The Sporting Life is an album by singer Diamanda Galás and multi-instrumentalist John Paul Jones, released on September 6, 1994, by record label Mute.

Trouser Press described the album as "her most stimulating and broadly appealing work yet.

"[2] "Diamanda Galás would like to dedicate her work on this album to Linda Greenberg, "Last Man Down" to Carl Valentino, and "Hex" to Michael Flanagan."