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Two days after Rodgers’ injury, the NFL players union called on the league to convert all playing fields to natural grass.
The Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend with hosts France playing New Zealand. Here’s why the All Blacks are still favourites to win the tournament, despite not being the official top team.
New research shows that rugby players’ hamstrings are stiffer than active people who don’t play rugby.
Understanding our menstrual cycle and taking a proactive approach to our periods is vital to improving sports performance.
Around 17% of elite women athletes who were given an individual bra assessment said it had significantly improved their performance.
The emotional realities experienced by women coaches are adversely impacting their ability to thrive in a culture that doesn’t recognize or support key parts of their work.
Female athletes are at increased risk of not eating enough. If energy intake is too low to meet training needs, there can be severe consequences for exercise performance, muscles and health.
Many heat-related health problems can be avoided by adopting a healthy, active lifestyle. But the younger generation is less active than previous generations, and therefore more vulnerable.
The US national team is the favorite going into the tournament in New Zealand and Australia. But growth in the global game has seen others catch up.
While the 2023 Women’s World Cup might be the best yet for women in terms of investments and viewership, there is still room for improvement for the 2027 World Cup.
A shrinking pool of host cities, high costs, and cultural questions about the monarchy: why the Commonwealth Games are under threat.
Will allowing doping open new horizons of sports performance?
Adults are more likely to go walking, running or to fitness classes than take part in the team sports they played at school.
The organization – which offers its high school-age players a minimum salary of $100,000 – represents a new model for young athletes looking to maximize their earning potential outside of the NCAA.
With newfound fame and fortune, NBA rookies who come from poverty face a bevy of challenges that threaten to derail their success.
History is filled with stories of business magnates taking big financial risks on the next big sports sensation. But emerging sports are more like social movements than business enterprises.
French soccer star Karim Benzema will join Ronaldo in the Saudi Pro League, and others may follow.
Anti-racist programs and fines have failed to end racism in European soccer. Part of the problem is that Black players have little representation higher up the sport’s hierarchy.
Brain injury survivors report the sport can give constant opportunities for learning and a way to reevaulate emotions.
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, The University of Edinburgh
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Reader of Sport Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy, SKEMA Business School
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James Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Professor Emerita of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, University of Toronto
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
