The Badwater Ultra-marathon bills itself as the world’s toughest, covering 217 km from Death Valley National Park to Mount Whitney, California
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The deadly toll of last month’s mountain race in Gansu province, China, has shaken competitors and fans alike. But is the sport dangerous?
Phil Mickleson uses a rangefinder at the PGA Championship golf tournament.
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How psychological factors may have influenced the opinions about the use of rangefinders during the 2021 PGA championships.
Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus returns the ball to Simona Halep of Romania during their semifinal tennis match of the women’s singles WTA Tour Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany in April 2021.
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The governing bodies of professional tennis need to do more to prioritize athlete well-being — and there’s no better time to start than now.
Being an Formula 1 driver is harder than it looks.
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It might look easy driving a car around a track but it takes a lot of targeted training to be a good F1 driver.
Tanzania’s Mbwana Samatta (right) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations match with Kenya in Cairo.
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National sports victories increase nationalism and national pride, but can also influence attitudes towards refugees.
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Our research indicates the relationship between testosterone levels and athletic performance in females is not so simple.
Batsman Graeme Hick was the last to achieve ‘1000 runs in May’.
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Only eight batsmen have achieved the feat, will another join their ranks this May?
A Women’s Super League fixture between Tottenham Hotspur and Bristol City.
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A women’s European Super League was an afterthought, evidence of the sport’s increasing swallowing up the men’s game.
Super League plans have fans screaming into the void, like soccer star Lionel Messi here.
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More competitive games between top soccer clubs is desirable but creating a ‘closed’ system would harm a soccer culture built on dreams, says the man who predicted the Super League two decades ago.
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Pressure from the crowd causes referees to make different decisions.
Is there a level playing field for all nations expected to attend the Games when it comes to vaccinations?
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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?
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For elite athletes, even mild COVID-19 vaccine side effects can throw their training plans off course. But they can plan ahead.
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Taking part in sport at university can bring huge benefits.
Here the goalie’s view is obstructed by the wall of his teammates but also attacking player from the other team,
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While a line of defensive players complicates a free kicker’s task to shoot on target, new research suggests it could also impede the goalie.
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A person who exercises, attends sporting events as a spectator and takes their kids to the oval or swimming pool will create 935 kg of CO₂ per year if using their car.
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Creative dance combines physical activity with creativity.
Derby County’s Tom Huddlestone and Swansea City’s Yan Dhanda (right) battle for the ball at Pride Park, Derby, in August, 2019.
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British football should utilise 30 years of academic research to focus on what it needs to do to solve the game’s exclusion problem.
Motsepe Foundation founder Patrice Motsepe speaks onstage during Global Citizen Presents Global Goal Live. Motsepe is running for CAF president.
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Ahmad Ahmad, president of the Confederation of African Football, was considered a shoo-in for a second term. But the entry of South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe has brought new dynamics to the race.
Marcus Rashford scores the second goal of his hat-trick against RB Leipzig.
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Finding purpose outside of sport can contain a multitude of benefits for athletic performance – and mental health.
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During the break in competition caused by COVID-19, sportswomen lost wages, trained less and had poorer access to equipment than their male counterparts