Whilst the economic costs and benefits of mega-events to host cities and countries are well
documented, the evaluation and nature of the social impacts of such events are less clear …

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on society, leading to a rapid
closure of businesses, places of work, worship, social engagement, schools and …

Sportswashing is a neologism that has begun to appear with increasing regularity in the
English-language media over the past few years. However, there has been limited academic …

Joseph Nye's concept of “soft power” has become an increasingly used term to help explain
why states—including so-called “emerging states”—are paying greater attention to acquiring …

The spiralling costs of hosting sports mega-events (SMEs) are usually justified by the
'legacies' that they produce. Therefore, this article begins by problematising the notion of …

Rationale: The purpose of this article is to provide an understanding of the emergence of LIV
Golf, a new tour in the sport of professional golf, funded by finances from the Saudi Arabian …

Through the use of document analysis, field work and semi-structured interviews at five
major tournaments in Asia, North America, Europe and South America, the paper examines …

The notion of sport policy is a relatively recent subject of study, but it has been frequently
used over the last 20 years, particularly referring to governmental sport policies. However …

Within events management, events are commonly categorised within two axes, size and
content. Along the size axis events range between the small scale and local, through major …

Abstract According to Joseph Nye, who coined the concept of 'soft power', Putin 'failed to
capitalize on the soft-power boost afforded to Russia by hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic …