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When two closely matched teams play each other, what is the most likely result?
Countries from across the world competed in a sports tournament. Can you devise an efficient strategy to work out the order in which they finished?
Can you deduce which Olympic athletics events are represented by the graphs?
These Olympic quantities have been jumbled up! Can you put them back together again?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to race against Usain Bolt?
Imagine you had to plan the tour for the Olympic Torch. Is there an efficient way of choosing the shortest possible route?
Is it the fastest swimmer, the fastest runner or the fastest cyclist who wins the Olympic Triathlon?
Andy is desperate to reach John o'Groats first. Can you devise a winning race plan?
Where should runners start the 200m race so that they have all run the same distance by the finish?
The heptathlon is an athletics competition consisting of 7 events. Can you make sense of the scoring system in order to advise a heptathlete on the best way to reach her target?
Andy wants to cycle from Land's End to John o'Groats. Will he be able to eat enough to keep him going?
Can you use your powers of logic and deduction to work out the missing information in these sporty situations?
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
In this article, Alan Parr shares his experiences of the motivating effect sport can have on the learning of mathematics.
See how little g and your weight varies around the world. Did this variation help Bob Beamon to long-jumping succes in 1968?
At what angle should you release the shot to break Olympic records?
10 intriguing starters related to the mechanics of sport.
How high can a high jumper jump? How can a high jumper jump higher without jumping higher? Read on...
How would you design the tiering of seats in a stadium so that all spectators have a good view?
Under which circumstances would you choose to play to 10 points in a game of squash which is currently tied at 8-all?
In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?
How do decisions about scoring affect who wins a combined event such as the decathlon?