Have you ever wondered why men don’t compete in rhythmic gymnastics? The discipline made its Olympic debut at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. 44 years later, at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics , it will still be a women’s-only sport. However, in Japan, a men’s rhythmic gymnastics discipline was created at the beginning of the 20th century. […] … learn more→

Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly. In traditional endurance events like marathons, men consistently outperform women by about 10%. However, in ultra-distance competitions this disparity can be as small as 4%. In some […] … learn more→

On the face of it, New Zealand’s new high-performance sport funding model announced yesterday is an increase on the previous round. But it is ultra-focused on already successful sports, and will put athletes under even more pressure. High Performance Sport New Zealand is investing NZ$162.8 million over the next four years in the build-up to the 2028 Los […] … learn more→

The International Criminal Court (ICC) recently issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif for war crimes and crimes against humanity. A pre-trial chamber of the ICC found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant intentionally “deprived the civilian population in […] … learn more→

The 2024 Paris Olympics mark the first gender-equitable Olympic Games in history, with equal numbers of men and women athletes. Audiences today are being exposed to the phenomenal accomplishments of women athletes more than ever before. This year also saw the launch of the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Canada’s first professional women’s soccer league, the Northern Super League, is set to […] … learn more→

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will bring together more than 10,000 athletes competing in 32 different sports, all of whom will be subject to the rules set out in the World Anti-Doping Code . The International Testing Agency (ITA) will be responsible for organising and managing all the controls at this major sporting event, which is returning to […] … learn more→

On the face of it, competitive distance running appears not to have changed much since the Olympic Games were revived in 1896. However, even the relative simplicity of racing from gun to tape has radically altered in recent years due to the rise of advanced running footwear known colloquially as “supershoes”. A few years ago, […] … learn more→

For many, elite sport is the quintessential human endeavour. It drives ferocious competition, captures unconditional tribal loyalty, and rewards the victors with fame and fortune. As the Olympic motto declares, the limits of human performance are there to be tested – faster, higher, stronger. But what would happen if the boundaries were not just pushed, […] … learn more→

A chatbot is an artificial intelligence-based assistant that communicates in real time with users via text or voice messages. Although they perform well in conversations and are able to respond immediately, in addition to possessing a greater amount of information, they are quantifiably worse than real teachers on several pedagogical dimensions. In an area as practical as physical-sports […] … learn more→

Technological advances have changed the relationship to the world and to human relationships . In a society of the image, marked with the seal of individualism, it is now a question of investing in an infinitely perfectible “capital” body , and one to be preserved. There has been an increase in maintenance and fitness activities since the health crisis, and more […] … learn more→