THE recent controversy surrounding Australian cricket captain Tim Paine raises many questions around morality, expectations, responsibilities and accepting the mantle of a role model. The reactions, unsurprisingly, have been polarising, ...
THERE has been some interest of late in the world of sport regarding the AFL’s decision to abandon skinfold testing as part of their pre- draft assessment. Their concern is ...
SOUTH African cricket player Quinton de Kock has symbolised the change in social dogma that has encapsulated the world in recent years. To put it simply, de Kock, 28, opposed ...
OCCASIONALLY, an incident occurs that reminds people there is still work to do in the world of equality. Especially in sport. Mark Clattenburg, a former Premier League referee opined that ...
THE NWSL is in turmoil. It has postponed a weekend’s matches as a protest due to the sexual allegations of misconduct involving North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley. The Englishman, ...
RANGERS Manager Steven Gerrard said it all, echoed by many in recent months if not years. The scourge of racism in football, indeed sport, remains as prevalent as ever. Rangers ...
IF there was any doubt about the credibility of boxing as a sport, then the recent debacle of the Evander Holyfield and Vitor Belfort fight removed it once and for ...
PROFESSIONAL tennis may never see it again. Or just maybe it is a portent of things to come. In the 2021 US Tennis Open women’s final, 18-year old British woman ...
RECENT events in the turbulent world of politics have been seen to devastating effect in Afghanistan. The incursion of the Taliban, ousted to the periphery some 20 years ago, towards ...