The FFA, headed by Steven Lowy, is currently beset by an array of challenges to its control of football in Australia.
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It’s worth defending the principle that the national governing body, not the clubs and not the states, should run football in Australia.
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Doping whistleblowers can face serious negative consequences including threats on their lives.
Both James Sutherland and Alistair Nicholson faced criticism for their handling of cricket’s pay dispute.
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Lack of trust between Australia’s cricketers and the game’s governing body delayed negotiations in their protracted pay dispute. This relationship will need to be rebuilt in the coming months.
Primary school-aged boys and girls can play in mixed teams until they reach high school, our research suggests.
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Girls in primary school are just as physically capable as their male classmates, our research shows.
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Sports and the arts are now separated, but it wasn’t always like this.
Broadcaster Les Murray, who has passed away aged 71, was the archetypal team member.
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Les Murray helped football transform itself from a predominantly migrant activity in Australia into what he loved to call ‘the world game’.
England’s Lucy Bronze (right) and Spain’s Leila Ouahabi (left) battle for the ball during the UEFA Women’s Euro 2017.
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The reality of life as a female sports star.
Big hitter: England’s Tammy Beaumont.
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And they are attracting record crowds: Lord’s is a sellout for England vs India in the World Cup Final.
The Australian cricketers’ refusal to work is a potent form of player power, however the potential benefits may be illusory.
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Professional sports is bucking major trends in industrial relations, such as a marked decline in both union membership and industrial disputes over recent decades.
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The struggles of being a female sports fan.
Scotland’s Erin Cuthbert in action as the team beat Ireland on July 7. Scotland are in the Euros for the first time in 2017.
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The teams and players to watch ahead of the tournament’s kick-off on July 16.
Konta is the first British woman to reach a Wimbledon semi-final since 1978.
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Tennis is as much a mental battle as a physical one.
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Formula One owners Liberty Media, and perhaps even old-hand Bernie Ecclestone, might hold key to saving a crucial part of the sport’s history.
Great Britain’s Libby Clegg and guide Chris Clarke at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.
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Can there ever be a truly level playing field when it comes to visually imparied sport?
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Try thinking of exercise as fun and something to enjoy with friends.
Sydney’s Lance Franklin is a popular choice for many fantasy AFL coaches.
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Fantasy sports began as a niche hobby for statistically inclined sports fanatics. But, with the internet, it has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Trinidad’s semi-professional cricket, long a feeder for Caribbean cricketers to play broad, has lost of its lustre.
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Once a sport associated with anti-colonialism, cricket in the Caribbean has become a career path for young men with dreams of wealth and glamour.
Cricket Australia has been unable to broker a new pay deal with the Australian Cricketer’s Association.
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Business Briefing: following the money in cricket
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Rather than just admiring a good hit or delivery, there’s another way to analyse what’s happening on a cricket pitch. Cricket players are actually business people, in the sense that they’re weighing up…
Marc in het Panhuis demonstrating that surfers require fins in their surfboards for stability and control during manoeuvres.
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3D printing looms as a gamechanger for the surfing industry as surfboard and fin technology become increasingly high-tech.
Latvian Jelena Ostapenko won this year’s French Open at the age of just 20.
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The unpredictability of women’s tennis in 2017 should make us strongly question the performance of the official rankings – and not simply the players’ performance.