By Grant Jarvie Introduction Once again, the phenomenal international reach and scale of sport to carry a political message hits the headlines as the United States fires the starting gun to boycott the Winter Olympic Games.… Continue Reading US Boycott and the Winter Olympic Games 2022
By Grant Jarvie University of Edinburgh and Toronto Football, including Scottish football, can provide us with reasons to be cheerful. Along with other sports, football, by far Scotland’s most popular sport, can contribute to Scotland… Continue Reading Can Football Make Scotland a Fairer and Happier country?
By Professor Wray Vamplew University of Edinburgh Sports historians generally accept that ‘modern’ sport and commercial activity were intertwined from the mid nineteenth century, but I would argue that sport had a commercial aspect many centuries… Continue Reading The Beginnings of Commercialism in Sport (Or was it always There?)
By Grant Jarvie, Paul Widdop and Yuxun Xu University of Edinburgh Key Fact Check Double the Scottish Government’s investment in sport and active living to £100 million a year by the end of the Parliament (SNP).10%… Continue Reading Sport and the 2021 Scottish Election : A Key Fact Check
By Katharine Worth Introduction In a world of ‘us’ and ‘them’, the Olympic Movement seeks to bring people together through the medium of sport. Peace, friendship, and fair play are the values perpetuated by the ideology… Continue Reading The Dichotomy of Political Power and Political Position at the Olympic Games
By Grant Jarvie University of Edinburgh and Toronto The COVID-19 pandemic has painfully confirmed what experts have warned against since the 2009 H1N1 and 2014-2016 Ebola pandemics: the world has been gravely under-prepared for large outbreaks… Continue Reading Sport, Covid Recovery and Building Back Better : Some Observations
