Sport
Finance & economics
Struggling with the trade war? Amateur football might help
Jiangsu’s party cadres find success with a bizarre idea
Culture
“F1 The Movie” is a very expensive promotional film
Will it rev up new fans for the motorsport?
United States
Even for $10bn, the Los Angeles Lakers may look like a bargain
A seeming vanity investment is in fact a market-beating asset class
Britain
The “motorsport mindset” behind Britain’s success in Formula One
Lessons from one of the country’s most successful industrial clusters
Editor’s Picks
How Brazil’s football team lost its mojo
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
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The Americas
Brazilians love football. Their national team is past its prime
Brazil hasn’t won a World Cup in a quarter of a century. Corruption and chaotic domestic leagues are to blame
Culture
The Club World Cup will be the most global football tournament ever
FIFA’s latest bonanza offers hope to unheralded teams around the world
1843 | The curse of Kenya’s long-distance runners
Kelvin Kiptum had the world at his feet. Then it all ended in an instant
Science & technology
Aron D’Souza, the brash brain behind the “doping Olympics”
The president of the Enhanced Games wants to push forward human evolution
