Fans deserve fair play in major sports, not cheating and corruption
May 09, 2016 01:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Why is global sport business booming and why does this come with the increasing frequency and growing size of integrity scandals of bribery, corruption and cheating? This is something I have been giving serious thought...
Terbutaline: the drug at the heart of British Cycling's week from hell
Apr 29, 2016 15:01 pm UTC| Law Sports
It was a week British Cycling would rather forget. Accusations of discrimination forced the resignation of technical director Shane Sutton and then, it was reported that one of its brightest young stars had submitted a...
How not to run a football club
Apr 27, 2016 22:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
This season, of all seasons, it has been vital that clubs do not get relegated from the Premier League. At the start of next season, the Leagues recordbreaking new TV deal begins and clubs revenues are set to rocket as a...
How the sporting world puts money before fairness
Apr 20, 2016 00:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
As the 2016 World Snooker Championship gets underway, the 32 entrants will compete for the most sought-after prize in the game. But not all of them will have gone through the same struggle to be there. The top 16...
Skateboarding is good for you – and good for public places
Apr 12, 2016 07:02 am UTC| Health Sports
The City of Melbourne is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to resurface Lincoln Square, a popular square in inner-city Carlton, to make it unsuitable for skateboarders. The square is widely regarded as one of...
Grand National: A brief gallop through the history of horse racing
Apr 08, 2016 16:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
On Saturday April 8, British bookmakers will see one of their busiest days of the year and many people will make their first bet. By the late afternoon, pubs will be overflowing, sweepstakes organised, and at 5.15pm, 40...
A lethal sport? Why horse racing will never be a completely safe bet
Apr 04, 2016 15:47 pm UTC| Sports
This weekend, millions will watch (and have a little flutter on) the Grand National, one of the biggest and most popular horse races in the world. Its 30 fences over four miles and 770 yards also make it one of the most...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight