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<a href='https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/can-sport-survive-the-culture-wars/'>CAN SPORT SURVIVE THE CULTURE WARS?</a>
A new <a href='https://soundcloud.com/tags/BattleFest'>#BattleFest</a> recording from the Battle of Ideas festival 2021: <a href='https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/can-sport-survive-the-culture-wars/'>https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/can-sport-survive-the-culture-wars/</a>
Is sport in danger of being consumed by these wider cultural issues or is it part of a healthy cleansing process? Is the praise heaped upon Biles and Osaka a sign that sport needs to change to put athletes wellbeing first?

#BattleFest2021: The post-pandemic recovery: how is it going?

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