…

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Wednesday, 24 April 2013 at 2:55 am

How has so much gone wrong, so quickly at Palmeiras?

Perhaps relegation would not be the worst thing in the world for Palmeiras.

By James Young | Football, Sport | Wednesday, 17 October 2012 at 1:01 am

Paralympics: Some are only watching to get the gory details of how athletes acquired their impairments

It finally happened about two seconds into the opening ceremony intro show. I’d been feeling iffy for a few days but Jon Snow finally made the inevitable happen: Abuse of the word “inspirational” triggered my gag reflex.

By Lisa Egan | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion | Friday, 31 August 2012 at 11:13 am

Community sport can help cut crime and anti-social behaviour

A year ago we were watching parts of the same city which hosted the Olympics going up in flames and wondering which part would be devastated next.

By Tamar Ghosh | Notebook, Olympics | Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 2:00 am

Do I have to watch the Paralympics just because I’m disabled?

Personally speaking, I’ve never really been very much into sport or athletics, but never before can I recall disabled people getting so much attention from the media

By Laurence Clark | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 24 August 2012 at 2:00 am

MOTD: Football’s back and ready to kick some balls

Saturday will be an exciting day. This weekend our country will erupt into a frenzy of colour and song; sometimes profound, often crass. Football will once again reign supreme.

By Josh Barrie | Football, Notebook, Sport | Friday, 17 August 2012 at 1:50 pm

Is this the end of inclusive education?

Late last year, I was horrified to read that a conference of sports medicine specialists was calling for PE to become a compulsory subject in schools. Worse, they wanted it to be a tested subject along with English and Maths, at every key stage of education.

By Sarah Ismail | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 17 August 2012 at 2:00 am

There is more to physical education than sport

Far too many children (and adults) do not get enough exercise to remain healthy. You can see the evidence in every high street and classroom. And the statistics for obesity related illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes are terrifying.

By Susan Elkin | Notebook, Opinion, Sport | Tuesday, 14 August 2012 at 10:56 am

For some children, PE lessons are far from enjoyable

At the height of Olympic fever, it’s all well and good to say that children should be doing more sport and that state schools should add more hours of PE into the curriculum, but I think we are overegging the pudding, here.

By Sophie Warnes | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 10 August 2012 at 3:03 pm