For sports fans far and wide
The Australian Olympic Team that competed at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, despite a US-led boycott, was recently formally recognized by the Australian Parliament for their participation 45 years after the event. To some this seemed a strange occurence as these
We have all heard the saying ‘politics and sport don’t mix.’ Words attributed to Eric Heiden, the former long track speed skater, who won an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at
Football in Australia has for decades had a history of shooting itself in the foot. The Crawford Report was supposed to change all of that, but unfortunately the more things change the more they stay the same. Why is this?
Despite the oft used phrase ‘politics and sport should never mix,’ it is quite common that sports and politics do. Currently many International Sporting Federations are prevaricating over what to do in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Few have
For many sports Olympic inclusion is a crucial part of its global and national survival. For once a sport is admitted into the Olympic family there are benefits that flow that sport’s way. For example each sport receives a financial
