About

Open Sports Bulletin is for people who enjoy watching sport and want a clearer sense of what is happening beyond the score. We explain rules, tactics, formats, equipment and match patterns in plain English, with room for readers who are new to a game as well as those who want to notice more.

What we cover

Our subjects are the structures and choices that make sport distinctive: what a rule permits, why a tactic uses space in a certain way, how formats shape a contest, and what equipment is designed to do. We favour topics that remain useful beyond a single fixture or season.

Who it is for

You do not need to play a sport or know its specialist vocabulary to read Open Sports Bulletin. We define unfamiliar terms, explain the setting before the detail and aim to make each subject understandable on its own.

How we explain the game

We begin with why a rule, role or choice matters, then show how it works in context. We separate a game's formal rules from common tactics and interpretations, and avoid treating one way of watching as the only right one.