More than the Score

Sports trading cards have boomed in value since the pandemic, with some of the most valuable examples selling for millions of dollars. Shark Tank star Kevin O'Leary is one of the celebrities who've made multi-million dollar investments in trading cards, publicly flaunting some of his most expensive purchases at film award ceremonies including the Oscars earlier this year. But why are people willin...

David Bellion spent more than a decade playing top-flight football in England and France, at clubs including Manchester United, Sunderland, Nice and Bordeaux. He ended his playing career at Red Star FC in Paris - then took an unusual path by becoming the club's creative director. Before leaving the role in May 2025, Bellion spent eight years building up the club's brand, and creating links between...

The Indian Wells tournament and the Players Championship are often unofficially referred to as the “fifth Grand Slam” and the “fifth major” of tennis and golf respectively. But could those nicknames ever become a reality – and who gets to confer that status on them? What makes some tournaments ‘major’, and why do they seem to matter more? BBC golf correspondent Iain Carter talks to More than the S...

Mohamed Salah has announced that he will be leaving Liverpool this summer, after a nine-year spell that has seen him become a club legend - scoring 255 goals to date, as well as helping to bring the Champions League and Premier League trophies to Anfield for the first time in decades. Though the 33-year-old’s departure wasn’t totally unexpected, the reaction to Salah’s announcement has reflected t...

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot has spent more than 15 years as one of the world’s greatest cyclists, winning multiple world titles in road cycling, mountain biking, and cyclo-cross. But over the past two years, she’s also become a national hero in France. In 2024, the 34-year-old finally claimed her first Olympic gold, triumphing in the women’s cross-country at the Paris Olympics. Then, the following year...

Whether it’s self-made or forced upon you, the decision about which football team to support is usually taken before you learn to ride a bike or even tie your shoelaces. But can ever stop supporting your football team? The BBC’s Nesta McGregor is joined by lifelong Manchester United fan Deborah Henry and psychologist Dr Richard Simpson. Deborah tells us it’s a case of “never say never” in terms of...

Last September, Alex Rose walked into a rain-soaked concrete circle at the Japan National Stadium and made athletics history. While many discus throwers struggled amid the downpour, Rose found a throw of 66.96 metres to win bronze at the World Athletics Championships – his first world-level medal, and a first-ever medal at the championships for the Pacific island of Samoa. What made the feat even...

English anti-discrimination campaign group Kick It Out has told BBC Sport that, by the end of February 2026, they had received more than double the amount of reports of sexism at football games compared to the same stage of last season. So why is it happening? How can it be stopped? And what kind of impact can receiving sexist abuse at football have on a person? The BBC’s Sophia Hartley is joined...

Sporting Club Jacksonville, or Sporting JAX as they’re more commonly known, was founded in 2020 in Florida. The first ever professional women’s team from the city are currently sitting on top of the USL Super League in their inaugural season, while the men’s team have now begun their first season in the USL Championship – the second tier in the US. But how do you start a football club from scratch...

Venezuela have been crowned baseball’s world champions after winning the World Baseball Classic for the first time. In a dramatic final in Miami on Tuesday night, an RBI double from Eugenio Suarez put Venezuela 3-2 up on the USA in the final inning, before pitcher Daniel Palencia struck out Roman Anthony to seal victory. It sparked huge celebrations both in Caracas and among Miami's large Venezuel...

Ice hockey has officially been a mixed-gender event at the Winter Paralympics since 2010 – but only four women have taken part in the event in the history of the Games, with Japan’s Akari Fukunishi being the only female player in action at this year’s Milan-Cortina tournament. Those statistics echo wider concerns about female participation at the winter games. The Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics...

The BBC’s John Bennett is joined by North African football expert Maher Mezahi and Senegalese football journalist Babacar Diarra to discuss the fallout after Morocco were declared winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 in January’s final, which was overshadowed when Senegal’s players left the field after Morocco were awarded a stoppage-time penalty with the match goall...

To be an elite level star in one sport is a tremendous achievement, but to be it in two is quite remarkable. Charlie Ward won the Heisman Trophy in college football, before pursuing a career in the NBA rather than the NFL. He remains the only player to win college football’s highest individual award and then play in the NBA. Ward tells the BBC’s Ed Harry and Nesta McGregor about his background as...

