HOW INDIGENOUS ATHLETES CHALLENGE SIMPLE IDEAS OF NATIONAL UNITY AT THE OLYMPICS By Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor, Brock University; Janelle Joseph, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto; and Lucas Rotondo, Master's Student , Brock University theconversation.com/how-indigeno...

HESITATION IS COSTLY IN SPORTS BUT ESSENTIAL TO LIFE – NEUROSCIENTISTS IDENTIFIED ITS BRAIN CIRCUITRY By Eric Yttri, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University theconversation.com/hesitation-i...

ITALY HOSTED THE WINTER OLYMPICS 70 YEARS AGO. WHAT WAS IT LIKE, AND WHAT’S CHANGED? By Richard Baka, Western University & Victoria University theconversation.com/italy-hosted...

NEW BOOK REVIEW Katie Taylor found Peter Radford’s «They Run with Surprising Swiftness» (University of Virginia Press) to be a very satisfying read in all respects. idrottsforum.org/taykat_radfo...

I argue that modern sport increasingly resembles Jeremy Bentham's architectural thought experiment: a system where athletes are constantly observed, measured, disciplined and monetised through data, surveillance technologies and regulatory oversight. www.linkedin.com/pulse/platos...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT From Voices to Silence: A Comparative Analysis of Athlete Activism at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, BY Marloes Ekkelboom, available online ahead of print in Journal of Sport and Social Issues. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

HOW DO WINTER OLYMPIANS TRAIN COMPARED TO SUMMER GAMES ATHLETES? By Monica Kelly, Lecturer in Applied Sport Science Practice, Deakin University theconversation.com/how-do-winte...

As the Winter Olympics & Paralympics take place in Italy this month, our favorite blogger from down under David Rowe considers the history of sports diplomacy surrounding mega sporting events like the Olympics, and whether their social licence is running thin. idrottsforum.org/forumbloggen...

AUSTRALIAN SPORT STILL HAS A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE PROBLEM. OUR NEW GUIDE MIGHT HELP TACKLE IT By Kirsty Forsdike, Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, and colleagues. theconversation.com/australian-s...

NEW BOOK REVIEW Kristi Tredway’s «Social Activism in Women’s Tennis» (Routledge) is reviewed by Norwegian sports scholar Solveig Straume. idrottsforum.org/strsol_tredw...

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Årets Historiska Bog delas ut årligen av Dansk Historisk Fællesråd. Den danske idrottsbistorieprofessorn Hans Bondes bok «Den danske riddertid» (är nominerad. Vinnaren utses genom omröstning på historie-online.dk. Omröstningen stänger den 1 mars, så passa på! idrottsforum.org/arets-histor...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT The Favourite’s Advantage: Evidence of Referee Bias in European Football, by Alperen Kocsoy, available online ahead of print in International Journal of Sport Finance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Join our Online Launch Event to celebrate the publication of the Special Section “Diversity and Inclusion in International Young Adult Sports Fiction”. idrottsforum.org/call-for-par...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, Volume 21 Issue 1, February 2026 journals.sagepub.com/toc/spoa/21/...

Erkki Vettenniemi’s latest post to the Forum offers provokative perspectives on the ongoing Olympic Winter Games in Italy. Highly readable! idrottsforum.org/forumbloggen...

«Sport, History and Society», in Swedish «Idrott, historia & samhälle», is a peer-reviewed academic publication of sport history, leisure and recreation seated in Sweden and Scandinavia. Its scope, however, goes beyond the borders of Scandinavia.  wp.me/p2F2y5-iud

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: THE BEST PROFESSIONALS IN ARMY AND MILIŢIA WERE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS: SHAMATEURISM IN ROMANIAN FOOTBALL DURING THE ‘GOLDEN EPOCH’ by Andrei Antonie (open access). idrottsforum.org/the-internat...

NEW RESEARCH ARTICLE I denne studien av Åse Strandbu & Hanne Sogn har de intervjuet nøkkelpersoner i Norges idrettsforbund om kontroverser rundt bestemmelsene og rettighetene og om prosessene fram mot etablering av regelverket. idrottsforum.org/strandbu-sog...

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NEW ARTICLE ISSUE ALERT Journal of Sports Sciences, Volume 44, Issue 6 (2026) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjsp20/4...

WINTER OLYMPIANS OFTEN COMPETE IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES – PHYSIOLOGY AND ADVANCES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE HELP KEEP THEM WARM By Cara and Gabriel R. Burks, University of Notre Dame theconversation.com/winter-olymp...

WHY ATHLETES AT THE 2026 WINTER OLYMPICS ARE FINALLY BEING GIVEN MORE POWER TO MONETISE THEIR PERFORMANCES By Andy Miah, Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford theconversation.com/why-athletes...

