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Professor Simon Chadwick
@professorchadwick.bsky.social
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Professor of Afro-Eurasian Sport
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Globalisation and tradition go head-to-head as sport’s turf wars intensify

A controversial Villareal vs. Barcelona football match in Miami saw money and growth pitted against community and identity
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October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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The global dohyō: Sport entertainment and the performance of power

As sports battle for market share, sumo wrestling recently headed to London
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October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Chinese sport reaches its 2025 growth target, now government wants economic sustainability and efficiency

Mass participation and infrastructural developments are top of the country's 2030 agenda
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October 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Open access...

Latest article in our @FrontiersIn special edition - Geopolitics & Sports: From Sports Propaganda to Sportswashing - has just been published
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Submissions can be made until the end of November
October 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Saudi Arabia doubles down on its efforts to become a global esports super power

A summer of spending and events has added fresh impetus to the country's strategic ambitions
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October 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Coming soon...

Qatar’s World Cup Legacy – Future Sport Strategy and the Creation of a Sustainable Sport Ecosystem

International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics

With co-authors Marko Begovic and Ross Griffin
October 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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October 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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The Geopolitical Economy of Esports
Coming early 2026

Provisional chapter running order now available

40 chapters, 5 sections:

- Geopolitical economy of esports
- China
- Saudi Arabia
- Asia
- Europe & RoW

BIG thanks to everyone who has contributed to the book
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October 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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#EmptyOldTrafford

We've been tracking & analysing this hashtag using social media data

Paper coming soon:

"Global Fan Activism in Sports: Digital Collective Action & the Case of hashtag#EmptyOldTrafford"

Will appear in the International Journal of Organisational Analysis
October 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Morocco's World Cup preparations are mired in issues of generational politics & regional division

Unrest amongst GenZ & victims of an earthquake in 2023 pose challenges for the country's government & its ambitious football plans
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October 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Will UEFA suspend Israel?

Pressure is mounting on the governing body to take action against one of its members, though movement towards this outcome is a complex matter
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September 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Spanish sport finds itself caught in the eye of a geopolitical storm

The cancellation of stages during cycling's La Vuelta could have implications for where the 2030 FIFA men's World Cup final takes place
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September 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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'Canelo Trap' is the outcome of boxing's pursuit of attention economy dollars

The Terence Crawford / Saul “Canelo” Álvarez bout in Las Vegas served to highlight the stark realities of contemporary sport
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September 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Sport loves nostalgia

During these times of economic and political uncertainty, memories of the past are especially alluring
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September 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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That’s entertainment: The transfer window as global drama

Isak to Liverpool has been more a case of soap opera than football, but that's nowadays the nature of elite professional sport
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September 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Semi-conductors, healthcare, financials and Nick Woltemade

Saudi Arabia's strategic orientation is changing, football's not the focus of it
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August 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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What an LED board sponsorship tells us about the geopolitical economy of sport

Saudi Arabian football club Al-Hilal has just partnered with China's Unilumin; big news, even if it doesn't seem like it
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August 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Indonesia - the awakening of global sport's next giant

A 2036 Olympic Games bid is coming, hosting the FIFA men's World Cup during the 2040s could follow
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August 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Next in our series of books is coming soon

The Geopolitical Economy of Esports

40+ chapters

From Saudi hosting of events to South Korean PC Bangs to European football clubs & their esports teams + much more

Thanks to chapter contributors & @tandfsport for your incredible help
August 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Omertà and the changing face of activism in sport

Colin Kaepernick was the beginning of an end, Mohammed Salah is the start of a new beginning
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August 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Bayern Munich terminates its Visit Rwanda deal, but sidesteps itself into other issues

The geopolitical economy of sport is complex, no matter what decisions are made or by whom
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August 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Newcastle’s rivals have taken £500m in transfer fees from PIF clubs. Is it hurting Newcastle?
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August 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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The geopolitics of European football clubs' African sponsorships

FC Barcelona's new shirt sponsorship deal with DR Congo comes hot on the heels of an AC Milan deal with the country
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August 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Darwin Nunez, Newcastle United and hierarchical power in interorganisational networks

There's speculation that Saudi Arabian interests are governing player transfers, but this should be no surprise to anyone
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August 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Should Nigeria's government care more about sport?

A win in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations shows there's more to the country than Afrobeats, banking...and corruption
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July 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM