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As Japan’s national sport, sumo has shaped perceptions of its culture since the mid-1800s.
First Nations games predate the Ancient Greek Olympics by tens of thousands of years – this history should be reflected in Australia’s sports diplomacy strategy.
The Australian taxpayer will fork out $600 million for a new NRL team in PNG. It is a bold, expensive and untried sports diplomacy adventure.
The Albanese government has announced a new sports diplomacy strategy but what is it, and why is it needed?
The NRL wants to expand to 20 teams by the end of the decade, with many pros and cons to consider for each hopeful vying to join the league.
The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing next February. Those opposed to China’s human rights violations are calling for a boycott. That’s a complicated form of protest.
Sports diplomacy has eased relationships between nations before – here’s how it could help Israel, Bahrain and the UAE as they enter into new peace accords.
Sport has a history of providing opportunities for détente, or at least discussion - and there’s every chance the AFL’s latest venture to China could do just that.
Sometimes diplomacy won the day, sometimes it didn’t.
Teams from both countries marched into opening ceremony under the unified Korea flag.
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Associate Professor, International Relations and Diplomacy, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Sport Ethics, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in Events Management, University of Brighton
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Loughborough University
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