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Globalisation now describes just about everything, from the way we do business right through to the way we watch the Olympics. So what are the implications for sport in a world where global is rapidly replacing local? Read Transcript
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Life as a jockey is hard: pre-dawn starts, hard riding and lots of work to get the maximum performance from the gallopers. So what inspired two rural women - one almost straight from school, the other in a career-changing move - to decide to become jockeys. Read Transcript
Beyond the lane markings and behind the scenes a lot of business people are hard at work in the Chinese capital. Read Transcript
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Athletic excellence aside, Olympic organisers want the games safe and secure. Ever since Munich in 1972, securing the safety of all participants is paramount. Australian Olympian Graham Windeatt competed in '72 and has followed the changes in the Olympic experience. Read Transcript
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For many years Rodney Eade has been an important figure in Australian Rules football - as a player with Hawthorn, as a coach with the Sydney Swans and now the Western Bulldogs, and simply as one of the game's most interesting thinkers. Meet him on this week's Sports Factor. Read Transcript
Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who runs on carbon fibre blades, has managed to get within one second of the able-bodied qualifying time for the 100 metres sprint. Read Transcript
If there's one thing the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games should have in spades, it's security. Of course security concerns have dominated the Games in recent years. Read Transcript
Friday 8.30am
repeated 7pm
Presented by
Mick O'Regan
Friday 29 August 2008
The third Australian football international cup is about to get underway in Victoria. And this week on the Sports Factor we have a special report on the state of AFL in South Africa, where hundreds of young players are taking it up instead of soccer or rugby union.
1pm AEST
Hindsight
New perspectives on well-known aspects of our past, and documenting stories long-ignored
