Volume 27, Issue 1 of Soccer & Society

Active teaching and learning methodologies and health in the initial training of physical education teachers ; Guest editors: Pedro Antonio Sánchez Miguel; David Hortigüela Alcalá.. Volume 28, Issue 11 of Sport in Society

Aware of the need for evidence-based guidelines to support sports organisations in operationalising existing athlete development models, our study responds to Moran, Craig & Collins (2024) call for...

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This article investigates how, and to what extent, India’s rise to on and off-field power in cricket in recent decades has changed representations of ‘Indianness’ in the Australian media. It asks h...

For much of the sporting past, animal-human relationships have been central to many of England’s more popular sports, often encouraging sociability, gambling, and commercialisation. Yet historians ...

When the NFL draft comes to town, Pittsburgh will be cast as a destination city – but that comes with risks, too.

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While surfing in Ireland is a sport on the ascendancy, both in terms of recreational and competitive participants, a great deal more work needs to be done on the sport’s origin within the country. ...

In this peer review article, Arto Kuuluvainen examines how sports spectatorship contributes to national identity in the Nordic countries, with a particular focus on the culturally exceptional position...

In recent years, the physical literacy (PL) journeys of children and young people (CYP) have become increasingly relevant to physical activity (PA), physical ed...

The third edition of Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom by Daniel L. Wann et al. (Routledge) examines the affective, behavioral, and cognitive reactions of fans to better comprehen...

This scoping review aimed to synthesize literature on mental health and professional women footballers and provide recommendations for future research. Four databases were searched for studies meet...

Physical education and health (PEH) is recognized as a key facilitator in advancing holistic and sustainable approaches to education, while also fostering health and well-being (HWB). However, litt...

Social capital refers to the interrelated relationships between members of specific communities. These relationships manifest through shared norms, voluntary associations, shared values, reciprocit...

This new exhibition showcases enduring memories and tackles challenges facing female football fans in the UK.

By enforcing a ‘sex test’ for athletes, the International Olympic Committee has reignited the debate about what a ‘level playing field’ actually means in sport.

This paper responds to a long-standing call to understand sports coaching as pedagogy. Against current reductionist and posthumanist tendencies, I argue that coaching should be reconceived as a fun...

Physical exercise has been shown to promote psychological well-being. This study is the first to test the relationship between cycling and happiness and to identify the factors associated with the ...

We aim to explore how sociocultural elements of the integration of a women’s semi-professional football team into a men’s professional football club in Scandinavia are perceived and experienced by ...

It sounds crazy – hosting Olympic rowing and canoeing on a river home to crocodiles. Yet that’s what is likely to happen in Brisbane in 2032.

This arts-based autoethnography centres on the lived experiences of a mother athlete returning to high-performance sport more than a decade after a career as an international medal-winning swimmer....

Fifa’s new rule boosts women coaches. But without structural change, inequality in football may remain.

This paper explores the development of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) over the past two decades and its potential contribution to enhancing participation and engagement in adventure education and ...

This article explores the ways in which activists contest Olympic-related security and surveillance measures. The Olympics bring about some of the largest security operations globally and, by drawi...

From September 24 to 25, 2026, the international ENSE Forum will take place at the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol. In times of global challenges – from climate change and social polariz...

Hello and welcome back to another instalment of our newsletter. This week we are looking at what happens when players decide to leave the pitch – literally! Of course, no prizes for guessing what serv...

Published articles in the International Journal of Sport Management

Sports coaches play a significant role in the development of athletes. However, the process by which coaches become coaches and the training they receive are under-researched. This study provides a...

Histories of women's engagement with sport in Victorian and Edwardian Britain have often overlooked girls’ participation, despite the fraught debate concerning girls’ physical activity, particularl...

This article advances a theory of skill in elite, team-based PvE by analyzing World of Warcraft’s Mythic Dungeon International (MDI). This theory of skill rests on hypotheses informed by assumption...

A proposed change to football’s offside rule will be tested in Canada from 2026, as FIFA looks for ways to reduce controversy in the VAR (video assistant referee) era.

Canada’s sport system requires meaningful change that will depend less on identifying problems (which are already well-known) and more on whether governments enforce accountability.

Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks discrimination against some female athletes.

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Volume 52, Issue 3 of Journal of the Philosophy of Sport

Salutogenic strengths-based approaches (SbAs) are progressively being introduced in Health and Physical Education curricula. A salutogenic SbA focuses more on the promotion of healthy living than o...

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In 2002, a coroner’s court ruled Jeff Astle had died due to an industrial disease. If, as this case and ongoing litigation appears to suggest, the brain health of former footballers is connected to...

This study examines how preservice physical education teachers conceptualise curriculum, pedagogy, and evaluation during their school practicum, drawing on Occupational Socialisation Theory (OST) a...

Physical education is frequently criticized for limited transfer of learning beyond school and for experiences that do not sufficiently reflect students’ lives and communities. Grounded in sociocul...

In football, referees are expected to deliver consistent and unbiased judgments, grounded in professional knowledge and expertise. However, much of the research on referees’ decision-making has tra...

Hensikten med denne studien av Christopher Dehn of Stig Arve Sæther var å undersøke hvilke faktorer unge ishockeydommere på elitenivå opplever at påvirker utviklingen deres, og spesielt motivasjonen f...

This study seeks to advance understanding of, and contribute to, international policy on increasing and enhancing diversity in sport leadership and recruitment. It is founded on a unique partnership b...

The International Olympic Committee has announced eligibility for women’s events will be determined by a “once-in-a-lifetime” sex test.

The new track from US country singer Jelly Roll, Mexican singer Carín León and Canadian producer Cirkut feels like a cheap bourbon hangover.

Elite athletes miss plenty of shots during March Madness and the NBA playoffs. Training both brain and body can help even beginners and novices get more net.