World Cup 2014 panel
Authors
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Postgraduate Associate at the Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Adjunct Professor of Sport Studies, UC-RISE, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, Centre for Educational Research and Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor and Dean, RMIT University
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This has been a remarkable World Cup for those interested in the analysis of performance. There has been an enormous growth in the data available in football since the last World Cup in South Africa. The…
It’s been a terrible World Cup. Germany and Argentina in the final. Again. Mario Balotelli on an early plane back to Italy. James Rodriguez sent home in tears. Neymar almost paralysed. Meanwhile, everyone’s…
Argentineans have invaded Brazil during the World Cup. While Brazilians have had (and will continue to have) plenty of political, economic and social issues to deal with as a consequence of the tournament…
Match 61 of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the semi-final between Brazil and Germany, was a record-breaker. It was Germany, not Brazil, creating the records after a 7-1 victory at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo…
Brazil, Germany, Argentina and the Netherlands have made it through to the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup. The big surprise of the tournament is that Spain is not one of the semi-finalists. Spain came…
Miriam Balicas is a Brazilian citizen who lives and works in the southern hemisphere’s largest city – São Paulo. As with many other Brazilians in the lead-up to the World Cup, she was very upset with Brazil…
Watching the World Cup from Australia (and briefly in Vanuatu) has been a novel, and revealing, experience. This tournament (and other recent mega events such as the Summer and Winter Olympic Games) has…
The launch of the photographic exhibition “The ball’s female owners” was one of the most socially relevant experiences in the months before the World Cup. The exhibition, displayed in an important cultural…
There have been two penalty shootouts – between Brazil and Chile, and Costa Rica and Greece – in the Round of 16 at the 2014 World Cup after just four games. The team that took the first penalty (and scored…
Mega sport events such as the FIFA World Cup have created the phenomenon of the “live site”, an off-site public space for fans and supporters to gather together to watch the game. In Melbourne, Federation…