This article aims to explore how racism plays out in China's sports fandom in the wake of the
Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement sweeping across the globe. To this end, we conducted …

This article offers a timely, critical analysis of the male gaze upon sportswomen in male
Chinese fans' consumption of sporting megaevents. We use the most popular Chinese …

Football in China is undergoing an unprecedented expansion, the result of targeted
industrial policy, private sector investment, and the increased popularity of the world's most …

China has long resisted the naturalization of athletes, decrying foreign mercenaries and
emphasizing self-sufficiency. Yet amid rising popular nationalism and hardening attitudes in …

Iceland attracted international attention when its national football team qualified for the 2018
Men's World Cup. This surprise qualification made Iceland the smallest nation to qualify in …

Representing the nation in sports mega events has become a highly contested issue with
the acceleration of the transnational movement of athletes. This research has examined …

This research examines the organizational change in Chinese elite sport training at the
grassroots level, which is perceived as foundational to and crucial for the development of …

Recently, private and State actors within the Chinese economy have increasingly taken
ownership of (or established other financial relationships with) major football clubs across …

Youth soccer specialty schools are the primary project to strengthen the foundation of soccer
talents, improve the level of soccer development, and achieve the dream of Chinese soccer …

Introduction The main objective of this article is to analyse the reasons why the 2021
European Super League project failed. The authors ask whether, in addition to the popular …