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TOPIC GUIDES: Sport & Leisure

TOPIC GUIDES IN THE NEWS

Dylan Hartley: England captain says he has ‘learned his lessons’, BBC News, 25 January 2016

Russian doping: IAAF warned athletes were risking lives in 2009, BBC News, 12 January 2016

Athletics doping crisis is just another reason to allow drugs in sport, James Kirkup, Telegraph, 10 November 2015

Tourism (revised 2018)

"Tourism benefits the world"

Contact sports

"We should accept the risk inherent in contact sports"

G4S: Doping in sport

"We should permit the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport"

DM Berlin: Doping in Sport

"We should permit the use of performancing enhancing drugs in sport"

Doping in Sport

"We should permit the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport"

Role models

"Sportspeople should not be seen as role models"

London Olympics

"The greatest show on Earth is worth it"

Performance Enhancing Drugs

"Allowing the use of enhancement drugs will not undermine the spirit of sport"

Boxing

"Competitive boxing is beneficial for young people"

Football

"Premiership footballers deserve all the rewards they get"

Tourism

"Tourism benefits the world"

Sport and Competition

"In sport, winning is everything"

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday 27 June:
Oxfordshire Championship at Oxford Union, in partnership with Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of Arts

Friday 5 July:
North East Championship at Durham Sixth Form Centre

CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE

Find a list of all our previous championship events here.

SUPPORT DEBATING MATTERS

Bernie Whelan, our DM coordinator, is raising money for Debating Matters. To stage one of our Championships for six to 12 teams costs £6,000. Find out more on Bernie’s Wonderful fundraising page.

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