By Stuart Murray Post Beijing 2008, sport in China has continued to gain considerable attention. The growth of football, the part that China has played in developing sporting infrastructure in Africa and the development of a… Continue Reading Sport, China and Diplomacy: Beware of your own reflection!
By Cora Burnett University of Johannesburg, Professor and Director, Olympic Academy & Global Fellow University of Edinburgh, Academy of Sport Having been in the space of sport for development (SfD) for more than two decades, I… Continue Reading And I thought Apartheid was over…but it is a global condition?
By Professor Michael Ego University of Connecticut- Stamford The text below was developed from the address presented at a one day symposia on Sport, Dementia and Mental Health hosted by The Scottish Football Museum in partnership… Continue Reading Sport, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: Cause, Cure and Compassion?
By Grant Jarvie October 18 1968 In the course of 48 hours, Tommie Smith and John Carlos went from being celebrated to hated by many Americans. Two days after winning gold and bronze in the 200… Continue Reading 48 years to the day & anti-racism vigilance still needed in and through sport
By By Dr Paul Widdop, Dr Dan Parnell and Tony Asghar This summer, even for the hedonistic consumption of the Premier League, was unprecedented. Spending topped one billion pounds, with Manchester United breaking the World transfer… Continue Reading The ‘networked’ rise and power of the football super-agent
By Michael Crawley In a two-part series in the New York times entitled ‘Man vs Marathon,’ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/sports/two-hour-marathon-yannis-pitsiladis.html?_r=0Jeré Longman has taken a thorough look at Janos Pitsiladis’ project to accelerate the process which will, almost certainly, eventually… Continue Reading The Two Hour Marathon: Who is it for?
By Dr Paul Widdop and colleagues A preliminary study into the trading networks of English Premier League Football Clubs suggests that West Ham United might have the most to learn from this data. Dr Paul Widdop,… Continue Reading English Premier League Trading Study – Preliminary Findings
By Grant Jarvie and Paul Widdop What does Brexit mean for Scottish sport? The landscape of Scottish sport will be changed as result of the Brexit decision to leave Europe. As at June 2016 Approximately 50… Continue Reading Brexit and sport: who is keeping the score?
By Craig Sharp 400 years after the death of the bard many continue to reflect upon the use of the word sport in the works of William Shakespeare. http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Brewster/shake.html This small contribution continues such a tradition. “He…hath… Continue Reading Shakespeare on sport – 400 years on.
By Grant Jarvie On January 5th 2016 Temba Bavuma became the fist black African to score a Test century for South Africa. Bavuma is only the 5th black South African to play test cricket for South… Continue Reading Beyond a boundary
