Women and Football : Outsiders into an arena dominated by men ? On 9 and 10 October, we attended the international and multidisciplinary conference “Football feminization: p...
Switzerland and the IOC : a complicated bilateral relationship The opening of a revocation procedure against the Swiss Attorney General because of links with FIFA has brought into ...
European institutions discuss extremism in sport, and traditional sports and games during EWoS 2020 During the 6th European Week of Sport, which kicked off in Frankfurt last week, ...
6th European Week of Sport The VI edition of the European Week of Sport (EWoS) opened its doors in Frankfurt (Germany) for what will be remembered as a unique, and (hopefully) unre...
Sports diplomacy and covid-19 recovery in small nations : The case of Wales A review of Welsh sports diplomacy, commissioned by British Council Wales, has elaborated a report sched...
EU sports diplomacy: the role of organisational culture The EU’s organisational culture for sport diplomacy should be based on three key factors: coordination, coherence and purpos...
State of the Union 2020: what about sport ? ”This is the moment for Europe to lead the way from this fragility towards a new vitality” This is how Ursula von der Leyen, president o...
Sports diplomacy and soft power According to a widely used expression today, sport is a powerful vector of soft power. However, this is only possible if there is a strong coherence...
Non-state actors as game changers in sport diplomacy Diplomacy is often limited to government action on foreign policy, while many non-state actors are actively involved. This is a...
