A recent study highlights the significant long-term socioeconomic benefits of sports participation for women and girls.
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In sports-mad Australia, the Olympics are always a huge deal. But does this interest result in increased sports participation?
With the Paris Olympics and Canada’s Future of Sport Commission both to start soon, this is a timely critique of the Canadian sport system.
The Queensland government’s Olympic legacy strategy aims for a more inclusive community through the power of sports. But more needs to be done to help refugees join in.
Many people are suffering due to cost-of-living pressures but have they impacted sports participation rates in Australia?
The government has released a discussion paper for the latest national sport strategy. Will this one be more effective than previous attempts? Probably not.
In the UK, many disabled people continue to feel excluded from participating in sports.
Sportswomen still struggle for attention and too many girls are discouraged from taking sport seriously.
While getting more women to take part in sport is a laudable achievement, it would be better if the campaign also helped free them from the objectification of the dominant male gaze.
Negotiations for the new media rights for cricket in Australia could see a change in how we watch games, and even be linked to a drop in people actually playing the game.
Without addresses inequalities in sport and diversifying funding, there will always be a problem in getting ordinary people interested in sport.
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