Skinfold tests were once a staple of AFL fitness assessments, but are now banned for junior athletes. Is this a sign footballers have ‘gone soft’, or is there good reason for it?
Ottawa’s Mikyla Grant-Mentis skates the puck up ice as Toronto’s Rebecca Leslie looks on during second period PWHL hockey action in Ottawa on Jan. 23, 2024.
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The PWHL, like the NHL, does not adhere to any rule for the mandatory usage of neck guards and leaves the decision up to the discretion of each player.
For decades, some sports have fostered a win-at-all-costs culture, with concussion often an afterthought. But there are signs that attitude is changing.
Steve Smith is the latest signing for the second season of Major League Cricket in the US. It’s another intriguing shift in the global cricket landscape.
Brendan Anderson of the United States competes in men’s modern pentathlon riding at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on Oct. 27, 2023.
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For more than 100 years, international sport organizations have executed monopolistic power. Now, one has resurrected the founder of the modern Olympics to promote its controversial politics.
Tasmania is set to become the AFL’s 19th team and the league is likely to expand again at some point, which begs the question: where should the 20th club be based?
The confidential, medical nature of the AFL’s illicit drug policy has triggered critics – is the policy working, and how can it be improved?
Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) drives past West Virginia guard JJ Quinerly (11) in a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, on March 25, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa.
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This year’s NCAA tournament might represent another high-water mark for women’s sport as new standards are set for ratings and even more pressure falls on the game’s superstars.