ABSTRACT Since 2016, Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has sought to
improve his country's economic and strategic position through sports diplomacy. These …

The concept of 'sportswashing'serves as a short-hand way of criticising non-democratic
regimes for using investment in sport, sports clubs, and sports events to detract from illiberal …

The successful emergence of the Gulf states as central players in the global sporting
ecosystem has revived the intellectual debate on the political and diplomatic use of sport. In …

Abstract In December 2022, Cristiano Ronaldo, five‐time Ballon d'Or winner and the most‐
followed person on Instagram, signed for Al‐Nassr in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This …

Purpose The motivation for this paper is to provide a deeper understanding of some of the
important and trending topics in the sport industry. Besides this, to consider the changing …

This paper analyses Western media narratives of the jurisdictional contest between LIV Golf,
a novel upstart professional golf tour, and the long-established PGA Tour, generally …

Sports mega-events (SMEs), such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup, have
become a key part of state strategies to achieve a multitude of foreign policy goals. The …

Violence has immediate and long-term repercussions for the health of individuals and
communities. Recent increases in the understanding of public health approaches to …

Purpose In response to increasing competition for consumer attention, sport governing
bodies have innovated short-format, action-oriented versions of traditional sports to attract …

Sports are criticised for their lack of social and political responsibility. In this study, I ask
people about the extent to which they think it is important that sports should be …