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The goal of identifying leadership attributes that translate into team success remains as elusive in sport as it does in other spheres of human endeavour.
Many commentators believe that Serena Williams is the greatest female tennis player of all time – but that should be judged not just on Grand Slam wins.
With so many athletes with different abilities and disabilities, the first challenge is to make sure there is fair play at the paralympics.
Why children shouldn’t specialise in one sport too early.
Change Agents: Establishing a national women’s football league
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Andrew Dodd talks to Susan Alberti and Debbie Lee about their fight to overcome prejudice and establish a national women's AFL competition.
Football isn’t what it used to be. In Australia, they don’t even know what football is actually called (it’s not soccer). But what’s even stranger is football has become very popular in countries that…
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.
Although the Olympics have come to an end, fans will continue to be gripped by the infinite micro-narratives that sports fixtures provide. But are these narratives comparable to literary creativity?
Since his ascendancy, the currently trim and muscular-looking Malcolm Turnbull has – for an Australian prime minister – had unusually little to say about sport.
Child sport success relies on having a positive parental influence.
Sport can be a driver for change; it can make a difference in people’s lives and unify communities, particularly around national successes. But it can also create tensions and cause conflict.
Australia finished tenth on the medal table in the Rio 2016 Games, well below what the nation’s latest funding strategy had led people to expect.
The Premier League may well be flying, but right now, English football is dying.
The way we consume sport is changing, and that’s having massive ramifications on the way sport and broadcast television are funded.
Athletes need to learn to find and access their ideal emotional state to achieve their best.
In their hearts, everyone associated with the AFL knows the decline in the community is real.
A look at the diet of an Olympian – from ancient Greece to Rio 2016.
The egos have landed, and they’re ready to rock.
Unravelling the common assumption that runners from Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia have a natural advantage.
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