How do you take a perfect penalty or spin the perfect serve in tennis? How do gymnasts achieve their amazing feats? And what makes a perfect stadium or velodrome? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in our content exploring the mathematics of sport. There's more of it than you might think!

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The luck of the draw

A mathematical improbability in the Third Round of the FA Cup could have upset the Premiership sides.
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Blast it like Beckham?

What tactics should a soccer player use when taking a penalty kick? And what can the goalkeeper do to foil his plans? John Haigh uses Game Theory to find the answers, and looks at his World Cup predictions from last issue.

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On the ball

If your team scores first in a football match, how likely is it to win? And when is it worth committing a professional foul? John Haigh shows us how to use probability to answer these and other questions, and explains the implications for the rules of the game.
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