CHANGING TIMES AND BELTS-RANKINGS IN JAPANESE KARATE
With the death of many older sokes over these last 15 years or so and... Read More
IS DOPING CHEATING?
Is Doping Cheating? The question of legitimacy has circled around professional sports for generations.... Read More
INSIDE THE KARATE HISTORY
Takashi Sasagawa, the Japanese billionaire, is urging the Tokyo 2020 organisers to include WKF karate... Read More
COULD THE WKF BE REPLACED?
With karate vying for a place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, its bid has been... Read More
POPULARITY VERSUS POLITICS IN THE PLIGHT OF TAEKWONDO
Taekwondo is an Olympic sport, one of the event’s 28 ‘core sports’ to be featured... Read More
BEIJING AND THE FAILURE OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS
While Beijing celebrates becoming the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics,... Read More
WHAT CAN RIDELONDON DO FOR THE CITY?
As the majority of the legacy from the London Olympics trickles away into traditionally low... Read More
INTERSEX DISCRIMINATION IN SPORT
It’s convenient to pretend that sex is binary, that we’re all either males with... Read More
SPORTING CORRUPTION BEYOND FIFA
It’s easy to imagine FIFA – an organisation so corrupt its president can apparently only... Read More
GENDER INEQUALITIES IN INTERNATIONAL SPORT
The international development of sport reflects inequalities of power at local, national and global levels.... Read More