Fair play at the Olympics: testosterone and female athletes
Jun 21, 2016 11:34 am UTC| Sports Law
There are performance differences between the sexes in elite sport. It has long been assumed that contrasting levels of testosterone in men and women can largely account for that gap, but new scientific studies are...
Briferendum Series: Beckham against Brexit
Jun 21, 2016 10:26 am UTC| Commentary Sports
Former football superstar and captain of England, David Beckham backed the Remain camp today to the delight of the remaineers. Beckham is the UKs most prominent and popular football star, who still followed by many. In...
On track for the Rio Olympics? IAAF ban means Russian athletes may not compete
Jun 20, 2016 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has upheld its ban on the Russian Athletic Federation (RUSAF) from competing in the Rio 2016 Olympics. But the head of the IAAF, Sebastian Coe, said athletes...
How to win the Euros – with a little help from neuroscience
Jun 16, 2016 16:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science Sports
It cant be easy trying to pick a team for a huge football tournament like the Euros, carrying the hopes of an entire nation. Football managers may have great skill and intuition, but it is, after all, not an exact science....
Dopey and grumpy: Maria Sharapova and WADA
Jun 13, 2016 07:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The independent tribunal appointed by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) recently decided on the matter of a positive drug test at the 2016 Australian Open by Maria Sharapova. Not surprisingly, the tribunal...
Business moguls seek to build a Wanda-full future for sport in China
Jun 10, 2016 16:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business Sports
Wang Jianlin of Wanda Dalian. Jack Ma of Alibaba. Heard of them? Not many people outside of China have, but they are the modern-day moguls powering Chinas entrepreneurial sprint towards economic supremacy. They are also...
Euro 2016 could turn EU referendum result upside down
Jun 10, 2016 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports Politics
When historians look back at the fact that the Euro 2016 group phase ended the day before the UKs Brexit vote on June 23, they will think it almost deliberately mischievous. These could turn out to be the finals where...