People & Stories
The human side of the game — profiles, comebacks, rivalries and the people behind the players. Data-driven narratives built to be read long after the result.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
Yao Ming: the bridge between two basketball worlds
A 7-foot-6 center from Shanghai became the NBA's number one pick, an eight-time All-Star, and something bigger than a player — the doorway through which a billion new fans found the game.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
The Miracle of Istanbul: Liverpool's impossible comeback
Three-nil down at half-time to the best team in Europe, Liverpool did something no one had ever done in a Champions League final — and turned one night into legend.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
The Class of '92: the kids who won everything
A pundit sneered that you could not win anything with kids. A group of Manchester United academy graduates spent the next decade proving him gloriously wrong.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
Muggsy Bogues: the 5-foot-3 giant of the NBA
In a league built for giants, the shortest player in NBA history lasted fourteen seasons — not despite his size, but by turning it into a weapon.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
The 1992 Dream Team: the greatest team ever assembled
For the first time the NBA sent its superstars to the Olympics, and the result wasn't a competition — it was a coronation that carried basketball to the world.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
Leicester City 2016: the 5,000-to-1 miracle
A team tipped for relegation, at odds bookmakers offered for finding the Loch Ness Monster, won the Premier League — the greatest underdog story football has produced.
- Feature26 Aug 2026
Andrés Iniesta: the quiet genius who scored when it mattered most
No swagger, no headlines, just a pale, unassuming midfielder who controlled the biggest games of his era — and struck the goal that made Spain world champions.