Sometimes sporting rules can incentivise teams to behave in ways that appear to defy logic – by actively trying to lose.
Collecting stickers of players ahead of the World Cup is a much-loved fan tradition. This tournament's sticker book is the largest ever – this is what it takes to collect them all.
A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.
An unusual tennis competition that pits amateurs against professionals in one-point matches is launching at the Australian Open.
Wrapping awkwardly shaped Christmas presents is always a headache, but here's the formula for perfect gift wrap.
An audacious heist at the Louvre saw thieves make off with priceless crown jewels in broad daylight – here is how a decades-old geometry problem can help museums boost their security.
New world records in some sports are remarkably elusive, yet in others they seem to fall regularly. There is a good mathematical reason why.
Professional footballers sometimes use a mathematical strategy to help them score a penalty, or save one – and it all comes down to randomness.
Liverpool FC's victory at the weekend has produced a strange series of numbers in the league's record books.
