Digital performance tracking is everywhere in pro sports but new research shows it may not suit semi-professional AFLW players.
- Professor and Dean School of Management, RMIT University
Sponsorship from fossil-fuel companies is worth millions to Australian sport. But growing opposition from the public and athletes themselves may force sports to rethink these deals.
With the Japanese public against the games and a pandemic raging, the Olympics are not a simple celebration of sport and human achievement.
In the absence of live sport, curated lists have abounded- but they have been mostly by men, featuring men’s sports.
While trust in politics maybe at an all-time low, new research finds that trust in sporting bodies is relatively high.
Mega sport events such as the FIFA World Cup have created the phenomenon of the “live site”, an off-site public space for fans and supporters to gather together to watch the game. In Melbourne, Federation…
The 2014 World Cup has all but ended for both Australia and England, but the national response to these results could not be more different. As a spectator of the game between Australia and The Netherlands…
As the World Cup demonstrates again and again, football is truly a global game. With globalisation we become more aware of both our national similarities and differences. However, at an event such as this…
As a FIFA World Cup “tourist” based in Europe, the truly global nature of this game and indeed this event becomes increasingly evident. How do I know this? Everywhere I look there are people dressed in…
For many Australians the FIFA World Cup appears as a spectacle by and for others. A national passion for the world game is diluted by our other football codes, and our distance, both geographically and…
Reaching the Olympic Games is undoubtedly the highlight of any athletic career, but this year will be the first time a female Australian athlete has participated in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games…
The London 2012 Summer Olympic Games were declared the “women’s games” – with female participation in all sports and every nation represented by at least one female athlete. Although the Sochi 2014 Winter…
One of the delights of watching the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games was the spontaneous dance routine and joyful celebration of the Independent Olympic Athletes. Images and videos of…
This trend will continue into the 2014 Winter Olympics with women permitted for the first time to compete in ski jumping. Since their inclusion in the modern Olympics in Paris in 1900, female participation…
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