Baseball: Washington Nationals fight back against Astros to win historic World Series title

It was most shocking championship runs as National had only clinched their ticket in the last days of the season and had never won a playoff series.

AFP

· Oct 31, 2019 · 04:35 pm

With women’s sport leading the way, male athletes could benefit from family-friendly policies too

The masculine value of sacrifice reflects an ethos from which the very basis of elite sport developed.

Eric Anderson, The Conversation

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John Batten, The Conversation

· Oct 29, 2019 · 02:45 pm

Lost moral compass? China’s orienteering team disqualified for cheating during Military World Games

Organisers discovered the mixed-gender team – all of whom were serving soldiers – were using secret paths and markings to navigate.

AFP

· Oct 24, 2019 · 05:02 pm

Baseball was almost destroyed by betting once, yet US league now has an ‘official gambling partner’

In August, Major League Baseball partnered with FanDuel, a daily fantasy sports gambling service, in the hope of bringing more adults back to the sport.

Rebecca Edwards, The Conversation

· Oct 22, 2019 · 08:00 pm

Why Eliud Kipchoge’s historic marathon run under two hours is not a new world record

All the major factors that make marathons challenging were in some way altered to ensure maximum success in a sponsored event on a specially prepared course.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 14, 2019 · 03:09 pm

Eliud Kipchoge: The monk who broke the two-hour marathon barrier

The 2018 world athlete of the year leads a monastic existence at a spartan running camp in Kenya’s Rift Valley.

AFP

· Oct 13, 2019 · 05:25 pm

Eliud Kipchoge and the two-hour barrier: Five milestones of the marathon

The marathon has become the classic challenge for thousands of runners around the world every year.

AFP

· Oct 13, 2019 · 11:26 am

17 seconds for every 100m... for two hours: Kipchoge’s remarkable run leaves Twitter awestruck

The Olympic champion became the first ever to run a marathon in under two hours in the Prater park with the course readied to make it as even as possible.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 13, 2019 · 10:41 am

Hong Kong Squash Open becomes latest sporting event to be cancelled over political unrest

The annual Hong Kong Squash Open is one of the Professional Squash Association’s world tour platinum events.

AFP

· Oct 09, 2019 · 10:36 am

Is there a link between fitness trackers, calorie counting apps and eating disorders?

Higher levels of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating have been identified among those who use tracking tools, compared to those who do not.

Carolyn Plateau, The Conversation

· Aug 27, 2019 · 08:00 pm

Promising Aussie footballer ditches Olympic dream for hip hop

The 22-year-old has made several appearances for the national under-23 team but is now going to try and make it big in the music business.

AFP

· Aug 16, 2019 · 09:35 am

Will try and accommodate shooting at 2022 Commonwealth Games in some form: UK Sports Minister

Britain’s Sports Minister Nigel Adams said he has written to the Commonwealth Games Federation to try and find a solution to the impasse.

Press Trust of India

· Aug 15, 2019 · 09:41 am