NEWS:  10:00 27 October 2012

A robot that can improvise shots could be the best robotic table tennis challenger yet

13:26 15 October 2012  | 1 comment

The arms race between dopers and testers will go on despite the shaming of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, says Chris Cooper

NEWS:  09:00 04 October 2012

A database of relevant anecdotes for commentators during live sport means that the best stories are always to hand

FEATURE:  10:03 07 September 2012  | 14 comments

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the start of a new extreme sport – pedal-powered flying

UPFRONT:  12:06 30 August 2012

Innocent or not, the cyclist's decision to stop fighting doping allegations means athletes looking for better ways to cheat won't be able to hear revealing testimony

THIS WEEK:  18:00 29 August 2012  | 2 comments

The Paralympics may encourage a debate on a dangerous practice – and potential ways to prevent it

EDITORIAL:  15:32 29 August 2012  | 7 comments

The Olympics are all very well, but it takes more than publicity to get spectators out of their seats

FEATURE:  08:00 29 August 2012  | 9 comments

From dementia and diabetes to high blood pressure – no pill protects us against ill health like exercise does, as Andy Coghlan discovers

NEWS:  09:00 17 August 2012

Workout clothes with invisible sensors and vibrating feedback can detect body movement and help correct your posture during Pilates exercises

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:  10:00 13 August 2012  | 5 comments

The achievements of amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius represents a deep shift in our ideas about what it means to be disabled – or human, says Anders Sandberg

UPFRONT:  17:20 07 August 2012

Belarus's hammer champion Ivan Tsikhan has withdrawn from the Olympics after a sample taken from him in Athens in 2004 showed signs of drug-taking

13:28 31 July 2012  | 6 comments

The Chinese swimming prodigy's world record in the women's 400 metres Olympic individual medley may merely be exceptional

COMMENT AND ANALYSIS:  12:31 23 July 2012  | 12 comments

Female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels face new sex testing rules that are flawed and unjust, say Katrina Karkazis and Rebecca Jordan-Young