Lockdowns under COVID-19 have kept many people away from gyms. But some are working out more. Is at-home exercise here to stay? Children exercise from the rooftop of their building during lockdown in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 17 May 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) You’d be...
Russia mounted a cloak-and-dagger operation to hide doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Now it faces a possible ban from next summer’s Games. A fan waves the Russian flag over the Olympic rings in Sochi, Russia, 18 February 2014 (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) It is...
By John Mehaffey The expression on Afghanistan cricket captain Gulbadin Naib’s face betrayed his dismay. A torrent of words detailed his deep unhappiness about his team’s performance at the World Cup in England. A side with a most romantic backstory had failed to win...
By Veronica Allan Caster Semenya will have to take hormone-reducing drugs if she wants to continue her stellar international track career. The South African sprinter, a double Olympic champion in the 800 meters, lost her case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Soon, even breakdancing may be an Olympic sport. My reflections on how the inclusiveness of sport may help to counter rising populism. A member of Japanese team ‘The Flooriorz’ competes in a breakdancing match during the ‘Battle of the Year World Finale 2017’ in...
