Crowd size matters. When football games had thousands of fans in attendance, COVID-19 case numbers tended to spike within three weeks.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Football
Displaying 1 - 20 of 599 articles
Pressure from the crowd causes referees to make different decisions.
Discussions have rightly focused on the failings of authorities and clubs. But the role of the law should also be examined.
The American money men are replacing Russian oligarchs and Arab oil tycoons as the next wave of club buyers.
Female coaches experience very different environments to male coaches and have been shaped in very different ways.
Under insolvency law, there's an order in which creditors get paid from whatever is left of a company.
Some fans even said they would be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, giving their own lives to save other supporters of their team.
While a line of defensive players complicates a free kicker's task to shoot on target, new research suggests it could also impede the goalie.
Why tackling in kids rugby must be banned to curb dementia risks.
Academy culture at football clubs must change to protect vulnerable young players when they are rejected as professionals.
As anti-racism moves to centre stage, the industry's historic issues are coming to light
In England, the continuing anger that Maradona "got away with it" comes out of the ashes of empire.
Brain trauma in sport is a public health crisis. A heading ban should be extended to all children.
While player transfers offer the chance for financial rewards, the pursuit of career progress takes a toll on footballing families.
British football should utilise 30 years of academic research to focus on what it needs to do to solve the game's exclusion problem.
Ahmad Ahmad, president of the Confederation of African Football, was considered a shoo-in for a second term. But the entry of South Africa's Patrice Motsepe has brought new dynamics to the race.
Finding purpose outside of sport can contain a multitude of benefits for athletic performance – and mental health.
Australian rules football was actually played before rugby union in Queensland — and it was only a quirk of history that caused Queenslanders to switch allegiances.
Diversification into related businesses can provide a firmer financial footing.
Professional sport has enormous power to influence positive change. So ahead of this weekend's grand finals, let's examine the carbon emissions of our major men's football leagues.
Top contributors
-
Global Professor of Eurasian Sport | Director of Eurasian Sport, EM Lyon
-
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Leicester
-
Senior Research Fellow in Sociology of Sport, University of Brighton
-
Professor of Communications, Howard University
-
Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
-
Senior Lecturer in Sport Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
-
Lecturer in Sport & Fitness, The Open University
-
Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, University of Edinburgh
-
Principal Lecturer in Journalism, University of Brighton
-
Head of Department; Finance, Accounting & Business Systems, Sheffield Hallam University
-
Senior Lecturer in Sport Finance, Sheffield Hallam University
-
Deputy Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Events Management, Bournemouth University
-
Director, Centre for Sports Business, University of Salford
-
Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, Bangor University
-
Senior Teacher in Accountancy and member of Football Industries Group, University of Liverpool
