Maria Sharapova's positive drug test: what is it and what does it mean for her?
Mar 08, 2016 08:43 am UTC| Sports
Overnight, Maria Sharapova called a press conference to announce she had tested positive for a banned substance (mildronate) during this years Australian Open. Originally, speculation had been that the press conference...
Is a ban on school rugby tackling more about moral guilt than health?
Mar 07, 2016 13:20 pm UTC| Sports Health
The call by more than 70 academics and doctors for a ban on tackling in school rugby provoked inevitable debate. As a lecturer in sports ethics, my curriculum for more than 15 years has focused on constructing careful...
Behind the unpredictable Premier League year that put Leicester top of the pile
Mar 05, 2016 14:58 pm UTC| Sports
Thomas Hastings, Research Associate in Work, Employment and Political Economy, University of Sheffield Few Premier League seasons have produced as many upsets as the one currently unfolding. In August, Leicester City...
What is so wrong with flexible pricing in football?
Mar 04, 2016 15:51 pm UTC| Sports
Flexible pricing models are all the rage. Uber, the rider-driver taxi application, openly utilises surge pricing, which can instantly double prices when a few raindrops start falling. A number of leading arts companies...
Why sports broadcasting could change the rules on sponsored content
Feb 26, 2016 04:41 am UTC| Sports Business
As media businesses the world over struggle to identify successful new business models, sponsored content has been pounced on as one potential solution. The model where brands pay media organisations to produce content...
Meet the candidates vying for the FIFA presidency
Feb 24, 2016 14:13 pm UTC| Sports
What started last May with a dawn raid by the FBI at the Baur au Lac Hotel in Switzerland, will shortly end with the election of a new FIFA president at the football world governing bodys extraordinary congress on February...
Amateur doping shaping up to be sport's latest test as cycling bans rack up
Feb 18, 2016 15:44 pm UTC| Sports Law
The past few months have been traumatic for the world of athletics as it struggles to fight free of a suffocating doping and corruption scandal. On the flip side, it has been quite a turnaround for cycling, which has...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
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