The Leader: Jim Dayhew, chaplain and coach in sport ministry
JO KADLECEK speaks with Jim Dayhew who recently became executive director of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes: FCA 360 Sports Australia…
Essay: How a new monarch will affect everyday lives
In an article first published on The Conversation, PAULINE MACLARAN, a professor of marketing and consumer research at Royal Holloway University of London, looks at how the accession of a new king impacts the daily lives of people in the UK (and, to some extent, elsewhere in places like Australia)…
War takes heavy toll on Ukrainian sport
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Young soccer players in the city of Kharkiv are grieving over the death of their coach, killed by a Russian shell last week in an incident that highlights the heavy toll the war is inflicting on all areas of Ukrainian society, including sport. “It hurt so much, it is as if I had lost […]
Taliban hard-liners turn back the clock in Afghanistan
Islamabad, PakistanAP Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s. Girls have been banned from going to school beyond the sixth grade, women are barred from boarding planes if they travel unaccompanied by […]
Books: How to be a good sport
DAVID ADAMS reads Stephen Liggins’ book on the intersection of Christianity and sport…
Athletes bring fight for equality into sporting arena in 2020
Toronto, CanadaReuters A big part of sport’s appeal is that when you buy a ticket or turn on the television for a few hours it provides a respite from the turmoil engulfing the outside world. But in 2020, from the soccer pitches of the English Premier League to the US Open tennis hardcourts, there was […]
COVID-19 leaves sporting holes that will never be filled
Reuters There are still hopes for a Tokyo Olympics, Formula One crowned a 2020 champion and the Los Angeles Lakers celebrated an NBA title inside a quarantined bubble. They handed out a Green Jacket at the Masters and hoisted a Stanley Cup. But there will forever remain blank spaces on the wall of the All-England […]
Pope Francis’ team joins up with star athletes like Ronaldo to say: ‘We all run together’
Vatican CityRNS Not every sports team can claim Pope Francis as its honorary captain. But Athletica Vaticana – a 70-member team that includes bishops, nuns and Swiss guards – is proud to claim the pontiff as one of its own. The team is also a living example of his message on sports: “We all run […]
New WADA report shows jump in global doping cases
Toronto, CanadaReuters More drug cheats are being caught in global sport with the latest World Anti-Doping Agency figures on Thursday showing a 13.1 per cent rise in anti-doping rule violations (ARDVs). The WADA report detailing doping offences during 2017 counted 1,804 cases, which was up sharply from the 1,595 recorded in 2016 although down from […]
Passion for winter sports can help fight climate change, organisers say
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Fans and players of winter sports from skiing to hockey could be marshalled in efforts to fight climate change, from election campaigning to calculating the impact of global warming on ice-skating ponds, organisers said last week. Skiing, ice hockey and outdoor skating are all affected by climate change, but […]