Here at GSN Towers we love all sport. However, we have to admit that football (soccer) has a special place in our hearts.

Host nation Russia have won the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics with a relatively narrow margin (60 points, or 0.9%) over Canada, the winners four years ago in Vancouver.

One of the objectives of GSN’s Global and Per Capita rankings is to offer new insights into how the sporting performance of nations is affected by factors other than sporting results themselves.