This book offers an accessible overview of the role sport plays in international relations and
diplomacy. Sports diplomacy has previously been defined as an old but under-studied …

How did the Olympics evolve into a multi-national phenomenon? How can the Olympics
help us to understand the relationship between sport and society? What will be the impact …

Research question: The paper is based on the contention that 'integrity'is a significantly
under-theorised and under-conceptualised value within sports particularly in its use by a …

Book Introductions should aim to answer three main questions, namely, why the book has
been written (and thus relatedly why it might possibly be of interest to readers), what it is …

Football has traditionally been an institution hostile toward sexual minorities. Boys and men
in the sport have deployed high levels of homophobia for multiple reasons. However, the …

When we envisioned the contents of this book, we sought the widest scope imaginable to
understand sporting mega-events and their mediation. From a cricket pitch in Melbourne to …

Within events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and
content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major …

Association football is now the global sport, consumed in various ways by millions of people
across the world. Throughout its history, football has been a catalyst as much for social …

This article explores the relational power and responsibilities to migrant workers on physical
infrastructure projects in Qatar connected to the sovereign state hosting the Fédération …

This book is the result of the happy coincidences that bring frustrated academics together.
We both teach at the same university, but in different schools within the same faculty. Karl is …