Nathan Frazer-Carroll

The gross and blatant sexualisation of female athletes, especially in gymnastics, should come as a surprise to no-one. A quick google search of ‘female athletes’ produces results like ‘The 60 hottest female athletes of 2021’. Yes – in 2021 this nasty brand of sports journalism still exists, often justified by lines like sex sells or we’re giving the people what they want. Well, this is just another example illustrating how the media have routinely refused to view athletes as people or respect w

Jofra Archer, Michael Holding and Chris Jordan’s recent appointment as ambassadors for the African-Caribbean Engagement (ACE) Programme is of significant importance in inspiring change. Having relatable role models is key to getting young kids involved in a sport that has long neglected Black communities. Since 1995, there has been a 75% drop in African-Caribbean participation in cricket, compared to a 19.4% drop in average participation. The ACE Programme has been launched to tackle this dwind

On Tuesday 8 December, breaking, or breakdancing as it is known to most, was announced to be the newest Olympic sport, debuting at the 2024 Paris Games. The participants, known as B-boys and B-girls, will compete in a one-on-one knockout format after the sport’s successful trial at the 2018 Argentina Youth Olympics. Question marks still hover over how the judging will look in 2024 as breaking is more subjective than most Olympic events. However, the dancers will in some capacity be assessed on

Thomas Grønnemark certainly raised eyebrows when he was appointed as Liverpool’s throw-in coach in 2018. He has since worked with a host of European clubs, three of which feature in this years’ Champions League Group D – Midtjylland, Ajax and Liverpool. The former Guinness World Record holder insists he can change the football world. “For so many years it’s been just a throw-in, deemed inconsequential,” he says. But Grønnemark’s Long, Fast and Clever throw-in philosophy is about more than just

Adam Peri is a sound engineer from New Zealand currently working for Sky Sports in augmented audio, or in other words, fake crowd noise. He’s provided a window into what goes on behind the scenes and what it means to be the virtual twelfth man. When Sky first debuted augmented audio, it was far more basic than their present set-up. This was largely due to the fact that they were embarking on a completely novel journey. The ease with which one could become overwhelmed meant that only a handful o

​The men’s English Premier League is by far the most powerful and exciting global sporting brand, but at what cost to its young recruits? The effectiveness of UK academies and specifically those of Premier league clubs are often considered with regard to the standard of player they produce. However, there is an unseen side to these clubs’ player production. Michael Calvin, in his book – “No Hunger in Paradise: The Players. The Journey. The Dream”, estimates that only 0.012% of players involved