Sport
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Sport: In Budapest and Zagreb, football is political too
22 March 2013303PresseuropNépszabadság, Jutarnji List -
Spain: ‘Everyone with Madrid 2020’
18 March 2013228PresseuropABC -
Spain: EU probes Valencian football funding
8 March 201340PresseuropEl País -
Football: ‘The ball is fixed’
5 February 2013391PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Olympic Games : Are they worth the effort?
13 August 201214217 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
United Kingdom: The Orwellian Olympic spirit
20 July 201223826 The New York Times New York -
Euro 2012: Could Poland finally be cool?
8 June 20127624 Newsweek Polska Warsaw -
Football : Germany is champion again
4 June 2012285PresseuropLes Echos -
Ukraine: Euro 2012: A victim of power games
15 May 2012881 Polityka Warsaw -
Belarus: Azarenka’s win, Lukashenko’s Victoria
1 February 201257 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Lithuania: Basketball, a question of independence
7 September 201194 Libération Paris -
Spain: Ronaldo’s new position - bank collateral
26 July 2011813PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung -
Poland: A Chinese road going nowhere
3 June 2011PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Slovakia: Ice hockey paves the way to Moscow thaw
28 April 20111PresseuropSME -
Football: European fury over World Cup racket
3 December 2010PresseuropLe Soir -
Football: Will China own Liverpool?
5 August 2010PresseuropThe Times -
Belgium: World Cup bid controversy
3 August 2010PresseuropDe Morgen -
Sport: Spain's golden age
26 July 2010PresseuropEl Mundo -
Czech Republic: Sport goes on sale
20 July 20101PresseuropLidové noviny -
Spain: Say you're Spanish and proud
12 July 201021 ABC Madrid -
Football: Netherlands fluff it again
12 July 2010PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
World Cup: Italy weeps, Northern League celebrates
25 June 2010PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Football: An offside continent
22 June 20101041 La Stampa Turin -
Football: Les bleus a national laughing stock
21 June 2010PresseuropLibération -
Football: World cup, the succour of soccer
11 June 20101193 ABC Madrid -
Football: Hand of Dieu costs Ireland "billions"
20 November 20091PresseuropIrish Independent -
Football: "Hand of God" strikes again
19 November 20091PresseuropL'Equipe -
France: Football fans go sour on stars
3 September 2009PresseuropL'Equipe -
Pigeon racing: Asian mob takes flutter on pigeons
31 August 200951 De Morgen Brussels -
Football: A world cup that's not just a game
24 August 2009Evenimentul zilei Bucharest -
Athletics: The doping legacy
20 August 200918 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Austria: Vienna, European capital of doping
11 August 200920 Le Soir Brussels -
Sport: Romania's footballers no longer braindead
17 June 2009Presseurop -
Transfers: Evidence of football's irrational market
12 June 20094 Financial Times London
For supporters of the Olympics, the colossal sums invested have a positive impact in terms of tourism, urban renewal and society – by popularising sports. In reality, this is rarely the case, as shown by the examples of cities that have hosted the Games in the past. 
As the world’s athletes get ready for the start of the Olympic Games on July 27, Londoners are griping about huge traffic and public transport delays, and a massive, hectoring security presence. 
The Euro 2012 football European kicks off in Poland’s brand-new stadiums. For Newsweek Polska, this competition hosted with Ukraine is an occasion to celebrate the country’s new image, but there is still progress to be made. 
With less than a month left to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2012, the fate of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko has poisoned relations between the EU and Ukraine — the co-organiser of the championship along with Poland. However, the issue of human rights is only one aspect of a story in which business interests have also played an important role. 
Tennis player Victoria Azarenka, the recent winner of the Australian Open, is now one of the few Belarusians known outside her country. A PR opportunity for the dictator of Minsk. 
The particular fervour gripping Lithuania, which is currently hosting EuroBasket 2011, is part of a long tradition in a Baltic country that has expressed its identity on the basketball court since Soviet times. 
Spain’s World Cup victory goes to show Spanish sports are in top form in a country mired in self-doubt. The conservative Spanish daily ABC views the triumph on the playing field as an opportunity to bolster national unity and pride. 
Football sometimes reflects certain realities. The World Cup is no exception; the large European teams seem scared, confused and hesitant, just like their governments. The emerging countries are displaying a confidence to challenge old continent supremacy. 
The World Cup kicking off on 11 June in South Africa is a lot more than a sporting event: it has become a mass sociological phenomenon that eclipses our daily doldrums. A case in point is Spain: a country in a fix but favorites to win the tournament. 
Pigeon racing has become a big money sport where the sums at stake can reach several million euros. Trainers of Belgian pigeons, much sought after in Asia, have now become the target of mafia crimes.
The 7th edition of the Homeless World Cup will be held in Milan this year, hosting 48 teams from all over the world. The initiative is not about dwelling on their misery, but giving homeless and badly housed kids a shot at a job and a roof over their heads. And it works, says Evenimentul Zilei.
In the wake of re-unification, Germany inherited a stable of East German champions, who had not only broken records in track and field but also in the consumption of steroids. Twenty years later, German sport is only now beginning to recover. 
A spate of doping scandals has hit Austrian sport in recent times, particularly the high profile case of cyclist Bernhard Kohl. In repsonse to this trend, the national anti-doping agency has had its work cut out and has found itself embroiled in a battle with Humanplasma Laboratories. 
After more than a year of rumours Manchester United player Cristiano Ronaldo is finally set to join Real Madrid for the unprecedented sum of €93 million. Both in England and Spain commentators are asking whether astronomical transfer fees make any business sense.