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Fifa’s recent sell-off controversy has reignited the debate about ownership of football and other sports.
If children don’t want to attend a competition or continue with a sport at all, they should be able to say so.
Returning a tennis serve depends on one of the brain’s most remarkable abilities: predicting the future.
Padel’s rise has not been met with unbridled enthusiasm.
Osaka is part of a tradition of Black women using style not as decoration but as a way of asserting identity, heritage and agency.
Sweltering conditions at this year’s French Open sparked fresh debate about whether the sport was doing enough to keep athletes safe.
Research shows athlete disclosures about their mental health can encourage people to seek help and talk honestly about mental illness. But heckling and backlash threaten that progress.
Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in physics.
Even non tennis fans knew about ‘Fed’, ‘Rafa’ and ‘Serena’. The same can’t be said about today’s top tennis players.
The new ABC mini-series Goolagong is a rags-to-riches story about a small-town girl with a ball and a piece of 2 x 4 who dreams of one day winning Wimbledon.
As our days get hotter and playing conditions get harsher, what can Australian sport do to become more sustainable?
Billie Jean King’s 1973 match was about social change. The upcoming Sabalenka-Kyrgios event – with its rules tweaks and its participants’ questionable politics – may leave women’s tennis worse off.
Redefining sports eligibility around gender identity risks erasing the protections that have helped women’s college sports flourish, a scholar argues.
The same principles that help athletes on the court, field or track can help you regulate stress and adapt to changes in everyday life.
Novak Djokovic, 38, Jess Fishlock, 38, Ronaldo, 39. Elite athletes are staying at the top longer than ever. Here’s how science is redefining peak performance.
Organisers have replaced all 300 line judges with electronic line-calling.
Skorts were once truly progressive. Their role in contemporary society, however, is a bit more complicated.
At Wimbledon, any colour must be limited to a 10mm strip.
Tennis puts a lot of stress on the legs and feet. So what can you do to protect yourself?
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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