The FIFA decision to suspend Folarin Balogun’s red card is a compact case study in how power can shape the application of rules without ever rewriting them.
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International sport organizations must stop ignoring athletes’ data protection rights when regulating sport, including eligibility in the women’s category
Hosting international sporting events brings prestige and profit to both global sports organizations and repressive regimes, but the gains sacrifice human rights and justice for power and profit.
Injuries and burnout are having a bit effect on the game.
Sport tourism has significant economic potential in South Africa. Paris has shown how it can be maximised.
The IOC needs to look beyond gender parity and work with international federations to address athletes’ conditions of participation in sports to achieve true gender equality.
There is hope for a return to a more traditional and enjoyable Olympic Games with the upcoming 2024 Paris Games.
The AFL grand final is a celebration of a unique game, Australian made and owned, with a goal of competitive balance.
The Olympics claim not to be political, but in the 1960s a counter movement organized by left-leaning countries put politics front and centre.
Whether it’s global conflicts or communities in trouble, the solutions to peace and prosperity aren’t only found by government. Sports, too, can bring about much-needed change.
If you think English footy fans have it hard losing in the semis in far away away tournaments, imagine being French and losing the Tour de France on your home turf every year.
Every England fan in Moscow knows that that football is ‘coming home’, but can England really claim to be where the world’s most popular sport rests its head?
Women are still grossly underrepresented as chairpeople, directors or chief executives of international sporting bodies, to the great detriment of those sports.
Spare a thought for the cast of thousands that has to worry about player fitness and team logistics in a major sporting event.
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Professor of French Studies, School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol
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Director of Sport, Performance and Health, Heriot-Watt University
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Research associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
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Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Brock University
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Project Manager, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Professor, Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Human Rights Studies, King's University College, Western University
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Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Data Science, Sports Analytics and AI, The University of Western Australia; Audencia
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Hull