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Over the course of Euro 2020, fans across the world will be counting the cost of lost bets.
Bubble life means spending time with different people, to aid psychological recovery, will not be an option for athletes in Tokyo.
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Strict enforcement of COVID-safe regulations in the Olympic Village could affect athletes’ mental health. Their performance could suffer too
The future of the Canadian Football League is in doubt as it resumes play for the first time since 2019.
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The Canadian Football League is struggling to stay alive. All options, including help from government, should be considered as part of a national conversation about its future.
Three Lions writers Ian Broudie, Frank Skinner and David Baddiel.
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From Three Lions to You’ll Never Walk Alone, some songs have become unique expressions of love that fans have for the game and their teams.
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With both sides claiming unfair discrimination, the science disputed and law contradictory, where do transgender athletes turn?
The Badwater Ultra-marathon bills itself as the world’s toughest, covering 217 km from Death Valley National Park to Mount Whitney, California
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The deadly toll of last month’s mountain race in Gansu province, China, has shaken competitors and fans alike. But is the sport dangerous?
Phil Mickleson uses a rangefinder at the PGA Championship golf tournament.
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How psychological factors may have influenced the opinions about the use of rangefinders during the 2021 PGA championships.
Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus returns the ball to Simona Halep of Romania during their semifinal tennis match of the women’s singles WTA Tour Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany in April 2021.
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The governing bodies of professional tennis need to do more to prioritize athlete well-being — and there’s no better time to start than now.
Being an Formula 1 driver is harder than it looks.
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It might look easy driving a car around a track but it takes a lot of targeted training to be a good F1 driver.
Tanzania’s Mbwana Samatta (right) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match with Kenya in Cairo.
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National sports victories increase nationalism and national pride, but can also influence attitudes towards refugees.
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Our research indicates the relationship between testosterone levels and athletic performance in females is not so simple.
Batsman Graeme Hick was the last to achieve ‘1000 runs in May’.
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Only eight batsmen have achieved the feat, will another join their ranks this May?
A Women’s Super League fixture between Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol City.
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A women’s European Super League was an afterthought, evidence of the sport’s increasing swallowing up the men’s game.
Super League plans have fans screaming into the void, like soccer star Lionel Messi here.
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More competitive games between top soccer clubs is desirable but creating a ‘closed’ system would harm a soccer culture built on dreams, says the man who predicted the Super League two decades ago.
No crowds.
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Pressure from the crowd causes referees to make different decisions.
Is there a level playing field for all nations expected to attend the Games when it comes to vaccinations?
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Still in the midst of a global pandemic, the International Olympic Committee’s dream of hosting the Tokyo Games in a “post-corona world” is not possible. But should the Games go ahead at all?
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For elite athletes, even mild COVID-19 vaccine side effects can throw their training plans off course. But they can plan ahead.
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Taking part in sport at university can bring huge benefits.
Here the goalie’s view is obstructed by the wall of his teammates but also attacking player from the other team,
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While a line of defensive players complicates a free kicker’s task to shoot on target, new research suggests it could also impede the goalie.
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A person who exercises, attends sporting events as a spectator and takes their kids to the oval or swimming pool will create 935 kg of CO₂ per year if using their car.