The heterodox cabinet

The Paris Olympics reaches its grand finale

Sports

Nothing beats the thrills, tensions and sheer spectacle of live sport

Jawad Iqbal

What Taylor has done is dramatically increase the attention paid to the sport by women who aren’t already sports fans

Ben Domenech

Games People Played: A Global History of Sports by Wray Vamplew reviewed

Simon Kuper

If an athlete quits, it is easier for the sponsors to protect their product. Take the cases of Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles

Taki

Diary

For me these Olympic Games are reminiscent of Moscow in 1980

Sebastian Coe

August 5, 2021
Simone Biles, Plutarch and an Olympic trial
The gymnast displayed a self-awareness in line with the Delphic maxims
Peter Jones
August 4, 2021
US journalism wins gold in mental gymnastics
Simone Biles and the new sport of athletic narcissism
Cockburn
Sports
July 29, 2021
The strange veneration of Simone Biles’s Olympic exit
Commentators are less interested in Biles’s emotional health than in deploying it for political purposes
Ben Sixsmith
Sports
July 27, 2021
Simone Biles is a quitter
Even with her many mistakes during the qualifying round, Biles still posted the highest score in the competition
Amber Duke