Many believe the Glasgow Commonwealth Games saved the event from extinction. But did the scaled-down version really work?
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It’s no surprise the generous bonuses are well received by most swimmers, but it also raises several ethical quandaries.
Australia hasn’t produced as many world-class track and field athletes compared with our swimmers and those in team sports. That may be changing.
If the Commonwealth Games showcase sporting excellence, they also expose profound differences in who has the opportunity to reach the starting line.
No huge stadium spectacle, no royal fanfare – yet Glasgow’s opening ceremony made a big statement.
The four highest profile sport franchise collapses of the past decade have occurred in Melbourne. Is the city no longer Australia’s sporting capital?
Para sport is integrated into the broader programme at the Commonwealth Games.
The Commonwealth Games’ future will depend on affordable hosting, strong stories and benefits that remain after the podiums are packed away.
Other nations should be able to benefit from the positive impacts that hosting games can bring.
By the October 2024 state election, Labor will have governed for almost ten years, so there could be an ‘it’s time’ factor for voters.
It’s the question still hanging over Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics, which made Victoria cancel its Commonwealth Games: do such mega events pay their own way? The evidence suggests they’re unlikely to.
For the first time since becoming premier in 2014, more voters disapprove of Dan Andrews than approve of him in the Morgan poll.
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and politics editor @amandadunn10
There will likely be a settlement between Victoria and the games organisers for breaching the contract. But the Commonwealth Games may be the ones to suffer long-term reputational damage.
A shrinking pool of host cities, high costs, and cultural questions about the monarchy: why the Commonwealth Games are under threat.
Studies show South Africa did a lot right when it hosted the football World Cup. Qatar can do the same if it learns from South Africa.
The decline in Kenyan medals at the world championships is due to increased competition and a lack of investment at home.
Hosting the Games has seem Birmingham dotted with new infrastructure and amenities. But the city’s pioneering transformation began over a 100 years ago.
The lack of Commonwealth relevance doesn’t entirely explain the lack of exuberance of the medal tally.
Why do big events that showcase elite sport fail to motivate people to get active?
Top contributors
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Education, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Criminology, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Physical Education, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
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Honorary Professor of Sociology, Aston University
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Senior Lecturer in History, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Athlete in Residence, University of Canberra
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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University of Bristol
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Professor of Housing Economics and Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, University of Glasgow
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Teaching Fellow, University of Sydney