We should consider the messages that violence and aggression in sports of all kinds give children and young people – and devise strategies to lessen the impact.
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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.
The benefits of hosting the Olympics are so slim, or nonexistent, that fewer cities are bidding to host the games. That's a sign of serious trouble.
McDonald's recently ended a 40-year relationship with the Olympics. Was the decision based on the tarnished Olympic brand or were there other reasons?
Since the 1970s, several Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and South Korea, have strongly increased their influence in the Olympic movement.
A recent decision by the International Olympic Committee has cheerleading under consideration for Tokyo 2020. But its very status as a sport has constantly been questioned.
From Sharapova to the Brownlee brothers, 2016 has given us one step forward to one step back.
Women are still grossly underrepresented as chairpeople, directors or chief executives of international sporting bodies, to the great detriment of those sports.
What do the concepts like 'cheating' and 'performance enhancing' mean to young African footballers?
Can skateboarding – with its anti-establishment ethos and emphasis on individuality – mesh with the corporatized Olympics?
Television is dead; long live the Olympics.
Looking back on the legacy of London 2012, it's clear the local artistic community has lost out.
We all know that competing at the Olympics is the end product of years of training, but how much fuel do elite athletes need?
Olympic organizers are known for fiercely protecting their many related trademarks. It helps maintain their value – but to whose advantage?
A former Olympic gold medalist reflects on his own financial struggles as he trained and competed for the 1984 Games. Decades later, not much has changed for many Olympians.
Protests against the Rio Olympics must be understood in the context of the growing global reaction to both the way these mega-events are organised and the entities promoting them.
Will Brazil's troubles in preparing for the Rio Games change the global narrative of the value of hosting the Olympics?
The doping scandal has dragged the Olympic brand through the mud – and making it shine again will be no easy task.
The IOC will allow Russian athletes to compete in Rio 2016 if they've been cleared by their respective international sporting federation of doping. Should other countries pull out of the games?
As technology becomes fully integrated into our everyday lives, we may see athletes as the last vestiges of our humanity.
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Professor of Sports Enterprise, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Research associate, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Western Sydney University
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Professor and Chair, Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, University of North Texas
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Associate Dean Research, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Lecturer, Department for Health, University of Bath
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Professor of International Relations, Universidade Federal Fluminense
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