Sexual abuse is a chronic condition that afflicts many other sports besides gymnastics.
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In a sporting diplomatic coup, North and South Korea will march under a unified flag at Pyeongchang 2018.
Sporting extravaganzas are a way for globalising cities in emerging market economies to try and play the “modernity game”. But they don’t make the rules, and so they can never “win”.
Millions are spent on sports sponsorship in Australia each year, but we are only just starting to figure out whether it is worth it.
The ban on Russia competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics is unique: it is directly linked to the country’s lack of sporting integrity.
Sport participation in South Africa remains rooted in the dilemmas of colonial society. It necessitates an ongoing need for discourse, debate and dialogue on decolonisation in sport history.
Almost 50 years ago, a white, non-American athlete supported Black athletes protesting racial injustice. Peter Norman paid a price for taking a stand. Canada’s Sidney Crosby is no Peter Norman.
The benefits of hosting the Olympics are so slim, or nonexistent, that fewer cities are bidding to host the games. That’s a sign of serious trouble.
The story behind the marathon is more complicated than it seems.
Jamaican Usain Bolt is often hailed as the greatest athlete of all time. But when you crunch the numbers, his name doesn’t come top of the list.
When financial times are tight, only those with soft power ambitions can see the economic sense in World Cups or Olympic Games.
You can celebrate ‘Little Britain’ and subvert it at the same time.
McDonald’s recently ended a 40-year relationship with the Olympics. Was the decision based on the tarnished Olympic brand or were there other reasons?
Rio’s sex workers were hoping the 2016 games would also boost their trade – but they were wrong.
Outside the staging of summer and winter Olympic Games, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), which oversees the selection and participation of Australia’s athletes, rarely features in public debate…
Help with psychological issues for elite performers is not about reacting when problems bubble to the surface.
Investing in staging sport is ultimately a matter of turning the entire host environment into a stage.
Stars of one of sport’s biggest success stories are slowly revealing the dangerous influence of Spice Girls-style postfeminism.
There is something troubling in the thought of people being made to aspire to heights that are literally beyond their reach.
To what extent do hours of practice, development squads and role models really make a difference?
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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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