Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The Polish Ekstraklasa is the most competitive league in European football and attendances are reaching record highs

The games against Newcastle and PSG could be season-defining. How should Chelsea manage them?

The psychological impact of being hauled off after 15 minutes of a huge game is damaging — but it doesn’t have to be terminal

The Premier League title race has taken a huge number of twists on ‘swing weekends’ – and they may not be over yet…

The Anfield club have to balance maintaining their homegrown quota with expatriate stars – and it is no easy task

Geopolitical tensions had raised the prospect of Iraq being denied the chance to compete at their first World Cup in 40 years

A record nine English clubs competed in European knockout football this week, but now the focus shifts back to the domestic league

The Dominican Republic’s celebrations at the World Baseball Classic got The Athletic thinking about the most memorable in sport

In a challenging season, the USWNT winger has been arguably Chelsea’s best player. Now she can win her first piece of major club silverware

The world No. 1 and world No. 2-to-be will meet in the BNP Paribas Open final for the second time.