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When financial times are tight, only those with soft power ambitions can see the economic sense in World Cups or Olympic Games.
World soccer is the story of hyper-capitalism. What would fan and revolutionary thinker Frantz Fanon have thought about the state of the sport?
From 2026 there will be more teams, more matches - and more tickets sold.
The International Olympic Committee could suspend Kenya, putting it in the company of Kuwait.
Multiple ownerships, mega-transfers and a foot in the door at FIFA. Beijing’s bid for football power is a challenge to world soccer.
The sheer number of top African footballers playing in foreign leagues is one of the most notable trends of the current Africa Cup of Nations tournament. It has an impact on the African game too.
The main objections raised to FIFA"s planned expansion of the World Cup are that the decision has been made on financial and/or political rather than footballing grounds.
Women are still grossly underrepresented as chairpeople, directors or chief executives of international sporting bodies, to the great detriment of those sports.
English and Scottish football players are set to defy a FIFA ban by marking Armistice Day on the pitch.
The beautiful game has never seemed uglier. But it also can bring joy and togetherness, even to the most desperate.
There are deep issues with the structure in which elite referees in England operate.
Protests against the Rio Olympics must be understood in the context of the growing global reaction to both the way these mega-events are organised and the entities promoting them.
To celebrate 100 years of football’s oldest international competition, South American fans have flocked north, sticking two fingers up to Donald Trump.
There are days when you just want to think about buttercups and Jamie Vardy.
After years of being dogged by scandal, football’s governing body has the chance to demonstrate it is serious about reform.
Whether the women’s U.S. soccer team wins its fight for pay equity, its existence alone shows just how much has already been won.
FIFA stands on the cusp of a new era. Here are the chances of the men who want to take on the challenge.
Hosting a mega-event isn’t all it’s cracked up to be - and now some cities are starting to say ‘no’.
As football grapples with numerous scandals, the Euro 2016 draw brings a welcome focus on the game itself rather than on the intrigue of its boardrooms.
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Reader in Sociology of Sport, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor in Accounting and Sport Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Politics, University of Sussex
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
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Professor of International Sport Business, Head of Sport Business Insights Group, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Kinesiology & Physical Education; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Senior Lecturer, Modern European History and Sports History, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Open University
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Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
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