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Will a UK-style lottery system really take Australia back to its Olympic glory days?
Proposals to introduce a national sport lottery system in Australia are not new.
Rio marks the start of a new approach to making Olympic legacies count
The lasting effects of Olympic Games are measured in more than just concrete stadiums.
Forget about the Olympics, it’s the Paralympics where the true super-humans perform
The achievements of the Paralympians, and societal shift towards more inclusivity and the celebration of diversity, has had a dramatic effect on the lives of people living with disability.
Administrative ineptitude threatens to hobble Kenya’s track and field athletes
Kenya's international success in track and field hides management inefficiencies and corruption that have frustrated athletes and fed a pipeline of runners willing to ditch the national flag
Why the spectacle of the Olympics will go on despite Rio’s disappointments
Instead of showcasing a rising global power with a booming economy, the 2014 Games put a spotlight on Brazil's most serious economic recession since the 1930s, along with a host of social problems.
The price of victory: comparing the cost of Olympic gold to an elite arts prize
Amid the hand-wringing about the price of an Olympic medal, our experts crunched the numbers on the cost of success in the arts. And at A$8 million per international award, it turns out that elite culture is a lot better value than sport.
The Rio Olympics are a test case for the future of sports broadcasting
The way we consume sport is changing, and that's having massive ramifications on the way sport and broadcast television are funded.
Don’t run (and don’t laugh): The little-known history of racewalking
Racewalking has been part of the Olympic Games since 1904, but gets little respect in the United States. That might change if Americans knew a little more about it.
Team GB has set a new world record in Rio with a five-games winning streak
From a low point at Atlanta when Britain won only 15 medals, Team GB has improved every four years and stands on the brink of an historic achievement.
Can genetics explain the success of East African distance runners?
Unravelling the common assumption that runners from Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia have a natural advantage.
‘No More Hunger’ Games: if only we cared about the real-world Liveability Olympics
Imagine cities competed to eliminate hunger, poverty, unemployment, crime and greenhouse emissions, and to offer housing and transport for all. Don't scoff – urban planning was once an Olympic event.
Business Briefing: the big bucks of broadcasting the Olympics
Business Briefing: the big bucks of broadcasting the Olympics.
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The amount broadcasters will pay for the rights to the Olympics keeps going up, but is the value of the rights changing?
How do Olympic athletes pay the electric bill?
A former Olympic gold medalist reflects on his own financial struggles as he trained and competed for the 1984 Summer Games. Thirty years later, not much has changed for many Olympians.
Does team bonding help athletes endure more pain?
Your team mates might be the most effective performance-enhancers.
The man who brought science and a touch of humanity to Australia’s Olympic swimming hopes
The Australian swim team hoping for medal success in Rio have a lot to thank one of the earlier pioneers of sport science: Forbes Carlile.
Survival of the fittest: the changing shapes and sizes of Olympic athletes
Over time, the body sizes and shapes of Olympians have been moving apart from each other at light-speed, and have become increasingly specialised and differentiated.
Is the IOC’s protection of the Olympic brand over the top?
The IOC is incredibly protective of the Olympic brand. The rings, Rio 2016, and even the flame are all heavily guarded.
Russian doping scandal: should other countries pull out of the Olympics?
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?
Brazil shoots for Olympian heights at a time of political lows
The Olympics provide Brazilians with a welcome distraction from their country's fraught and bitter politics.
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