By Sheila Dixon and Grant Jarvie “The program is a family and they work together to give girls ‘TWO’ The Way Out using basketball”. “Where I come from it is really rough ……, it’s hard not… Continue Reading Sport, poverty and women: Some African-American basketball voices
By Stuart Murray Diplomacy today is much more than a rarefied, exclusive and secret dialogue between states. Governments the world over are experimenting with innovative types of public engagement such as cultural, digital and public diplomacy.… Continue Reading Sports diplomacy as an untapped source of globalised integration
By Pete Allison Penn State University and the University of Edinburgh European press coverage of the Middle East often portrays images of a war stricken region where women are oppressed and religious values contribute to intolerance.… Continue Reading Small steps can make a big difference
By Isabelle Boulert Key Facts Football, racism and anti-racism. Born in Jamestown, Gold Coast (now Ghana) in 1865. Between 1885 and 1895 played as an amateur footballer for Darlington and Preston North End, then professionally for… Continue Reading Arthur Wharton, Racism and Sport: Past and Present
By Neil Rankin Is there now an opportunity to use sport to shape the provision of alternative education in Scotland? From the Commonwealth, to the United Nations to more local national governments there is a growing… Continue Reading Shaping alternative education through sport
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 Grant Jarvie and Dominik Birnbacher The news that sport in Scotland is to be cut by 20% backs up research first released by Edinburgh University in the Scotsman back in December 2016.. Figures released by BBC indicated… Continue Reading Sports cuts will impact upon social opportunity and life chances
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 Dr Dan Parnell Golf is a multi-million pound industry. We have just seen the open in Scotland that will do much for raising the profile and interest in the sport. Indeed,… Continue Reading Golf: widening the gap between those who can and cannot
