It is now time for fans and administrators to put their money where their mouths are and support women’s sport in meaningful ways.
- Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
More government funding is needed to offset rising costs for registration, equipment and lessons and keep children involved in sport.
We should consider the messages that violence and aggression in sports of all kinds give children and young people – and devise strategies to lessen the impact.
Casual sport can help communities thrive. But for many of Australia’s most marginal communities, it’s becoming harder to find a place to play.
Previous Olympics and Commonwealth Games have not led to an increase in sports participation. In fact, there could be a negative impact on health from watching more television.
If the Australian cricketers involved in a ball-tampering scandal manage to return to the game, and do so triumphantly, it is likely they will be forgiven – and some may even forget their role in it.
Altering the condition of the match ball is against the rules of the sport, contrary to ‘the spirit of cricket’, and deemed to be ‘unfair’. It is a form of cheating.
A country with a questionable stance on LGBTI+ rights is again hosting the Winter Olympics.
While Harley Windsor’s selection deserves celebration, it’s surprising that it has taken until now for an Indigenous Australian to compete at a Winter Olympics.
A raft of tough new anti-scalping laws have just been introduce in Victoria, But are problems with existing ticketing systems driving fans into the hands of scalpers – and can technology help?
Examining our sporting heroes reveals much about ideas of national identity and who is accepted.
Overpriced and low-quality beer at sports stadiums leaves fans feeling exploited. Here’s how that can change.
Sport can be a driver for change; it can make a difference in people’s lives and unify communities, particularly around national successes. But it can also create tensions and cause conflict.
Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes was yet again booed by Australian football fans at the weekend. Sadly, AFL supporters have a history of emphasising notions of “difference” by abusing Indigenous players.
The increased virtual presence of athletes continues to have a darker side.
Sport plays a key role in an Australian Christmas. Sports matches are akin to creative events: they are dramatic performances with roles and scripts that those who attend regularly recognise and are able…
Watching the World Cup from Australia (and briefly in Vanuatu) has been a novel, and revealing, experience. This tournament (and other recent mega events such as the Summer and Winter Olympic Games) has…
Timed to coincide with the 2014 World Cup, Nike’s Risk Everything campaign has been spearheaded by their new advertisement, The Last Game. With elements of it playing in virtually every commercial break…
I have spent the past week watching the build up to the World Cup from the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. With a population of roughly 250,000, Vanuatu’s men’s team is ranked 190th in the world…
Supporting a football team is not a rational act. In the face of past experiences and logic there is always the hope that somehow things will be different this time. There is hope that in spite of the…
In 1863, the newly formed English Football Association (FA) drew up and published the first Laws of the Game of football. The aim was to provide a set of universal rules to govern the various forms of…
Two recent instances of sports-related racial abuse have seen athletes take strong, united stands against the scourge of racism. While the cases of Donald Sterling in the US and Dani Alves in Spain are…
With final preparations now underway for next week’s annual Rio de Janeiro carnival, and as the hype builds for this year’s FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, it’s almost inevitable images…
Picture this scene: you and a colleague sit down for a meeting with your counterparts from another organisation. Before discussions begin, one employee leans over and questions whether you know what you…
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