ABSTRACT
As we saw in the opening chapter, there are many health risks associated with participation in sport. Some of these risks are, at least to some extent, openly recognised. Most people who are involved in playing or promoting sport are, for example, aware of the fact that playing sport inevitably involves a risk of injury, even if most people considerably underestimate the real health costs, in terms of injuries, of sporting participation. There are, however, some health risks associated with participation in sport which are much less openly recognised and which are much less frequently discussed. Two such areas of risk are those associated with child abuse and sex abuse in sport, and it is these which form the central concern of this chapter.
