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Far From Pitch Perfect

Ask any Indian Hockey fan why there was 41 years between their hockey team winning an Olympic medal and the chances are most will tell you that the switch from a grass pitch to an artificial surface was a huge

Is History Repeating With The A-League?

Is it a case of history repeating when it comes to football in Australia? For many football fans in Australia the Hyundai A-League was going to be a new beginning for the sport. Football was finally going to become a

Public Opinion – It Cuts Both Ways.

“We live in a world where there is more and more information, and less and less meaning.” These words were uttered by French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, who passed away in 2007. He was respected globally for

Kamikaze Hokkē

As much as the Tokyo Games were a success, in that they went ahead at all and the athletes managed to complete their events, the way that they have been portrayed outside of Japan has been very different to how

Is Location Really The Issue?

There is an old saying that if you run away from a problem, you will not solve the problem, you will simply change the location of it. The Kookaburras returned to Australia with a silver medal from the hockey at