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A conflict resolution expert – and rugby fan – explains how the game can restore spectacle and avoid farcical and dangerous mismatches due to players being sent off.
Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.
Rugby players risk serious injury due to the game’s sheer physicality. Sports scientists have worked with international rugby bodies to improve safety.
A new machine learning model can pinpoint anomalies in sports results – whether from match fixing, strategic losses or poor player performance. It could be a useful tool in the fight against cheating.
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.
London Irish is just the latest big loser in top level rugby.
Athletes often recount how, at the very least, sport built their character and at the very most, saved their lives. But currently, Canadian sport itself needs rebuilding.
Students who play sport drink more heavily and frequently than other students.
New research highlights how important preseason training is for preventing non-contact injuries in rugby union.
Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
A BBC Wales investigation reported claims of a ‘toxic culture’ of sexism and misogyny within Welsh rugby’s governing body.
It remains to be seen how sports organisations implement and regulate transgender guidelines if some sporting bodies refuse to voluntarily adopt them.
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The dynamism, diversity and leadership the Black Ferns display on the rugby field now needs to be matched in the boardrooms and strategies of sports organisations.
Two of England’s leading clubs, Wasps and Worcester, are in administration
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carried off the field during a game on Sept. 29 after his second injury in only a few days, raising questions about NFL concussion protocols.
If the All Blacks again fail to fire against Australia in the first Bledisloe Test, perhaps the game’s administrators should take advice from another group of experts entirely.
The legacy of “muscular Christianity” has a big impact on Pacifika athletes’ views on gender and sexuality.
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Professor in Sports Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Researcher at the College of Sport & Exercise Science and Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer in Sport History, Stellenbosch University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Research fellow, University of the Free State
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Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
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Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Dean, College of Sport & Exercise Science and Chair of VU Sport Strategy, Victoria University
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Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Physiology, Bangor University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Limpopo
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Teacher in Accountancy and member of Football Industries Group, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
