In today’s newsletter: a tree that has provided for the game over hundreds of years is now protecting it for the future
In those dog days of late June, when it was too hot to do anything but count dow…
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The Hotspot | Aramco’s petrodollar backing of World Cup leaves stain of sportswashing ⊕
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How Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant is embedding fossil fuels as a crucial part of the world’s biggest sport
If you have watched the World Cup, you may have seen the big signs announcing Aramco a…
44 days ago
The underwater wonders I saw on my once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Galápagos ⊕⊕
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In this week’s newsletter: Joining a research team on the Darwin and Wolf Islands off the Ecuadorian coast revealed how critically endangered species are reacting to their rapidly changing ocean envi…
48 days ago
The Hotspot | ‘This may be our last chance’: rising sea levels threaten Kiribati’s World Cup dream ⊕
In today’s newsletter: the Pacific islands hoping to enter World Cup qualifying before ocean level increase wipes them from the map
“This is not just about football, it’s about building something from…
49 days ago
French Open 2026: Flavio Cobolli v Alexander Zverev, men’s singles final – live ⊕
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Game-by-game tennis updates from 2pm UK time
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Salut à tous et bienvenue à Roland-Garros 2026 – dernier jour!
Broadly speaking, we invented sport because we…
50 days ago
Maja Chwalinska v Mirra Andreeva: French Open 2026 women’s singles final – live ⊕
Game-by-game final updates from 2pm UK time
Cobolli out to jump queue in men’s final against Zverev
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Road to the final. Both players have dropped only one set…
75 days ago
Rugby sevens star Kevin Wekesa: ‘I am not blaming Europeans but I must highlight climate injustices’ ⊕
The Kenyan player has been recognised for his advocacy and grassroots work to tackle sport’s carbon footprint
“Most well-known people who talk about climate change are in North America and Europe,” sa…
90 days ago
How sport can spread the word about the climate emergency ⊖
Athletes are helping to promote a new film about the crisis, reaching people ‘in a way that scientific reports never will’
It wasn’t so long ago that UK government briefings from Downing Street were e…
3 months ago
Welcome to The Hotspot, our new newsletter on sport’s relationship with the climate crisis ⊖
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We delve into the best stories on how sport is changing around the climate crisis, and what can be done to navigate a way forward
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