To join in the excitement of the world athletics championships, we bring you some articles, a puzzle, and a little something on infectious diseases.

Fill those gaps between matches, and the tennis vacuum that will ensue after Wimbledon, with some tennis maths!

Simone Biles stunned audiences at the 2016 Olympics with a move that appeared to defy gravity. Did it really? Two sports scientists explain the physics of the Biles.

Here's a selection of our favourite articles on Olympic maths — from dressage, via ping pong, to athletics.

England may have bombed out, but the Euro 2016 Championships are still in full swing. Here are some articles by our favourite football expert, Ken Bray

To celebrate Wimbledon, here are some of our best tennis articles and puzzles!

What's the best spot to aim a penalty at?

Marcus du Sautoy talks about football, cryptography, and numbers.

Three steps for ensuring penalty success.

In the first part of this article we let maths set the scene for a free kick. Now we continue the drama, tracing the trajectory of the ball throughout the milliseconds it takes it to reach the goal line.

Free kicks will deliver much of the drama in the football world cup this summer. But how should strikers approach them and how does the design on the ball impact on its behaviour in flight? Maths can give us answers...

With spring (hopefully) on its way, it looks increasingly less likely that we will be blessed with the cold, white, fluffy stuff this year. But if the winter Olympics leave you yearning for snow and ice, here are some related maths stories for you.