Major Sporting Events

This collection offers a critical analysis of major sporting events including the Ryder Cup, Rugby World Cup, Commonwealth Games and European Football Championships. It originally published as a special issue in Sport in Society.

Introduction: the contested terrain of major sporting events John Harris, Fiona Skillen and Matthew L. McDowell Sports mega-events - three sites of contemporary political contestation John Horne Rugby World Cup: new directions or more of the same? Nicholas Wise Using Habermas to crack the European football championships Peter Kennedy Do the scale and scope of the event matter? The Asian Games and the relations between North and South Korea Jung Woo Lee The 1986 Commonwealth Games: Scotland, South Africa, sporting boycotts, and the former British Empire Matthew L. McDowell and Fiona Skillen Sacred turf: the Wimbledon tennis championships and the changing politics of Englishness Stephen Wagg The Ryder Cup, national identities and team USA John Harris, Sangkwon Lee and Mark Lyberger The history of competitive balance in Commonwealth Games Boxing David Chaplin and Sergio Mendoza Young athlete major event experiences: brand co-creators and ambassadors Eric MacIntosh