Being a footy fan is about more than just supporting a team.
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More and more, the culture of elite, professional footy is characterised by commercialisation and corporatisation.
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An F1 insider could give the US media group an edge in its effort to reinvigorate the world’s fastest motor sport.
Sing when you’re losing.
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But how do you tackle the country’s losing streak?
Nick Xenophon is again pushing for a ban on gambling ads during TV sport broadcasts.
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Restrictions on gambling advertisements may be effective in helping those with problems manage their urges to gamble.
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To what extent do hours of practice, development squads and role models really make a difference?
English referee Wayne Barnes is taking French lessons.
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English-speaking rugby referees are aiming to improve their foreign language skills – but how will this affect the game?
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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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This rough and tumble sport has smashed through gender stereotypes – can it now be a force for social change?
Children need to develop a few channels in life where they can get to know themselves and develop their self-esteem.
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As retirement looms for elite sportspeople, there is a need to prepare for the transition to post-sport life. But there are also important things to consider for transition long before this.
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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.
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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.
Nearly 300,000 people tuned into two live streams on Facebook of the Anthony Mundine-Danny Green fight.
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Foxtel’s high-priced oligopolistic control over Australian pay TV has again clashed with the demands of sport fans and the increasingly sophisticated capture and relay technologies available to them.
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.
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.
Is Nick Kyrgios too difficult – and different – to become an Australian hero?
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Examining our sporting heroes reveals much about ideas of national identity and who is accepted.
Some professional players find it difficult to change their routine to adjust to other careers when they retire.
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Research shows there are some common struggles among those who retire from being professional athletes but players can be successful in careers after sport.