The Commonwealth Games’ future will depend on affordable hosting, strong stories and benefits that remain after the podiums are packed away.
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For most observers, the World Cup is about soccer, national pride and global celebration. But for host cities, it’s also a public health event. Here’s how nursing students could help.
After the headlines and the hype, only one world record was broken in Las Vegas, though many athletes set personal bests.
The initiatives put in place by the organizers for the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are an encouraging first step, but they remain insufficient.
Other nations should be able to benefit from the positive impacts that hosting games can bring.
A slimmed down version is on the cards.
At the first modern Olympics in 1896, in Athens, each country’s athletes simply entered the stadium to hear speeches and a specially composed hymn – though more than 50,000 spectators still attended.
Here’s how to reduce heat-related health risks during major sporting events, from the Summer Olympics to test cricket. Athletes, officials, spectators and volunteers all need to take responsibility.
All those Cinderella stories, buzzer-beating finishes and wild cheering sections have a high price tag – for the climate.
This strategy to get the highest prices the markets will bear can lead to problems, as fans of Taylor Swift know all too well.
You can love a country and still hold it to account. I love Canada. But I won’t stand for the anthem at a sporting event or elsewhere, especially not when my kids are watching.
Russian players are competing at the French Open, is this the right move?
Soccer’s governing body has long sheltered behind a view that the game is apolitical. Sanctioning Russia over invasion exposes why that doesn’t hold.
The America’s Cup challenges have been key to Auckland reclaiming its waterfront to give the public a chance to see more of the racing.
Public health officials and politicians have access to the same data on COVID-19 cases, deaths and transmission, but might arrive at different conclusions.
The event, worth R672 million to the country’s Western Cape economy, was one of the first to be impacted by COVID-19 on the global marathon stage.
Future Olympics will be required to report on their legacies for up to five years after the event under the IOC’s new framework.
A raft of tough new anti-scalping laws have just been introduce in Victoria, But are problems with existing ticketing systems driving fans into the hands of scalpers – and can technology help?
The physical impact of extreme exercise on the body is intense.
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PhD Candidate, Western Sydney University
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Research associate, University of California, Los Angeles
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra
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Research assistant in Public Health, Medical, and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Professor of Public Health, James Cook University
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