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The club could face another challenging season.
Saudi Arabia is on track to host the football World Cup in 2034, raising concern among human rights campaigners.
Most Ghanaian footballers have poor levels of financial literacy and financial behaviour.
David Beckham says he felt prepared for the nation’s wrath because of how he says he was treated by his father. It’s a familiar story in sport, but evidence shows controlling behaviour doesn’t work.
Salif Keïta helped define African football’s relationship with the rest of the world, was influential in France and shaped the game in Mali.
Two days after Rodgers’ injury, the NFL players union called on the league to convert all playing fields to natural grass.
The new market has helped some Premier League clubs to balance their books.
Publishers and studios routinely pay large sums to acquire ‘life story rights.’ Two law scholars explain why the phrase is misleading.
Imagine what female athletes could achieve if they were free from body pressure.
Money talks, and sportswashing often works. Some of football’s biggest names now call the Saudi Pro League home.
By examining the FIFA Women’s World Cup performances, we can gain insights into the efforts countries are making to address gender inequality beyond sports.
Have you found yourself liking sport for the first time and wondering how you got here? Here’s what might be going on – and why it might be the best thing for your wellbeing.
This semi-final is an Australia-England fixture with fewer of the national slights and burdens of history, hierarchy and gender.
On August 6, the Australian Diamonds won the Netball World Cup for the 12th time – but it received a fraction of the coverage the Matildas are getting.
African teams take the football world cup by storm.
Fifa is facing a bumpy road to balancing money and moral aspects of growing the Women’s World Cup.
The implications of the Canadian women’s soccer team’s World Cup loss goes beyond Canadian national pride.
Gender disparities in sport extend to injuries too. Female soccer players are at greater risk for ACL tears than males and it is clear immediate action is needed to address the non-biological factors for the injury.
The increasing commercialisation and globalisation of women’s football – coupled with poor pay – has created the conditions for match-fixing to become a major problem.
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Associate Professor in Accounting and Sport Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Sport Business, Manchester Metropolitan 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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Principal Lecturer in Sport Finance, Sheffield Hallam University
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Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Hull
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Dean Education, Faculty and Resources, University Campus of Football Business
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, The Open University
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Teacher in Accountancy and member of Football Industries Group, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor, Centre for Business in Society, Coventry University