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Calacus Monthly Hit & Miss – Olympic Champion Imogen Grant

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport from the previous month as Imogen Grant uses her platform to highlight environmental issues and encourage the nation to get fit.

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Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Simone Biles & Rassie Erasmus

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport from the previous week as Simone Biles puts mental health first and Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus rages against officials.

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Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Jordan Henderson & Narinder Batra

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport as Jordan Henderson takes positive action over social media abuse and the Indian Olympic Association gets itself in a mess.

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Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Paris 2024 & Crewe Alexandra

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport as Paris 2024 commit to climate sustainability and Crewe Alexandra show a disaster class in child abuse crisis communications.

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Lessons learnt from the top sports crises of 2020

There’s no doubt that 2020 has been a strange year, but despite the lockdowns, sport from grassroots to elite level has still been full of drama and controversy on and off the field.

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