As Britain's great power status came to be increasingly challenged in the decades before the
First World War, one by-product of the resultant uncertainty was the weakening of the …

Compared with modes of representation such as literature, drama, poetry and dance, the
world of sport has been largely neglected in postcolonial studies. At both local and global …

Beginning with a theoretical discussion of race, sport and media, this book critically
examines issues of race, racism and sports journalism and offers practical advice on sports …

This essay is based on the central findings from a survey conducted among members of
Norwegian supporter clubs for English football clubs in 2000. The Norwegian case of long …

Today, playing football can be considered a global practice, a universal reference that
transcends cultures and nations. Football players' global mobility exhibits some aspects of …

Remarkable, mischievous, inspiring—the eighty-odd stories in Small Acts of Resistance
bring hidden histories to life. The courage of the people in these stories is breathtaking. So …

In accordance with its slogan 'The Future is Asia', the Asian Football Confederation initiated
the Vision Asia football development programme in 2003. Focusing on marketing, grass …

This unique volume explores sports stories that contain elements of colonialism and show
the rise of nationalism and the emergence of communalism; other examples show how the …

The right of Katrin Bromber, Birgit Krawietz, and Joseph Maguire to be identified as the
authors of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been …

Sport is a universal phenomenon with significant aesthetic, social, cultural, educational,
economic, political and spiritual dimensions.[1] Historians, educationalists, sociologists …