Anna Geary: Why Girls Quit SportRTE2, ThuHorizon TokyoRTE1, MonIreland’s Rich List 2021RTE1, MonDANIELA ALFIERISponsoredSports evangelism is a funny old game. Fitness experts and personal trainers are treated as philosophers — authorities on the human condition as well as physical conditioning. As the prevalence of sporting bombast intensifies, however, the popularity of sporting participation has declined. Growing numbers of young people in general and young women in particular seem averse to togging out and breaking a sweat. Ireland is justifiably famed as a sport-besotted nation but increasingly, it seems, many of us prefer the airy comforts

Source: The Times July 15, 2021 22:52 UTC