Many sports fans will suffer sleep deprivation as they stay up to watch the Olympics but there are ways to minimise it and bounce back after the closing ceremony.
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These uniforms are for the athletes to perform their best, be proud of their national outfits and feel they genuinely represent them.
The modern Olympics were designed for men, and have gone to great lengths to exclude female athletes.
Today’s Olympics are vastly different to those that began in ancient Greece. So what was it like attending those ancient games?
While transgender people have gained some recognition and human rights in the past decade, a well-financed reactionary movement is rolling them back.
Athletes have different gut microbiomes compared with the general population. Some of these microbes are thought to improve endurance and recovery by optimizing the cell’s powerhouses.
AI is finding applications across sport, from talent spotting and training to gymnastics judging and injury rehab.
Jan Mashiani and Len Tau apparently found themselves in the US in 1904 as part of a world’s fair displaying ‘savages’.
What makes the Olympics’ five rings such a powerful brand, and do they deliver value for host nations?
When tech makes an athlete perform beyond their natural ability, you might call that “technological doping”. How can we make it fair for everyone?
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that means for the trade-off between security and privacy.
Billions have been spent making the Seine swimmable for the first time in a century. It might not be enough.
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.
The shoes have sparked controversy, but they seem to be here to stay.
Regularly watching sporting events – whether in person or on TV – is linked to higher wellbeing.
When it comes to the Olympics, sports like athletics and swimming often spring to mind. But many events have been tried and discarded over the years, including Jeu de paume, polo and tug-of-war.
One biblical verse bans tattoos, but the full story of Christianity’s relationship with body modification is more complicated.
Many athletes dream of reaching the Olympics but very few reach it. What is the process for identifying and developing athletic talent?
As world sports fans zero in on Paris ahead of the Olympics, what should Brisbane’s games organisers look to learn ahead of the 2032 event?
Sporting events form a vital space where Americans display their ‘civil religious devotion,’ according to a scholar of religion and sports.
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Fellow, Saint Mary’s University
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan 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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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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