In light of the Australian Crime Commission report into doping, we need to look at how sport scientists are taught.
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The report recently released by the Australian Crime Commission sent shock waves through the sporting world, implicating sport scientists and other support personnel in unethical doping practices. The…
Anti-ageing are for professional footballers wanting to stay on top or couch potatoes with anxieties about virility.
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For at least 500 years, people have been announcing the fountain of youth. Swallow pills to stay perpetually youthful. Eat the right combination of vitamins, muesli, herbs and drugs to live forever. Accept…
The interrogation may be mightier than the drug test when it comes to sniffing out cheats.
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In terms of its narrative structure, the recent crime commission report on drugs in sport clearly owes a debt to Cluedo. The popular board game opens with a heinous crime: a murder has been committed…
In light of relevations into doping in Australian sport, should more be done to protect and inform professional athletes?
Phil Roeder
Should an athlete advocacy organisation be established to help athletes navigate the minefield of banned and permitted substances in sport? We believe it should be. Last week’s report by the Australian…
Sports journalists don’t always have the resources to break major crime stories.
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The cheating scandal that has ostensibly bewildered those in command of Australia’s elite sports could end up being the biggest story involving sport in history. Yet sport journalists, like the officials…
Coach of Essendon James Hird talks with assistant coach Mark Thompson in 2011.
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The Australian Crime Commission report released last week, Organised Crime and Drugs in Sport, claims Australian sport, especially at the professional level, has a serious drug use problem. According to…
Doctors and sports scientists have to negotiate the goals of their employers with the expectations of their profession.
Quinn Dombrowski
The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) findings about the actions of “specific coaches, sports scientists and high-performance staff” in condoning or orchestrating the administration of prohibited substances…
Sports Minister Kate Lundy at the release of the ACC report into organised crime and sport in Australia.
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Sport administrators, employers, policy makers, sponsors, parents and sport fans are understandably scratching their heads right now, as to the facts underpinning claims of corruption and crime in Australian…
The findings of the Australian Crime Commission’s (ACC) report Organised Crime and Drugs in Sport have come as a shock to many and become an enormous media story. Should we be surprised? Are these just…