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Testosterone Ban Inaccuracies Open Debate on the Necessity for Sex Testing in Sports
By Chiara Broglia, MA Linguistics Ever since women started competing in their own sport category, the sex of female athletes, particularly those capable of exceptional athletic performance, has been questioned. However, only recent developments pointed… Read More »Testosterone Ban Inaccuracies Open Debate on the Necessity for Sex Testing in Sports
Can sport play a role in development?
By Chris Hoellriegl, MSc Development Studies Sports have many faces. Apart from diversion or pleasure, sports can for instance be a ‘big business’ when considering an annual revenue of 715.1 M Euro of Barcelona FC… Read More »Can sport play a role in development?
An Unconventional Queer Night Out
By Lulu Goad, Arabic BA With the first ‘Queer Climb’ having been organised towards the end of 2019, the team at Yonder Climb, in North East London, felt it was about time they brought back… Read More »An Unconventional Queer Night Out
IOC Bans Political Demonstrations Ahead of Tokyo 2020
Ruth Wetters BA Chinese (Modern & Classical) image caption: IOC president Thomas Bach and former swimmer Kirsty Coventry during an IOC press conference in Lausanne (09/01/20) (Credit: Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP) On Thursday 9th January,… Read More »IOC Bans Political Demonstrations Ahead of Tokyo 2020
Racism in Football: When will it finally be shown the red card?
Rami Shamel, BA History No one is sure who first coined the phrase ‘the beautiful game’ to refer to football, but what is clear is that football and beauty are a natural pair. For your… Read More »Racism in Football: When will it finally be shown the red card?