Are esports the next major league sport?
May 31, 2017 08:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports Entertainment
In late 2016, a sports championship event was held in Chicago, drawing 43 million viewers during the series finals. That was 12 million more people than watched the 2016 NBA Finals. It wasnt soccer, or football, or even...
The problem of treating play like work – how esports can harm well-being
May 27, 2017 04:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
We are mid-way through the annual esports calendar and South Korean team SK Telecom 1 recently scored a resounding victory at the Mid-Seasonal Invitational. The MSI, as its known, is a tournament where teams compete to win...
How football clubs fail and succeed after reaching England's Premier League
May 16, 2017 13:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Football always divides opinion. As the latest English season draws to a close and the Football League playoffs take centre stage, there will be some that grumble about the format. They will say how unfair it is that a...
For cities, hosting major sporting events is a double-edged sword
May 05, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Just as the publicity machine is cranking up for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, new Australia-based bids have already been signalled to host the same event in the future. Shepparton is leading a bid by...
Too pretty to play? Stephen Curry and the light-skinned black athlete
May 01, 2017 04:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
During a recent interview, Golden State Warriors Draymond Green discussed why players around the league have long doubted or dismissed the talents of his superstar teammate, Stephen Curry. But it was Greens last point,...
Apr 29, 2017 04:29 am UTC| Entertainment Sports
Tennis Superstar Serena Williams has responded to the infamous deleted Snapchat post of her showing her growing belly. Speaking at a TED conference in Vancouver earlier this week, Williams replied to interviewer Gayle King...
Apr 20, 2017 02:18 am UTC| Entertainment Sports
A now-deleted Snapchat has ignited news that tennis superstar Serena Williams is with child. The infamous Snap, of which Williams shared on her official account on Wednesday, showed her in a sexy, yellow one-piece...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
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