South African rugby superstar Joost van der Westhuizen, who has died aged 45, transcended not only the game of rugby but also life itself.
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As the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament begins, the risk of injury is back in the limelight.
Research shows there are some common struggles among those who retire from being professional athletes but players can be successful in careers after sport.
Sport migrations emerge within a general migratory context. In some societies, like the Pacific Islands, adulthood, particularly for men, cannot be completed unless one migrates.
It’s down to money, popularity and a lot of lobbying.
The European Union has a deep, and maybe unbreakable reach into our sporting life.
A new industry is being created under President Xi Jinping. Meet the two men making it happen.
Late maturing girls tend to be privileged in ballet training. This doesn’t have to be the case.
What does being a captain entail? Is it more than just playing well and winning?
A sports ethics expert considers the concern over tackling in school rugby.
The North Queensland Cowboys will be hoping to win back-to-back grand finals in this year’s NRL. But what about that old saying on winning and losing?
Once the stuff of tweeting birds and rolling cartoon eyes, bumps on the head are now linked to dementia. Will Smith’s latest movie tells how sports authorities tried to cover it up.
Jonah Lomu’s brilliance on and off field made him a global superstar and role model.
The attempt to hand-off unofficial advertising during the RWC failed.
Teams from which half of the planet tend to dominate when it comes to winning games in the Rugby World Cup?
Did you know Scotland were going to lose, or was it just hindsight bias?
It’s impossible to police a scrum properly, and the consequences of the wrong decision are simply too great.
Increasing rugby in schools could be a danger to children – without effective safety systems in place.
England face a high stakes game to stay in the World Cup, but pro-gamblers can help
The psyche of defeat is linked to various things: the team’s maturity, captaincy, level of preparedness, confidence in coaching staff and personality characteristics of individual team members.
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Professor in Sports Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Physiology, Bangor University
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Professor in Sociology of Sport and Gender, University of Waikato
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Associate professor, Stellenbosch University
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Researcher at the College of Sport & Exercise Science and Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Research fellow, University of the Free State
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Professor of Masculinities, Sexualities and Sport, University of Winchester
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Limpopo
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Professor of Sports Law, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Dean, College of Sport & Exercise Science and Chair of VU Sport Strategy, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Cultural Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
