Cristiano Ronaldo and Lieke Martens take Fifa player-of-the-year awards
• Real Madrid player wins men’s vote for fifth time after stellar year
• Holland international who starred at Euro 2017 takes women’s prize
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Simulators, e-gamers and robot-cars: the bold new horizons of motor sport
Emphasis on simulator work in motor sport means more drivers will emerge from the gaming scene – if they can conquer problems over the lack of ‘fear of death’
F1 Russian Grand Prix: five things we learned in Sochi
Lewis Hamilton has a few questions and the title race is even more open than expected but there was more bad news for Red Bull in Russia
Why F1 must fight to restore the Nürburgring to the calendar
One of the most iconic – and challenging – race tracks in the world, the Nürburgring needs bringing back by F1’s new owners, as a new film makes clear
Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China’s Communist party
Once rejected as the sport of millionaires by Mao, China now says there is is ‘no right or wrong’ about playing golf