Three potential Olympians have been sent “please explain” letters from the Australian Olympic Committee, but there is little ethical justification for this.
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Studying how athletes’ bones contort during exercise is helping scientists understand which exercise is best for maintaining healthy bones as we age.
Men’s tennis number one offered an apology for comments made but truth is, it’s a view long-held by many.
My number of spectators is bigger than yours – why there are more sexist issues at play in tennis than the size of your crowd.
After a routine drug test at the Australian Open tennis tournament, Maria Sharapova tested positive to a banned substance, meldonium. Upon being notified of the result she called a press conference, accepting…
We have an intuitive bias against “artificial” drugs in favour of “natural” drugs, but that distinction is not only false, it is dangerous.
Overnight, Maria Sharapova called a press conference to announce she had tested positive for a banned substance (mildronate) during this year’s Australian Open.
Fans are entitled to feel ripped off by revelations of match fixing in tennis; the sport’s officials have let us down.
Extreme match durations are more common today than at any other time in the modern tennis era. This poses a threat to the sport’s standard of excellence.
The current controversy over match-fixing in tennis has some ironic elements. Anyone watching the Australian Open on free-to-air TV will notice the proliferation of sports betting ads.
You might think statisticians could work out if a player has been cheating – it’s not that simple.
Allegations have been made about throwing games in tennis – but what would lead a player to agree to swing a game?
For the most part, Australian sports are heavily regulated and proactive in addressing doping. The same cannot be said about gambling.
The tennis world is the latest sport to be rocked by allegations of corruption, this time by reports of match fixing. So who are the winners and losers when such allegations are made?
Andy Murray has some big boots to fill.
If a misogynistic atmosphere is allowed to prevail in men’s individual and team sports, then all the platitudes about sport being a socially positive force stand exposed.
Leave debates about on-court banter aside and focus on the victim here.
Williams is on track to eclipse Court, Navratilova and Graf … but she’s not there yet.
At Wimbledon 2015 there have been widely published, powerful criticisms about Nick Kyrgios’ conduct, both on court and in press conferences. Much of that advice is well intended, with the hope that a behaviourally…
As Wimbledon 2015 gets underway, the writing looks to be on the wall for Rafael Nadal. Will the Spaniard succeed where so many other top athletes have failed?
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Senior Lecturer in Ethics, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Swansea University
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Senior Data Scientist, Victoria University
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Professor of Sports Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sport & Fitness, The Open University
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Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise & Active Living (ISEAL), Victoria University
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PhD candidate in psychology. Former professional tennis player, current coach, coach educator and speaker, University of East London
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Research officer, Victoria University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
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Associate professor, First Year College, Victoria University