Simone Biles is forcing us to think about what sporting success really means

This astonishing athlete’s greatest triumph may be to make us confront the mental demands our culture puts on athletes, says Olympic rower Cath Bishop

Fit in my 40s: fancy a game of Ultimate? Let the battle commence

Who was going to let go of it first? Well, obviously me. The alternative was punching a 14-year-old in the nose

Fit in my 40s: wakeboarding is unbelievably hard. Can I rise to the challenge?

It’s not even a cardio sport. Yet it’s the only thing I’ve done where I started aching even while I was doing it

Good grief: how to get over a bone-crushing disappointment

Sorrow and disappointment are a big part of pandemic life – and England football fans are now feeling them keenly. But there are ways to deal with these distressing emotions

Fit in my 40s: learning the cricket basics is full of surprises

Expect a fair amount of sitting around getting hay fever, bending your mind to the fact that this is a noble and complex pursuit

Supermarkets sell out of strawberries. Pimm’s flows freely. Ace! It must be Wimbledon

Last year’s tennis-less summer was saddening. This year, the fresh, green lawns will be a sign of hope

What Euro 96 can teach us about life: make life easy for those around you and grind through the tricky bits

Last week, I met England football greats Tony Adams and Teddy Sheringham to talk about the historic tournament. But I left with some lessons that go far beyond football, writes Adrian Chiles

Not a sprint: endurance experts on how to make it through lockdown

Marathon runner Eddie Izzard, solo sailor Pip Hare and explorer Levison Wood explain what they have learned about enduring the seemingly unendurable

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