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Daryl Adair

Daryl Adair

Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney

Dr Daryl Adair is Associate Professor of Sport Management. He has taught at The Flinders University of South Australia (Adelaide), De Montfort University (Leicester), The University of Queensland (Brisbane), and the University of Canberra (ACT) before joining the University of Technology, Sydney in July 2007. Daryl is on the editorial board of the academic journals Sporting Traditions, Sport in Society, Performance Enhancement and Health, the Journal of Sport History, and the Journal of Sport for Development.

Spectator racism is still rife in Australia’s major football codes

May 27, 2024 06:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports

The annual Indigenous rounds in the Australian Football League (AFL) and National Rugby League (NRL) celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. These events highlight the contributions of Indigenous...

Protection racket or fair medical model? Why the AFL’s illicit drugs policy is a necessary duty of care

Mar 28, 2024 12:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business

Earlier this week, independent MP Andrew Wilkie accused the AFL of conducting off the books illicit drug testing to identify players using substances of abuse, then inappropriately withdrawing them from matches under false...

FIFA's mirage of unity: why the World Cup is a vessel for political protest

Dec 08, 2022 10:54 am UTC| Insights & Views

Before the Qatar World Cup began, FIFA launched a social campaign called Football Unites the World. FIFA acknowledged the world is divided […] with conflicts and global crises, but promised the World Cup will bring...

The Olympics strive for political neutrality. So, how will they deal with surging athlete activism?

Sep 20, 2020 05:57 am UTC| Politics Sports

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has long tried to insulate itself from politics in society, but wider issues have always been a part of sport - including the Olympics. Sometimes political statements have been...

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