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To what extent do hours of practice, development squads and role models really make a difference?
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Methods used to get athletes to their peak would be unacceptable outside of the stadium, but success papers over a lot of cracks.
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Does sport really improve young people’s development?
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Ten months after guiding outsiders Leicester to the Premier League title – arguably the greatest shock in the history of the English game – the club’s manager has been unceremoniously sacked.
Liverpool v The Sun.
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Liverpool FC has banned the newspaper from its matches. It’s a fair result.
Liverpool fans campaigning for a boycott of The Sun at the FA Cup semi-final in 2012.
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Liverpool FC has imposed a complete ban on The Sun but it cannot prevent the tabloid newspaper from continuing to cover the club.
The statue outside Ewood Park of former Blackburn Rovers owner “Uncle” Jack Walker.
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Can social media and a high profile clash with Manchester United help disgruntled Blackburn Rovers fans lodge a protest that will resonate in India where the club’s unpopular owners reside?
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Multiple ownerships, mega-transfers and a foot in the door at FIFA. Beijing’s bid for football power is a challenge to world soccer.
Before the AFL, there was the much better, much cooler, much more local SANFL.
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Footy isn’t just the dominant spectator sport and topic of conversation in South Australia. It’s a salve.
Latrobe Ladies Football Club in 1921, one of Australia’s first women’s football clubs.
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Women’s soccer had just found its feet in the roaring ‘20s when state ruling bodies began to force female players from the field.
Tennis player Andy Murray employs former great Ivan Lendl as his coach.
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Just because you were good at sport does not mean you can coach without furthering your qualifications and experiences.
England’s Courtney Lawes takes a blow against Italy.
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As the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament begins, the risk of injury is back in the limelight.
Fireworks go off before Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks.
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Recognizing that the game itself is often lopsided and boring, the NFL, through the years, has worked to minimize its significance.
The Carlton ladies football team, 1933.
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There has so far been scant understanding of – or credit given to – the historical background to the creation of the AFL women’s league.
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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.
Chelsea striker Diego Costa is reported to be interested in a move to China.
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The sleeping giant of world football has started flexing its financial muscles.
Can the Premier League and other European clubs compete with the might of China?
trump mourinho crop.
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The new US president and the Manchester United manager are masters of media management – but are they really in the same game?
Theatre of dreams.
Phil Shirley
Fixed odds betting terminals attract all the attention, but something alarming is being overlooked.
From 2026 onwards there will be 48 countries in the final FIFA World Cup tournament instead of the current 32.
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The main objections raised to FIFA"s planned expansion of the World Cup are that the decision has been made on financial and/or political rather than footballing grounds.
Anna Armstrong
Everything is in place for a spending spree this January, but some data crunching shows successful spending is elusive.