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When cheating in sport leads to injury, it’s not always clear when the courts should intervene.
Ronaldo reacts after Manchester United’s November Premier League match with Aston Villa.
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A sports law expert explains why Cristiano Ronaldo’s controversial Piers Morgan interview didn’t get him fired from Manchester United.
Men’s soccer has had a problem with allyship long before Qatar was awarded the hosting rights for this year’s World Cup.
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To make men’s soccer a more inclusive space, organizers and players must put allyship above profits and winning.
The Fifa 2022 world cup in Qatar has been controversial from day one.
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Qatari law underpins a patriarchal and misogynistic system. The discrimination women, including female football fans, face contravenes international human rights.
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Football provides a ‘possible dream’ for people in a precarious immigration situation.
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No amount of technology will ever remove the role of human judgement in refereeing the messy, complex world of football.
Split soccer loyalties?
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As the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a scholar probes questions of identity in the American game. Is Mexico really the US’s ‘other team’?
Different forms of abuse are quite common in organized sports.
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A sports culture that does not tolerate abuse of any kind needs to be cultivated to ensure that the benefits of participating in sports are achieved.
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How athletes use memory can make the difference when performing at a high level.
One giant leap for soccerkind.
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As the ball that Maradona’s fist helped on its way to the back of the net – with some divine help – goes up for auction, a scholar of soccer explains why that goal means so much.
A Hockey Canada document is reviewed by a member of Parliament during a House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage looking into safe sport in Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 4, 2022.
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Transparency in financial disclosure is a crucial part of ethical, responsible governance. Unless Hockey Canada prioritizes financial transparency, any attempts at reform will fall short.
Culture change is more multifaceted than recent conversations about Hockey Canada might suggest. It’s a complex process, not a readily packaged product or an easily revised strategic plan.
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There have been calls for a culture change at Hockey Canada in the wake of sexual abuse allegations. But what does that mean? And how do organizations change their culture?
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For years, we’ve taken major sporting events, a public holiday, added alcohol and gambling, then watched domestic violence rates rise. It’s time we did something different.
In the wake of sexual abuse allegations, Hockey Canada acknowledged it failed to “end the culture of toxic behavior” but grossly misunderstood and miscalculated the depth and breadth of the problem.
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Sexual abuse allegations in Canadian hockey reveal the toxic masculinity that has permeated across sport culture.
Companies like Puma continue to sponsor the Israeli Football Association despite some of its teams operating on illegally occupied Palestinian territory.
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Puma’s support for Israeli football teams in the occupied Palestinian territories goes against FIFA’s rules.
Bianca Andreescu was awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. The Toronto Star recently decided to remove Lou Marsh’s name from the trophy.
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The Toronto Star’s decision to rename its Lou Marsh trophy reminds us of the ways sports journalism has amplified damaging and racist tropes.
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There are risks in biting the hand that feeds you. But sporting bodies that don’t consider their stakeholders’ values will be left at the start line.
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Two of England’s leading clubs, Wasps and Worcester, are in administration
The government should invest in chess to foster more Canadian success at international competitions.
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Chess affords young people a host of interdisciplinary skills, Canada should invest in teaching them how to play it.
Oversight may not be glamorous work, but if sport in Canada is to regain trust this work is critical.
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Hockey Canada’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations is symbolic of the lack of accountability in sporting bodies. The government must rebuild trust in sports with proper oversight.