Sport

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has inspired toy manufacturer Mattel's first ever hijab-wearing Barbie

From record-breaking budgets to progress on pay parity, 5 ways in which women’s football reached a new level in 2017

Boxing is being used to improve mental as well as physical health – and to deal a knock-out blow to crime. Giselle Green squares up to four inspiring UK projects

Male players will contribute a portion of their commercial earnings to their female counterparts under the agreement, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the world

With the World Athletics Championships under way in London, a film and a photography exhibition document how sport is improving the lives of those with no country to call their own

From running while being pelted by rainbow-coloured paint, to splashing through open water alongside hundreds of swimmers, a new wave of exercise events puts taking part over times or techniques. [...]

Mass sporting events bring people together in huge numbers all over the world. From country-wide dance routines for older people, to a giant annual water fight, here are our top 5

Rather than ploughing energy into treadmills and dumbbells, GoodGym members keep fit by helping their local communities. And the concept is spreading fast

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the invention of the bicycle. Celebrate the year of the bike with these pedal-powered holidays

From downtown New York to remote corners of India, sport is being used to break social barriers and address issues from homelessness to addiction

Television personality and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner catapulted transgender issues into the mainstream. But it’s the new Olympic guidelines that are really impressing the trans community

Fed up with the depressing imagery surrounding aging, photographer Alex Rotas decided to document an altogether different side to growing old

An all women's football team in Sudan are aiming to kick gender bias out of the sport

We go pitch-side at the twelfth Homeless World Cup to find out how this alternative tournament is changing lives for the better around the globe

With more sportspeople coming out about their sexuality and increasing tolerance from fans, Ben Whitford looks at how the global sporting community is responding to the need for equality

All the attention may be on Brazil this summer, but in Denmark a version of football that requires cooperation between teams is being pioneered. Will Simpson reports from the first ever [...]

Euphoric street parties have become an unprecedented part of normal life in Kabul following Afghanistan’s recent sporting successes in both cricket and football

The Kiln Sierra Leone Marathon has been billed the "craziest and most worthwhile" marathon in the world and last year raised £320,000 to help the thousands of street children in the country

The role of sport in creating positive social change has been celebrated at a prestigious award ceremony in London