From Beat poets and music festivals to anti-Ice campaigners and new Arsenal ink, LAYTH YOUSIF continues his exploration of a city where community still matters

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

JAMES NALTON celebrates Ruben Blades’s song Patria – played before Panama’s game against Ghana — a song inspiring hope instead of hate

Including races at Newcastle, York and Chester

Fifty years ago this month, Britain faced its hottest summer on record, as welterweight champion Stracey met his match in Mexico’s Palomino, writes JOHN WIGHT. 

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

LAYTH YOUSIF finds streets alive with history, struggle and celebration under the Golden Gate sun - from Arsenal chants to the contradictions of the modern US

Snippets of news from the sporting world with Jamie J

Teenagers from across Sudan and refugee communities in Egypt were outmatched in Morocco, but their return to the pitch is a defiant act in a country where women’s sport remains contested, writes AKRAM OUBACHIR

In the second part of his Oakland diaries, LAYTH YOUSIF continues to be inspired by the volunteer-led CityTeam — an organisation offering hot meals, clothing and friendly support to those who need it most 

Across the bay from the World Cup spectacle, CityTeam is offering hope to people experiencing life on the streets, addiction and deep poverty, writes LAYTH YOUSIF

Concerns grow over whether new stoppage rules serve profit rather than football’s integrity, writes JAMES NALTON

Including races at Ascot, Ayr and Redcar

with Jamie J

How soaring prices, celebrity spectacle and political hypocrisy are overshadowing the beautiful game on the sport’s biggest stage, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER

Snippets of news from the sporting world with JAMIE J

JOHN WIGHT writes about the shared love of the ring that strengthened two icons in their struggles against racism and injustice

F1 admits pit-lane measurement discrepancy as Russell fumes over penalty fallout

Zohran Mamdani pushes an inclusive vision for football, but basketball still dominates the city’s imagination, writes JAMES NALTON

Including races at Chester, York and Sandown

In the second of his Canadian World Cup diaries, LAYTH YOUSIF finds Toronto buzzing with anticipation ahead of the forthcoming global tournament

Omar Artan was questioned for hours and refused entry to the US despite his Fifa appointment and valid documents, writes OMAR FARUK and GERALD IMRAY