Sport

Ken Burns’ Muhammad Ali: the warrior who would not fight

Exhaustive but not exhausting, Mark Dee Smith goes twelve rounds with our side’s most enduring sporting icon
Batting away complaints – Azeem Rafiq and racism in cricket

Repeated failures to address the racial abuse suffered by cricketer Azeem Rafiq illustrates the endemic racism which plagues the game, argues Jamal Elaheebocus
Tokyo Olympics: Lighting the flame of a Covid disaster – CounterBlast

Faster, higher and stronger infections are imminent in Japan due to profit-driven officials and politicians, argues Sean Ledwith
Tory culture wars vs anti-racist good sense

The events of the last week following the Euro 2020 final present an opportunity for anti-racists to take our arguments into every corner of the country, argues Martin Hall
European Super League: is capitalism killing football?

The proposed ESL is an attempt to funnel the most profits to the fewest at the expense of the many, argues Martin Hall
Books to spring into Spring with

As what's seemed like a never-ending lockdown approaches some sort of close, Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman has been reading up on the sport we’ve lost and what sport might become
The Queen’s Gambit: a riposte to Cold War America

The Queen’s Gambit offers an engaging critique of official Cold War narratives and Western individualism, finds Nathan Street
Black Lives Matter and the terraces: the defenders take the lead

Opposition to taking the knee, an anti-racist action popularised by a global movement, shows how far there's still to go in tackling racism in football
Racism and football: Black Lives Matter, but not for long

Following the resignation of FA chairman Greg Clarke for racist comments, Tony Dowling looks at how football's governing bodies are letting black players down
Confronting boxing's segregation history

Imperialist and racist tactics were used to attempt to ensure both literal and symbolic white dominance of the sport, argues Gavin Lewis
Null and void: sport in a time of Covid-19

The Coronavirus crisis has revealed so much about sport-as-business that is bad, argues Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football
What do they know of Cricket?

England’s Cricket World Cup has Mark Perryman hunting out his favourite CLR James quote to make sense of it all
Football as resistance: women kicking back against bigotry

Shadia Edwards-Dashti, journalist and Actonians football player, highlights the significance of women's football beyond the pitch
Spring into sport

As one sport’s contest approaches its climax another has barely begun - Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews Spring books for those who measure their years out in seasons not months
Success for England will mean what we make it mean

As England prepare to take on Colombia tonight, Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman outlines what we might or might not be able to look forward to
Le Tour: Nothing to lose but our chains

As the annual cycling spectacle of the Tour De France begins, Mark Perryman argues the case for two wheels good
After the eating and drinking, the sport?

A selection of 2017 sporting reads by Mark Perryman for the post-festive recovery period
Olympics: social democratic Team GB vs freemarket England Team

Mark Perryman outlines what Great Britain’s Olympic success does mean - and what it doesn’t mean
Sports reading: more of a marathon than a sprint

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football offers his reading selection for a summer of sport
Never stop us dreaming

As Euro 2016 begins Mark Perryman offers an 11-point plan finally to end England’s years of hurt
Catching up with Portugal: the nature of English decline

50 years ago England beat Portugal in the ’66 World Cup Final but Mark Perryman argues English decline has left England racing to keep up with their Euro rivals
The Exclusion Games: what went wrong with Brazil’s Olympic dream?

It’s business as usual beneath the bread and circuses of Rio 2016, argues radical ethnographer Adam Talbot
The England Squad: an imagined community of eleven named people

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football explores what the announcement of the Euro 2016 squad says about modern Englishness
Hillsborough: Football’s greatest hurt

Mark Perryman argues that Hillsborough needs to be understood not just as a human tragedy but a consequence of how football was changing in the 1980s
In a stink about a pink St George Cross

Professional controversialist Toby Young has got himself all in a froth about a pink St George Cross at England’s international this week
They took the words right out of our mouth

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football applauds Dortmund fans’ resistance to a European Superleague
Beyonce, black lives and the Super Bowl

Musician Dave Randall looks at the furore surrounding Beyonce's performance at the Super Bowl
Top Ten Sports Books for 2016

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football picks his favourite reads for the new sporting year
Autumn books for the Corbyn effect

Mark Perryman from Philosophy Football provides a rundown of new books for the #jezwecan majority
Here comes the summer of sport

Mark Perryman reviews the best of this Summer’s Sports Books
Liberté, Égalité, Vélocité

Mark Perryman makes the case for a two-wheeled revolution
Football’s Minority Movement

In the face of the Premier League’s conspicuous consumption Mark Perryman wonders where the fans’ fury might end up?
For the good of the game?

