Salah celebrates scoring a goal.
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Whenever Salah scores a goal, he performs sujood, the Islamic act of prostration. Fans’ reactions to it underscore the state of British Muslimness today.
The NRL’s controversial salary cap has clearly played a role in keeping the league so equal.
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There is no major sporting competition in the world that has enjoyed such a run without crowning back-to-back champions as the NRL.
Running on a transplanted liver.
Gareth Wiltshire
Sport can provide organ recipients with motivation and a chance to celebrate.
Former Brisbane Lions footballer Michael Close suffered a serious knee injury during a game at Etihad Stadium.
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Michael Close’s lawsuit raises questions about the legal liabilities of sporting clubs, venues and organisations.
Adelaide’s Bec Goddard (centre) is one of just two female senior coaches in the AFLW.
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Despite participation rates in women’s sport growing exponentially in recent years, the number of women in coaching positions has remained frustratingly stagnant.
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Drinking coffee before exercising could make you run faster and lift heavier - if you’ve the right genes.
Coaching kids isn’t always a straightforward job.
Children’s sports coaches are underpaid, under qualified and often unappreciated.
The Australian team finished 23rd on the medal tally in Pyeongchang.
EPA/Vassil Donev
Measuring the success of the Australian team at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang may still be aligned to the ambitious Winning Edge targets.
The shirt numbers of Brisbane Roar player Ivan Franjic are seen to dislodge during the Preliminary Stage 2 AFC Champions League match between the Brisbane Roar and Ceres Negros FC at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre in Brisbane, Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
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The Brisbane Roar’s woes are the least of the Bakrie Group’s concerns, writes Nasya Bahfen.
Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii faces being stripped of his bronze medal from Pyeongchang.
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Athletes have, on occasion, mounted successful defences of sabotage in doping cases.
American skiier Gus Kenworthy is one of many openly gay athletes competing in Pyeongchang.
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A country with a questionable stance on LGBTI+ rights is again hosting the Winter Olympics.
Team GB’s Kyle Smith in action in PyeongChang.
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It’s slow, precise, emotional – and made for television.
Temperatures in Pyeongchang fall below -10°C at night.
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Here’s how athletes at the Winter Olympics are able to perform in extreme cold.
Harley Windsor’s visibility before, during and after these Winter Olympics may just be the catalyst to inspire future generations of Indigenous athletes.
AAP/Brendan Esposito
While Harley Windsor’s selection deserves celebration, it’s surprising that it has taken until now for an Indigenous Australian to compete at a Winter Olympics.
What makes the mogul discipline distinctive is that it is both a judged event and a timed event.
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Matt Graham’s silver medal in mogul skiing is the third time an Australian has won a medal in the event at a Winter Olympics.
Marching in unity, for now.
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Teams from both countries marched into opening ceremony under the unified Korea flag.
Conditioning for the cold.
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Techniques and technology can help athletes perform at their best even in freezing temperatures.
Sporting events like the Winter Olympics are one of TV’s most valuable products.
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Olympics have often provided the impetus for large-scale broadcasting innovations, such as when TV was introduced in Australia to broadcast the 1956 Games.
Alexander Tretyakov, one of the Russian athletes whose lifetime ban was overturned in January.
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The politics of Russia’s Olympic doping ban.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is pushing for a thawing of the relationship between the Koreas through events such as the Winter Olympics.
EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun
The mistrust between the two Koreas is so deep that there are more sceptics than enthusiasts over North Korea’s involvement in the Winter Olympics.