Elana Meyers Taylor became the oldest-ever winner of an individual Winter Olympic gold medal when she won the women’s monobob event in Milan-Cortina, aged 41. It was the American’s sixth Olympic medal, and first gold, having first won a bronze medal in 2010 at the Vancouver Games. She’s the most-decorated black athlete in Winter Olympic history, as well as the mother of two sons – both of whom are...

Figure skating is one of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics, with skaters like Alysa Liu becoming global stars following their success at the Games. However, the sport hasn't been a part of this year's Winter Paralympics in Milan-Cortina. Figure skating has yet to be officially sanctioned by the International Paralympic Committee, and has never featured on the Paralympic programme. Dan...

Max Verstappen is the greatest Formula 1 driver of this decade. Since making his debut as a 17-year-old back in 2015, he's won four world championships and 71 races. But this week, he's announced he'll also be taking on a new challenge by competing in the Nurburgring 24-hour race in May - one week before the Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix. At the same time, Verstappen has also said he wishes Formul...

The Ekstraklasa, the top division of Polish football, is currently having one of the most exciting seasons in its history. The top spot in the table – currently occupied by Zaglebie Lubin - has changed hands multiple times, and the top nine clubs in the 18-team division are currently separated by just eight points. The league’s top scorers, Lechia Gdansk, are 11th in the table, while its best defe...

Only 10 teams took part in the men's Winter Olympic cross-country skiing relay final, which was won by Norway for a third consecutive time. They were led to gold by perhaps the greatest Olympian of all time, Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo. Despite his country's successes, journalist Jan Petter Saltvedt explains to Ade Adedoyin why he thinks it's time for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to swit...

The average age of a manager in the Premier League in the 2025/26 season is 45. 10 years ago, it was 53. As far as modern football at the highest level is concerned, managers appear to be getting younger. But are older coaches being unfairly overlooked? Scottish giants Celtic have twice turned to 74 year-old Martin O'Neill this season while former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti  will take Bra...

Wales were giants of rugby union in the 1960s and 70s, but are now struggling to compete at the top end of the sport. The men's team are currently enduring a historically difficult period, losing 23 of their last 25 matches. This includes a streak of 18 consecutive Test defeats that only ended in July 2025 with a victory against Japan. In the Six Nations, they have suffered 13 successive losses, o...

Menna Fitpatrick was born with a visual impairment known as congenital folds. It's left her with no vision in her left eye, and five percent vision in her right. As a child, she learned to ski with her dad on family holidays - and is now Britain's most decorated Winter Paralympian, with six alpine skiing medals in total, including a slalom gold at Pyeongchang in 2018. At the Winter Paralympics in...

When the 2026 Formula 1 season begins with the opening race in Australia, there will be two new teams on the grid representing two of the world's biggest car companies. Audi has taken over the Sauber team - it's the parent company, the Volkswagen Group's first foray into the highest level of the sport. The Cadillac Formula 1 Team - backed by the American car giant General Motors - will become the...

The Winter Paralympics are set to begin in Milan-Cortina on 6 March, welcoming athletes from all over the world to compete in snowboarding, skiing, biathlon, curling and ice hockey events. Over the past decade, the profile of Paralympic sport has grown rapidly around the world, and the technology that helps para-athletes compete has evolved as well. But when it comes to competing in the cold, ther...

Aged only 18 years old, Britain's Arvid Lindblad is set to make his Formula 1 debut this weekend in Australia. The Racing Bulls driver will be the youngest racer on the grid, and the youngest Briton to ever compete in Formula 1. Earlier this year, Lindblad talked to the BBC's F1 correspondent, Andrew Benson, about his route into the sport, and explained why, despite his young age, his Formula 1 de...

The former Premier League striker Benni McCarthy has given a wide-ranging interview to the BBC. He's the only South African to win the men's Champions League - that was with Jose Mourinho's Porto in 2004. He's also his national team's all-time top goal scorer and after a two year spell as a first-team coach at Manchester United he's now in charge of 2027 men's Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts Kenya....