Knowledge bank: Scandinavian countries are internationally known for their particular development of company sport. This is linked to the dynamics of Nordic welfare society and political concern about ‘public health’

Knowledge bank: Doping is widespread not only in elite sports but also in fitness centers across the world and it is a highly underestimated problem. 

Knowledge bank: Sports tend towards, endorse and depend upon the physical transcendence of humanness. In this respect, sport offers a unique environment where transhumanism can gain social credibility and where its ideals become manifest and normalised.

Knowledge bank: Doctor and senior consultant Michael Friedberg explains the origins, properties and medical uses of EPO in the treatment of kidney patients.

During the last three decades, Kenyans have dominated middle- and long-distance races. The reasons for this dominance are still not known but factors that may play a role are genetic endowment, upbringing and training.