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As Euro 2024 kicks off, the governing body of European football is urgently trying to recruit thousands of new grassroots officials. Is football really in danger of running out of referees?
Researchers spent months volunteering with Fans Supporting Foodbanks to see how left-behind communities were fighting food poverty.
The play captures the light and dark sides of the beautiful game.
Racism in football is a reflection of prevailing societal attitudes. When a prominent footballer is racially abused, the impact reaches far beyond the individual.
The signing of homegrown talent, Declan Rice, will help Arsenal with registration criteria for both the English Premier League and Champions League.
The extent of the abuse suffered by Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior shows how enduringly unresponsive the country’s legal system, sporting officials and media have been.
City have become ‘hybrid monsters’, who can play with any formation and any player combination and still consistently challenge for European honours.
Anti-racist programs and fines have failed to end racism in European soccer. Part of the problem is that Black players have little representation higher up the sport’s hierarchy.
It’s not just Premier League clubs that enjoy the benefits of being in the spotlight.
Football club ownership is risky, but the Glazer family have played by their own rules.
Where once religion was a dominant force in society, now many more people reserve their faith for sport. But could the church use this to build a new following?
One psychological explanation for Kane’s successes can be found in the concept of challenge and threat states, which explains why some athletes perform better than others under pressure.
After Brazil’s exit, who might be on course to win in 2022? Experts crunch 150 years of big data to predict the winner.
Most boys in football academies do not make it to the Premier League.
Sport has long been an unsafe place for LGBTQ+ players, but Jake Daniels’s coming out could change things for men’s football.
Contemporary fiction on screen increasingly tells the stories of abusive men in a realistic way. This documentary does not.
The fan-led review into the English leagues could be a game changer.
On-field demonstrations of remembrance and protest are able to harness potent political power.
Big names, big gains?
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Lecturer in Politics, Aston University
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Associate Professor in Sociology (Race and Inclusion in sport and in education), University of Leicester
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Lecturer in Sport Management, University of Portsmouth
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Emeritus Professor of Church History, University of Birmingham
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Principal Lecturer, Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in Data Analytics, The University of Western Australia
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Principal Lecturer in Sport Finance, Sheffield Hallam University
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Lecturer - Department of Communication and Journalism, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science, Anglia Ruskin University
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Academic Associate in Sport Science, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor Social Sciences, Gender& Sexualities, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Sport Governance and Law, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Sport, Gender and Inclusive Education, University of Lincoln
