Given the size of our population, Australia’s success at the past three Summer Olympic Games has been quite remarkable. Across the Sydney, Athens and Beijing Olympic Games, the nation’s athletes have won…
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As iconic sporting images go, there are few finer specimens than the picture of Brazilian genius Pele shaking hands with England captain Bobby Moore, after their teams battled to a 1-0 victory for Brazil…
We once thought no-one could run a mile in less than four minutes – and yet the current world record stands at three minutes, 43 seconds. So will records keep tumbling as people get fitter and technology…
We are now nearly two months away from the London Olympics opening, with the torch relay already underway. For Australian athletes the journey that began many years ago is nearing the end. Most of us will…
The level of on-field violence in AFL games has declined since the inception of the Match Review Panel. Dr Ross Booth and…
Australian youth are more likely to attend football games for reasons of friendship rather than pre-game entertainment. The…
It has been widely reported that representatives from a group of Australian sporting codes – including athletics, cricket, rugby league and Australian Rules Football – met with the director-general of…
The significance of last Friday’s Federal Court decision to prevent Optus’ “TV Now” service from broadcasting was made clear to me while waiting for a bus in Melbourne’s suburbs. Earlier that day, I had…
The AFL season kicks off today and there’s a new team in town – Greater Western Sydney. Some don’t like it – the cynics claim Aussie Rules has no historical foothold in western Sydney. I disagree. While…
Imagine if the indigenous people of this country didn’t play Australian football, the only truly unique sport this continent country has ever created. As a percentage of the population, indigenous people…
Late last week four men entered a restaurant on the 55th floor of the Rialto tower in Melbourne, had a couple of quiet drinks then leapt from the balcony. Much of the commentary of this event described…
Test scores following sports-related concussions can help doctors to predict whether patients will experience protracted…
In the brave new world of contemporary sport-watching, the goalposts have moved. Watching the big game (once a simple matter of grabbing a beer and some chips and settling down in front of the television…
Rangers Football Club, the historically Protestant half of Glasgow’s “Old Firm” (the other half being the Catholic Celtic) has entered financial administration to prevent UK tax authorities installing…
Being a leap year, 2012 will see the staging of the Olympic Games, this time in London. For Australia’s domestic sporting competitions, this means vying for media coverage with other sports. But the National…
The 2012 AFL debut of the GWS Giants is the culmination of efforts by the powerful, cashed up body that administers Aussie Rules to make inroads into the rugby league-obsessed, poor and predominantly refugee…
The math involved is quite simple. Be it an Australian Open final, Melbourne’s race that stops a nation or the Superbowl, more people want to attend than can fit in the venue. Less simple, however, are…
With the Australian Open into its final few days, we’re starting to see the best tennis players in the world come to the fore. And to be the best in the world, you need a well-rounded game, including a…
Australia’s summer of tennis is a great opportunity to see the world’s best players up close, hitting hard and serving big. Many elite players hit first serves at over 200km/h with great precision and…
Who is the greatest test batsman of all time? In a follow up to a recent paper I created a media furore by suggesting that India’s Sachin Tendulkar had eclipsed Australian great Sir Donald Bradman in terms…
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor of International Sport Business, Head of Sport Business Insights Group, Victoria University
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Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy and Sports Studies, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Sport Psychology and Safe Sport, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, First Year College, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport, University of Stirling
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Professor, Victoria University
