Writer, journalist, filmmaker and tennis enthusiast David Berry reveals tennis鈥 secret radical history, writes Alex Salmon.
Sports
Alex Salmon reviews Danielle Laidley鈥檚 2022 memoir, Don鈥檛 Look Away, which tells the story of her life 鈥 from growing up in Perth鈥檚 northern suburbs, through to her professional football career and gender transition.
The kicking of the first ball in Qatar will induce a collective sporting amnesia for which the Socceroos will be complicit, argues Binoy Kampmark.
Those claiming that 鈥渁ctivist鈥 athletes are 鈥渕ixing sports with politics鈥澛爏upport a different type of politics. Alex Salmon argues we need to support聽聽brave players demanding their club not be used to enhance the reputation of corporations.
Perth's Black Swan Theatre Company has raised the profile of sport-related concussion in a new play,聽Barracking for the Umpire聽and by organising a public forum on the subject.聽Barry Healy reports.
Suzanne James聽asks why the Australian Football League is聽so racist and, with clubs raking in billions in multi-stream revenue, why are taxpayers funding them?
Kaepernick & America portrays a person of courage and commitment while revealing the racist sickness at the heart of US culture, writes Barry Healy.
Where do we draw the line when deciding who has an 鈥渦nfair鈥 advantage in elite sports, asks 惭补谤测听惭别谤办别苍颈肠丑?听
The FIFA World Cup, due to begin in Qatar in November, will be stained by one of the highest casualty rates amongst workers in the competition鈥檚 history, reports Binoy Kampmark.
The Sri Lankan government is hoping the Australian cricket tour will distract from the economic and political crisis engulfing the country, writes Binoy Kampmark.
The institutional integration of sports with the military has reproduced authoritarian sports cultures, writes聽Janaka Biyanwila.聽Popular protests demanding regime change are also about demilitarising the state.
The rebranding of Saudi Arabia's blood-stained image using sports has been spearheaded by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, palace coup plotter and figure behind the butchering of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, writes Binoy Kampmark.
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