Sport
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1 February 2012Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw
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Lithuania
Basketball, a question of independence
7 September 2011Libération Paris -
26 July 2011PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung
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Poland
A Chinese road going nowhere
3 June 2011PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
28 April 20111PresseuropSME
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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 -
12 July 2010ABC Madrid
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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 20101La Stampa Turin -
Football
Les bleus a national laughing stock
21 June 2010PresseuropLibération -
Football
World cup, the succour of soccer
11 June 20103ABC Madrid -
20 November 20091PresseuropIrish Independent
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Football
"Hand of God" strikes again
19 November 20091PresseuropL'Equipe -
3 September 2009PresseuropL'Equipe
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Pigeon racing
Asian mob takes flutter on pigeons
31 August 2009De Morgen Brussels -
Football
A world cup that's not just a game
24 August 2009Evenimentul zilei Bucharest -
Athletics
The doping legacy
20 August 2009Der Spiegel Hamburg -
11 August 2009Le Soir Brussels
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17 June 2009Presseurop
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Transfers
Evidence of football's irrational market
12 June 20094Financial Times London
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.