Objective To assess the effects of major multi-sport events on health and socioeconomic
determinants of health in the population of the city hosting the event. Design Systematic …

The authors present a new conceptualization of mega sports event legacy delivery, which
accounts for the problematic nature of legacy by viewing it as a wicked problem. Research …

Resident perceptions of social impacts resulting from hosting large-scale sport tourism
events have become important factors for obtaining community-wide event support …

The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a
former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins …

This study examines the influence of residents' trust in government and organizing
committee on their impact perceptions and support for a mega-event, namely, 2014 FIFA …

The article explores the effects of cultural heritage in fostering tourism demand. We look at
the role of UNESCO World Heritage List (WHL) in the enhancement of tourism destinations …

The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event—a
global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie …

Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development
programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely …

Major sports events are used increasingly by policy-makers to stimulate economic
development. This has resulted in a growth of academic interest in ways of analysing their …

This study aims to explore community participation in shaping their support for the
development of sports events tourism. As a part of this investigation, the factors affecting …