The Rio 2016 Virtual Medal Table

Latest Rio 2016 forecast predicts a decline in medals for Great Britain in comparison to London 2012.

ANALYSE THIS: How far would the fastest 100m swimmers reach in world record time?

SWIMMING – At the 16th FINA World Championships the best swimmers of the world will compete for the world titles. Several word records have been swum at previous world championships. We were dying to know how a world record holder compares to the other medallists at the world championships.

PREVIEW: Wimbledon draw promises big clashes

TENNIS – Today the main draw for the 48th edition of Wimbledon in Open era was announced which will take place from Monday 29 June to Sunday 12 July. This year’s draw promises some big clashes between former champions of the tournament in both the men’s and women’s tournament.

ANALYSE THIS: Mighty Djokovic closes in on Federer

TENNIS – Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in one of the most anticipated Grand Slam quarterfinals in a long time. Djokovic prevailed by winning 7-5, 6-3, 6-1, his first straight sets victory over Nadal in a best-of-five, and has yet to lose a set at the 2015 French Open.

THE WAVE: Juventus – Real Madrid

FOOTBALL – Juventus beat Real Madrid 2-1 at home to secure their 50th home win in the Champions League. Juve (7 on target) and Real (3 on target) both had 12 shots each this match and our wave shows how evenly matched both teams were in this semifinal. The score in the end, however, was in favor of the Italians.

THE WAVE: Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid

FOOTBALL – For the first time in almost 10 years both teams failed to score in the Madrid derby. Real Madrid were dominant until the last 15 minutes of the match where Atleti were on top. Both efforts were not successful and for the first time since their La Liga clash in May 2005, the match ended in a goalless draw.

ANALYSE THIS: The Foreign Influx™

FOOTBALL – FA Chairman Greg Dyke has made a lot of news headlines in the past week because of his plan to impose restrictions on non-EU players. Our colleague at Infostrada Sports, Murray Innes, looked at the numbers surrounding this proposal and wrote an article on his blog ‘Football Mythbusters’. Click on ‘continue reading’ to read more.

ANALYSE THIS: A Statistical Breakdown Of El Clásico (update)

FOOTBALL – On Sunday 22 March Real Madrid and FC Barcelona will go head-to-head in the 230th edition of El Clásico. In the week before the last clash between these archrivals (25 October) we posted a statistical analysis discussing several numbers on this match. We have updated this analysis with the performances of the teams in current season and added a brand new piece of analysis at the end.

THE WAVE: AS Monaco v Arsenal

FOOTBALL – Arsenal needed three away goals in their Champions League away match against AS Monaco in order to advance to the quarterfinals. The wave shows a one sided match with Arsenal in charge. In the end, the Gunners came one goal short of progressing to the next round.

ANALYSE THIS: Is Experience a Denominator for Success?

FOOTBALL – How important is experience for a team’s success? Do teams with more experienced players perform better in the league or do they benefit more from fresh, new players? While ‘experience’ is a difficult concept to actually capture in numbers, we came up with a simple way of trying to compare experience with success, taking the 2014/15 Premier League as an example.