The cost and the hassles involved can stand in the way of kids joining teams and taking part in organized activities. So can cultural barriers.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Athletics
Displaying 1 - 20 of 89 articles
As record running times drop, what role is footwear playing?
Coaches have long thought hurdlers and sprinters start their races differently – our research suggests they need to adjust their thinking.
Bianca Andreescu's success provides an example of how to cover women’s sport and promote the athletic achievement of female athletes with hype and enthusiasm.
The number of people choosing to become posthumous donors in the UK has reached 25.3m but this is still considerably lower than other countries.
Why swimmers are protesting against China's Sun Yang at the World Championships.
If the Semenya ruling by the Court for Arbitration in Sport remains unchallenged, this way of thinking and behaving might filter into the International Olympic Committee
Athlete Caster Semenya will need to take hormone-lowering agents, or have surgery, if she wishes to continue her career in her chosen events. But the decision to ban her is flawed on many grounds.
The great South African runner Caster Semenya may have competed in her last 800-metre race. She has been demonized for more than a decade, like many other female athletes before her.
Sport is a special domain, but it is not immune from the law and human rights. We're yet to see if the United Nations Human Rights Council will take steps following a new ruling on testosterone.
The question of whether heightened testosterone confers an advantage for some female athletes remains contentious.
Arbitration case between athlete Caster Semenya and the IAAF centres on eligibility to compete based on testosterone – but there are other factors in play.
Whistleblowing on doping can and does have life-altering implications for athletes – new research.
Many Canadians point to the 1976 Montréal Games as the reason why the country should never host another Olympics. But an Olympian argues the Montréal Games had many lasting benefits.
Sports science suggests not.
Children’s muscles recover rapidly from high-intensity exercise, and kids can produce repeated exercise efforts when most of us adults continue to feel exhausted.
New Queensland trains and the treatment of athletes on planes show progress on disability discrimination hasn't extended beyond the Games.
A new policy may spell the end of Caster Semenya's illustrious running career.
The Commonwealth Games do not get the same level of media coverage as the Olympics. But a one-time Commonwealth gold medallist says the Games are still an important athletic competition.
What's in a name? Chamonix-Mont-Blanc was quick to harness the first Winter Olympics for its economic potential.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling
-
Lecturer in Sport & Fitness, The Open University
-
Associate Professor of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University
-
Professor of Social Inclusion - UTS Business School - Centres for Business and Social innovation, and Business Intelligence and Data Analytics, University of Technology Sydney
-
Research Leader, Sport, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
-
Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
-
Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
-
Professor of Sports Enterprise, University of Salford
-
Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
-
Director of Sport, Performance and Health, Heriot-Watt University
-
Lecturer in Sports Ethics and Integrity, Swansea University
-
Director of Research and Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Nutrition, Leeds Beckett University
-
Research Fellow in Anti-Doping, Leeds Beckett University
-
Assistant Professor, School of Media, Ryerson University
-
Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
