How my football fandom grew to fill a lockdown-shaped hole

Obsessing over the beautiful game is my one release from the relentless churn of identikit pandemic days, says writer Francisco Garcia

Jamie Peacock: ‘Success would be if one person changed their mindset’

The former rugby league great has launched a mental health campaign aiming to help people cope with life in lockdown

Chris Hoy: ‘I had no natural ability as a cyclist!’

The Olympic hero has written Be Amazing, an inspirational book for children that reveals how they too can be champions, with help from Stoic philosophy, sports psychology – and Beyoncé

My Robinson Crusoe fantasy in a beach den hideaway

Susan Smillie has spent the past three years living on her beloved sailing boat. But when the lockdown hit, she built a den from flotsam – and started living as a castaway

Fit in my 40s: I thought I could use YouTube to learn skateboarding. I was wrong

You’re not going to kickflip immediately, but after weeks of practice, you’ll certainly have better abs

Gyms, pools and salons to reopen shortly in England

Beauticians and outdoor pools to return within days with indoor pools and gyms opening on 25 July

Everyone for tennis: sport breaks out of middle-class bubble

On what should have been the eve of Wimbledon, local clubs are enjoying a boom

The game of life: Maria Konnikova on what she’s learned from poker

Down on her luck and fearful for the future, the writer decided to chance her arm. She soon found it was the perfect gameplan. By Maria Konnikova

‘We sold eight bikes in 20 minutes!’ Will the cycling boom last?

Shops can barely keep up with demand as bikes – and even parts – sell out. But experts say time is running out to grasp the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity to change how we travel

‘I’ve been going bananas without it’: tennis obsessives pick up their rackets again

Tennis courts across the country are re-opening, and for many it’s not a moment too soon