Elite athletes share with the rest of us a common underlying physiology and the capacity to adapt significantly to training. It’s never too late to start.
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Products designed for professional athletes with specific goals may not do much for people with more recreational exercise goals.
These stories sound bizarre, but they highlight the battle for marginal gain in competition.
The World Cup is selling football as inclusive and diverse. It’s not so for the African players migrating to play overseas.
The Enhanced Games wound up on May 24 2026 without the medal shower that was widely expected, but what does the multi-sport event really stand for when it’s stripped of the moral frenzy?
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks discrimination against some female athletes.
Some of the most decisive moments in sport hinge on how athletes perceive, process and act on information in a matter of milliseconds.
While all Olympic athletes are expected to play and perform under pressure, Canada’s historical successes at the Winter Games have created heightened expectations.
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when you’re still growing and forming your identity.
The drama comes at an important time in the debate raging over the harms posed by concussion sports.
Elite athletes are highly specialised decision-makers because they practise it every day, which is why, on many cognitive tasks, they’re smarter than ‘the average Joe.’
Action sports used to be a niche interest but are continuing to gain in popularity - why are more young people gravitating towards them?
While there has been large advances and successes for athlete-mothers and progress since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, there is still work to be done to improve postpartum care and support.
For more than 100 years, international sport organizations have executed monopolistic power. Now, one has resurrected the founder of the modern Olympics to promote its controversial politics.
Canada Soccer has the potential to model, both nationally and globally, the same standards of accountability and leadership excellence that are expected of national team athletes.
People who regularly engage in significant amounts of exercise, as endurance athletes do, may develop enlarged hearts. While athletic heart is adapted for performance, it can be cause for concern.
Without the internet, television, radio or any widespread means of communication, ancient Greek athletes had to struggle to make their success known and easily communicated to a broad public.
Given the unique demands and pressures of competing in elite sport environments, it is imperative that we pay attention to elite youth athletes’ mental health needs.
Owen Farrell is part of a growing number of athletes speaking out about their wellbeing.
Athletics New Zealand joins a long list of sports bodies dealing with abuse of female athletes. But systemic reform is taking far too long.
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Clinician Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health, Sport Medicine Physician, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor, Christenson Professor in Active Healthy Living, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta
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Professor of Sports Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor in Sport Management, Brock University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Tasmania
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Systematic Reviewer, Cardiff University
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Professor of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
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Charles Howard Professor of Psychology, Oxford College, Emory University
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Lecturer, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University