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Footballqueries the worth of Football's latest TV deal
Je suis Cantona

Next Saturday is the 20th anniversary of Eric’s Selhurst Park Kung Fu kick assault on a supporter. Philosophy Football'sMark Perryman celebrates a night when football took sides
Not much peace, plenty of ill will, a good seasonal read needed please

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football offers his top ten books to buy to make somebody’s Christmas
Greatcoats for goalposts: celebrating the Christmas Truce of 1914

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football considers different ways of marking the centenary of World War One
Beyond the froth

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football picks out the best of the autumn sports books
Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: the World Cup, the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy

It was perfectly fair to enjoy the World Cup and carry on fighting for a better future, argues Orlando Hill
Petition: Suspend the Israeli Football Association's FIFA membership

Membership of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) should be suspended until Israel respects the human rights of Palestinians and observes international law, thus enabling Palestinian footballers to play and compete nationally and internationally
Dazzled and humiliated: Leonardo Boff offers his analysis of the Brazil v Germany match

Orlando Hill writes on the role of corporate contamination in Brazil's humiliating defeat in the World Cup
Reading le tour

Mark Perryman reviews books that can help frame our enjoyment of the Tour de France

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Exhaustive but not exhausting, Mark Dee Smith goes twelve rounds with our side’s most enduring sporting icon

Repeated failures to address the racial abuse suffered by cricketer Azeem Rafiq illustrates the endemic racism which plagues the game, argues Jamal Elaheebocus

Faster, higher and stronger infections are imminent in Japan due to profit-driven officials and politicians, argues Sean Ledwith

The events of the last week following the Euro 2020 final present an opportunity for anti-racists to take our arguments into every corner of the country, argues Martin Hall

The proposed ESL is an attempt to funnel the most profits to the fewest at the expense of the many, argues Martin Hall

As what's seemed like a never-ending lockdown approaches some sort of close, Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman has been reading up on the sport we’ve lost and what sport might become

The Queen’s Gambit offers an engaging critique of official Cold War narratives and Western individualism, finds Nathan Street

Opposition to taking the knee, an anti-racist action popularised by a global movement, shows how far there's still to go in tackling racism in football

Following the resignation of FA chairman Greg Clarke for racist comments, Tony Dowling looks at how football's governing bodies are letting black players down

Imperialist and racist tactics were used to attempt to ensure both literal and symbolic white dominance of the sport, argues Gavin Lewis

The Coronavirus crisis has revealed so much about sport-as-business that is bad, argues Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football

England’s Cricket World Cup has Mark Perryman hunting out his favourite CLR James quote to make sense of it all

Shadia Edwards-Dashti, journalist and Actonians football player, highlights the significance of women's football beyond the pitch

As one sport’s contest approaches its climax another has barely begun - Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews Spring books for those who measure their years out in seasons not months

As England prepare to take on Colombia tonight, Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman outlines what we might or might not be able to look forward to

As the annual cycling spectacle of the Tour De France begins, Mark Perryman argues the case for two wheels good

A selection of 2017 sporting reads by Mark Perryman for the post-festive recovery period

Mark Perryman outlines what Great Britain’s Olympic success does mean - and what it doesn’t mean

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football offers his reading selection for a summer of sport

As Euro 2016 begins Mark Perryman offers an 11-point plan finally to end England’s years of hurt

50 years ago England beat Portugal in the ’66 World Cup Final but Mark Perryman argues English decline has left England racing to keep up with their Euro rivals

It’s business as usual beneath the bread and circuses of Rio 2016, argues radical ethnographer Adam Talbot

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football explores what the announcement of the Euro 2016 squad says about modern Englishness

Mark Perryman argues that Hillsborough needs to be understood not just as a human tragedy but a consequence of how football was changing in the 1980s

Professional controversialist Toby Young has got himself all in a froth about a pink St George Cross at England’s international this week

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football applauds Dortmund fans’ resistance to a European Superleague

Musician Dave Randall looks at the furore surrounding Beyonce's performance at the Super Bowl

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football picks his favourite reads for the new sporting year

Mark Perryman from Philosophy Football provides a rundown of new books for the #jezwecan majority

Mark Perryman reviews the best of this Summer’s Sports Books

Mark Perryman makes the case for a two-wheeled revolution

In the face of the Premier League’s conspicuous consumption Mark Perryman wonders where the fans’ fury might end up?

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Footballqueries the worth of Football's latest TV deal

Next Saturday is the 20th anniversary of Eric’s Selhurst Park Kung Fu kick assault on a supporter. Philosophy Football'sMark Perryman celebrates a night when football took sides

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football offers his top ten books to buy to make somebody’s Christmas

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football considers different ways of marking the centenary of World War One

Mark Perryman of Philosophy Football picks out the best of the autumn sports books

It was perfectly fair to enjoy the World Cup and carry on fighting for a better future, argues Orlando Hill

Membership of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) should be suspended until Israel respects the human rights of Palestinians and observes international law, thus enabling Palestinian footballers to play and compete nationally and internationally

Orlando Hill writes on the role of corporate contamination in Brazil's humiliating defeat in the World Cup

Mark Perryman reviews books that can help frame our enjoyment of the Tour de France