competition

Europe

SpaceX is years ahead of Europe

Elon’s Musk’s dream has become Europe’s nightmare

Jonathan Miller

The cheaters, geniuses and creeps of the world of chess

Nothing says you’re a criminal mastermind like knowing the King’s Indian Attack

Luke McShane

The decline of Emma Raducanu

It is fair to say that, with every passing year, her US Open triumph looks more and more like a one-off

Jawad Iqbal

Real tennis is the most beautiful game in the world

Real tennis is real old and aspects of real tennis courts are inherited from monastic cloisters

Thomas W. Hodgkinson

China

It’s time for the US to revoke China’s ‘normal trade’ status

It’s an economic adversary and we should treat it as such

Nathan Picarsic and Emily de La Bruyere