The competition for soft power is at the heart of the Olympics. This year, the opening ceremony will be crucial for Japan.
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With the Japanese public against the games and a pandemic raging, the Olympics are not a simple celebration of sport and human achievement.
How can settler-Canadians cheer for their country at the Tokyo Olympics after the recent discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves of children who attended Indian Residential Schools?
But it’s the taking part that counts.
The inclusion of new action sports can offend Olympic traditionalists and outsiders alike. But it’s part of a long-term strategy to keep the games relevant and appealing to younger fans.
Tokyo will feature the most female athletes ever at an Olympics. But the Games do not have a good track record when it comes to gender equality.
As COVID empties the Tokyo 2020 bleachers, will the economic benefits of hosting in the first place outweigh the losses incurred by not having tourists?
Strict enforcement of COVID-safe regulations in the Olympic Village could affect athletes’ mental health. Their performance could suffer too
Money can help buy medals, but it doesn’t seem to buy more medals per capita or more medals per dollar of GDP.
Still in the midst of a global pandemic, the International Olympic Committee’s dream of hosting the Tokyo Games in a “post-corona world” is not possible. But should the Games go ahead at all?
While governments and some athletes are opposed to a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, failing to take a stand against China’s human rights record has consequences.
More than 80 academics have signed a letter to World Rugby urging a new approach with meaningful consultations with transgender athletes.
The event may have been postponed until July 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but there is already a big cultural legacy to Tokyo 2020.
As the new coronavirus has spread around the world, sporting matches and events have been staged behind closed doors, postponed and increasingly cancelled outright.
It was once seen as a public menace – now, skateboarding is a global sport that empowers young people to improve their cities.
Japan’s global influence has waned in recent years. Showing that renewables can decouple emissions from economic success could help the country find its niche and spark a race to power the Earth.
With a booming hip hop culture, Paris is the best place to introduce break dancing to the Olympic games.
Why do big events that showcase elite sport fail to motivate people to get active?
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.
Preparations for next month’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast are pushing homeless people out of town, and out of the state. Sadly, that’s not unusual for events of this sort.
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Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
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Associate Professor of Classics, University of Winnipeg
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Professor of Sports Law, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer, Department for Health, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bath
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Professor of Sport Management, Sheffield Hallam University
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Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Associate Professor, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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John Rennie Short is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Director, Cities of Culture Research Observatory, University of Liverpool
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PhD Student, International Centre for Olympic Studies, Western University
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Community Development Officer (Skateboard GB) and Visiting Research Fellow, Nottingham Trent University
