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Should the Tokyo Olympics go ahead without a level playing field for COVID-19 vaccines?

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Should the Tokyo Olympics go ahead without a level playing field for COVID-19 vaccines?

admin March 26, 2021

March 24, 2021, marked one year since the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were officially postponed....

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Can sports choose the moral path?

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Can sports choose the moral path?

S.T. Arasu March 14, 2021

Back in 2016, the then Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin had lobbied for the national...

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Reduce, re-use, recycle: how the new relaxed Olympic rules make Brisbane’s 2032 bid affordable

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Reduce, re-use, recycle: how the new relaxed Olympic rules make Brisbane’s 2032 bid affordable

admin March 9, 2021

Brisbane is in pole position to win the rights to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games in...

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Should athletes jump the vaccine queue?

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Should athletes jump the vaccine queue?

S.T. Arasu February 25, 2021

As Malaysia rolled out its nationwide vaccination campaign for the Covid-19, questions on whether national athletes should be...

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Why the World Rugby guidelines banning trans athletes from the women’s game are reasonable

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Why the World Rugby guidelines banning trans athletes from the women’s game are reasonable

admin February 23, 2021

In 2020, World Rugby undertook a painstaking policy process to address the issue of transwomen in rugby....

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For now, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. But at what cost?

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For now, the Tokyo Olympics will go ahead. But at what cost?

admin February 11, 2021

With COVID-19 still running rampant in many parts of the world, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has...

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How to protest China’s human rights violations without boycotting the 2022 Olympics

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How to protest China’s human rights violations without boycotting the 2022 Olympics

admin January 28, 2021

With one year to go before the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, there has been talk of boycotting...

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Tokyo Olympics: An ethical approach will determine whether athletes should get vaccinated ahead of the public

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Tokyo Olympics: An ethical approach will determine whether athletes should get vaccinated ahead of the public

admin January 20, 2021

The debate about prioritizing the return of sport during this global pandemic heated up recently when the...

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Does the IOC have the will?

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Does the IOC have the will?

S.T. Arasu October 5, 2020

Just over a week ago, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president was gung-ho in warning the Italian...

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Is the IOC getting too powerful?

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Is the IOC getting too powerful?

S.T. Arasu September 28, 2020

Who exactly has the sovereign right in the management of sports in any country – the International...

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