What are the social, political and economic consequences of staging sport mega events
such as the Olympics and the World Cup? Capitalism, Sport Mega Events and the Global …

On the same October day in 2009 that the International Olympic Committee announced the
2016 Summer Olympics would be held in Rio de Janeiro, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro …

The urban regeneration linked to the Olympic Games is frequently planned with a master
plan as in London or Barcelona. Atypically, the urban regeneration in the center of Athens …

This paper explores sport mega-events' impacts and their relation with urban sustainability
based on physical, environmental, economic, and social–cultural dimensions. The physical …

This article addresses key issues of sport mega events' social and educational legacies. The
rhetoric of the “legacy” of mega events has been imprinted in every bid presented to different …

Neste artigo, a partir da análise de reportagens de nove jornais estrangeiros publicadas
durante a Copa do Mundo e os Jogos Olímpicos realizados no Brasil, discutimos se a …

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma reflexão sobre o impacto que a realização da
Copa do Mundo da FIFA de 2014 pode ter sobre o Soft Power do Brasil em suas relações …

From this perspective, it was public outcry against the environmental damage of the 1992
Winter Olympics in Albertville that pressured the IOC to embark upon environmental reforms …

At the end of the 20th century, sport mega events (SMEs) began to be awarded to cities,
countries and regions that had rarely or never had such experience. Most of these events …

Abstract As South Africa, Brazil, and Russia hosted the FIFA World Cup this century, we may
state that these countries had a strategic interest in hosting this mega-event. In the specific …