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Inside Parkuir: the art project queering sport, space and our bodies

Lie and play — Founded by Maria Laudes and Guiu Gimeno, it provides a framework for engaging, subverting, and celebrating the small details that make people unique – and queer.

  • Sport
  • Molly Lipson

London’s largest indoor skatepark to be demolished for padel courts

Better Extreme — The Barking skatepark’s fate follows that of similar indoor spaces in recent years, with operators GLL citing falling visitor numbers as the reason behind the decision.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk

In the pit at one of the UK’s last stock car & banger speedways

Stock Car Racing Isn’t Dead — Photographer Liam McCarthy spent time in and around the Arlington Raceway’s circuit, capturing the diehard community that keeps the sport alive.

  • Sport
  • Isaac Muk
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Burning rubber with the Middle East’s women rally racers

Ripping dirt — Across the Middle East and North Africa, women are increasingly chasing the thrill of speed, competition and freedom that comes with driving on gruelling terrain, as well as podium positions. Roxana Diba speaks to trailblazers of the scene, who are reshaping ideas of what women are capable of behind the wheel.

  • Sport
  • Roxana Diba

The London sword fighters reviving medieval combat

Schola Gladitoria — Studying ancient textbooks and techniques, the historical European martial arts community duel with centuries old systems of engagement. Mads Jensen swings a blade in an Ealing church to find out more.

  • Sport
  • Mads Jensen

A decade of Palestinian skatepark graffiti gets turned into a clothing capsule

Concrete canvas — SkatePal’s new collection draws on artwork left by local skaters and visiting volunteers at the Asira Ash-Shamaliya concrete skatepark – the largest of its kind in Palestine.

  • Sport
  • Ella Glossop
© Aiyush Pachnada

Rab’s adventures on film at Love Trails Festival

Adventure Film Night — Taking place between July 2-6, Rab are screening six documentaries at the festival that explore the remarkable world of the adventure sport community.

  • Sport
  • Roxana Diba

In photos: NO NOISE Running obsessives

Six runners. Six relationships with the road shaped by pain, obsession, defiance and something close to devotion. Their stories, in photos.

  • Nike
  • Sunny Sunday

Inside the minds of running obsessives with Dr Peter Olusoga

Challenge, discomfort and flow: What it takes to build resilience on the road.

  • Nike
  • Huck

The age of NO NOISE Running

In a culture flooded with distraction, obsessive runners are taking it back to the basics.

  • Nike
  • Anna Holbrook

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