Dean Lewins/AAP September 22, 2022 Grand design: why the AFL structure is unique – and has enabled competitive balance Daryl Adair, University of Technology Sydney The AFL grand final is a celebration of a unique game, Australian made and owned, with a goal of competitive balance.
Alexis Sanchez celebrates Arsenal beating Chelsea in the 2017 FA Cup final. John Sibley/Reuters June 11, 2017 Fanon on soccer: radically anti-capitalist, anti-commercial and anti-bourgeois Nigel Gibson, Emerson College World soccer is the story of hyper-capitalism. What would fan and revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon have thought about the state of the sport?
Lee Sanders/EPA September 7, 2016 Mark Halsey incident suggests football referee system in England needs reforming Tom Webb, University of Portsmouth There are deep issues with the structure in which elite referees in England operate.
Justin Fashanu was driven to suicide. PA Photos May 16, 2014 Kick homophobia into touch if we really want football to be the beautiful game Andy Harvey, Birkbeck, University of London As millions of people across the globe switch on their televisions to watch the FA Cup final many won’t know that the match coincides with the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT…