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Sport For All? The Equality Conunudrum

What is equality? Is there really a place for it in sport? The Oxford English Dictionary explains equality as “the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities.” Now that is easy to understand. Move on to the

Making It Count.

In individual sporting contests there is no need for a Player of the Match award, as the event or the tournament is summed up by the term, ‘to the victor go the spoils.’ When it comes to team sports often

Let’s Get Physical – Time to Get Tough On Diving?

What are the characteristics that epitomise Australian sport? One of the most regular traits attributed to Australians is that their culture is down-to-earth. It has also been said that Australians have “a collaborative rather than individualistic culture and this teamwork,”

Winter Is Not A Season, It’s A Celebration

The title above is a quote from Indian Author Anamika Mishra, but it could soon become the tagline for the Hyundai A-League. Much is being made of the Hyundai A-League shifting from a Summer season to a Winter season. As

Inspirational Athletes -16

Sport is littered with athletes who have defied the odds, and many have written accounts of their lives, and some have had them made into movies. This Inspirational athlete has done all three. Robert Bleier was born in Appleton, Wisconsin