The International Olympic Committee has ruled politically-neutral individual athletes are eligible, but some nations aren’t happy about it.
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Getting involved in sports-based projects offers young Zambians a sense of community and helps them to build new support systems.
You likely couldn’t outswim Alicia Coutts or Ian Thorpe, or lift half of what Damon Kelly or Seen Lee can, but I bet you could beat them at a videogame. Welcome to e-sports, the future of competitions…
At some point, you’ve no doubt heard someone say “football is my religion”. And if we follow French sociologist Emile Durkheim’s famous building blocks for religion, we will find that football is not far…
The image of a bare-chested president Vladimir Putin sitting astride his horse or speeding down ski slopes is by now a familiar one. Not since Vladimir Ilyich Lenin himself has Russia had such a sports…
The mantra that “sport and politics don’t mix” was always false and misleading, but in the age of Twitter it’s absurd. Calling for boycotts of high-profile sporting events is an established political tactic…
Australians have a remarkable affection for their sport, an affection which has endured for well over 150 years. They love the sports they play but, even more so, they love the sports they watch – both…
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, James Cook University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Murdoch University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia
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IRC Cara Mobility Fellow, School of History & Archives, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Sport Policy and Development, Durham University
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Professor of Sport and Social Sciences, Brunel University London
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Lecturer in Sport Policy and Management, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
