The marathons in next year’s Tokyo Olympics have been moved to Sapporo, because of concerns around Tokyo’s extreme heat. The move, though controversial, will reduce risks to the athletes’ health.
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Japan’s global influence has waned in recent years. Showing that renewables can decouple emissions from economic success could help the country find its niche and spark a race to power the Earth.
High-profile athletes have been speaking out against the eligibility of transgender women in elite female sporting competitions.
Athletes and spectators are likely to encounter dangerously hot temperatures when Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympic games. With two years to go, there’s still time to take protective measures.
Should athletes who dream of making it to the Olympics start their journey as young children? Research shows that specializing in a specific sport at a young age is not the best approach.
Governments have started to see automation as the key to brighter urban futures. But what will this look like?
This rough and tumble sport has smashed through gender stereotypes – can it now be a force for social change?
Instead of showcasing a rising global power with a booming economy, the 2014 Games put a spotlight on Brazil’s most serious economic recession since the 1930s, along with a host of social problems.
Can skateboarding – with its anti-establishment ethos and emphasis on individuality – mesh with the corporatized Olympics?
More action sports will be on the Olympic bill in Tokyo with skateboarding, surfing and climbing added to the programme.
The Olympic Games are a theatre — sometimes farce, sometimes tragedy, reality TV, morality play or soap opera — where geopolitical, social and technological dramas are played out.
There are days when you just want to think about buttercups and Jamie Vardy.
Eight sports have presented their case for inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But it was tenpin bowling’s application that generated the most debate in the media and the wider public.
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor, School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Biomechanics, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Faculty (Japan Campus), Temple University
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Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
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Clinician Scientist, Canada Research Chair in Injury Prevention and Physical Activity for Health, Sport Medicine Physician, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Sendai Shirayuri Women’s College
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Honorary Professor, School of Kinesiology, Western University, London, Canada; Adjunct Fellow, Olympic Scholar and Co-Director of the Olympic and Paralympic Research Centre, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
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Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Lang Chair in Sport Management, Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
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Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
