David McGillivray

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Team New Zealand at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, 2023. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

Empowerment and joy: NZ’s Special Olympics Summer Games remind us what sport is about

This week’s NZ National Summer Games are part of a global Special Olympics movement that rivals other sports mega-events in scale. Media coverage needs to catch up.
Optimistic Scotland fans at the opening match against hosts Germany at Euro 2024. AP / Alamy

Euro 2024: why the host nation is required to protect the human rights of football fans

For host cities football fans are simultaneously potential consumers and criminals. But they have rights, and fan zones are a good way of protecting fans, the public and the streets.

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