AS THE CLIMATE CHANGES, WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THE WINTER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES? By Daniel Scott, University of Waterloo; Madeleine Orr, University of Toronto; and Robert Steiger, University of Innsbruck theconversation.com/as-the-clima...

WHAT OLYMPIC ATHLETES SEE THAT VIEWERS DON’T: MACHINE-MADE SNOW MAKES SKI RACING FASTER AND RISKIER – AND IT’S EVERYWHERE By Keith Musselman and Agnes Macy, University of Colorado Boulder theconversation.com/what-olympic...

MILAN CORTINA WINTER OLYMPICS: HISTORY, NEW EVENTS AND AUSTRALIAN MEDAL CHANCES By Vaughan Cruickshank, University of Tasmania; Brendon Hyndman, Charles Sturt University; and Tom Hartley, University of Tasmania. theconversation.com/milan-cortin...

NEW BOOK REVIEW Michael Crawley’s new book «To the Limit: The Meaning of Endurance from Mexico to the Himalayas» (Bloomsbury) is reviewed by Erkki Vettenniemi. idrottsforum.org/veterk_crawl...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TABLE TENNIS IN FILM – FROM FORREST GUMP TO MARTY SUPREME By Jeff Scheible, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, King's College London theconversation.com/a-brief-hist...

THE MENTAL EDGE THAT SEPARATES ELITE ATHLETES FROM THE REST By Mallory Terry, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Science, McMaster University theconversation.com/the-mental-e...

NEW BOOK REVIEW Jacob Law reviews «Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Psychology», edited by Leslee Fisher (Routledge). idrottsforum.org/lawjac_fishe...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT He Coulda Been a Contender: Talent, Deviance, and Cultural Intimacy in the Contested Tennis and Public Career of Nick Kyrgios, by Nico Psaltidis, available online ahead of print in Journal of Sport and Social Issues. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

AI IS COMING TO OLYMPIC JUDGING: WHAT MAKES IT A GAME CHANGER? By Willem Standaert, Associate Professor, Université de Liège theconversation.com/ai-is-coming...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT Superstar Effects in the WNBA: Is Caitlin Clark the First WNBA Superstar? by Matthew Gnagey and Brandon C. Koford, available online ahead of print in Journal of Sports Economics journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS THE WINTER OLYMPICS’ FUTURE – AND EVEN SNOWMAKING HAS LIMITS FOR SAVING THE GAMES By Steven R. Fassnacht and Sunshine Swetnam, Colorado State University theconversation.com/climate-chan...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT Sport Business and Management, Volume 16, Issue 1, February 2026 | Challenges and solutions for sport in future www.emerald.com/sbm/issue/16/1

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Volume 27, Issue 1, 2026 www.emerald.com/ijsms/issue/...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT Beginning teachers’ reflections on the reproduction of ball games knowledge in Swedish physical education, by Jan Mustell, available online and open access ahead of print in European Physical Education Review journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT Kinesiology Review Volume 15 (2026): Issue 1 (Feb 2026): Proceedings of the National Academy of Kinesiology’s 2025 Meeting Advancing (in) Kinesiology: Movement, Disability, and Justice. journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT Did Deadpool Save a City? The Social and Economic Impact of “Welcome to Wrexham”, by Jan Boehmer and Kyriaki Kaplanidou, available online ahead of print in Communication & Sport. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Volume 26, Issue 1 (2026) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpan20/2...

The TechSportLab Workshop explores the intersection between technologies, sports training, and performance optimization. idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

FROM SKI JUMPING TO SPEEDSKATING, WINTER SPORTS REPRESENT PHYSICS IN ACTION By Amy Pope, Principal Lecturer of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University. theconversation.com/from-ski-jum...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT The ‘Good!’, the ‘Great!’ and the ‘Brilliant!’: exclamations and teacher artwork in volleyball teaching, by Joacim Andersson, Ninitha Maivorsdotter & Jonas Risberg, available online and open access ahead of print in PESP. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW FEATURE ARTICLE The Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) has emerged as a key mechanism for fostering communication between clubs, governing bodies, and fan communities. idrottsforum.org/towards-the-...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT Leisure Studies, Volume 45, Issue 1 (2026) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rlst20/4...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT Journal of Sports Sciences, Volume 44, Issue 5 (2026) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjsp20/4...

Struck by the lack of research investigating the relationship between sport and romance, we are seeking scholars, acafans and interested individuals to build a community and forum of researchers. idrottsforum.org/call-for-par...

NEW BLOG POST HYROX: CrossFit’s Less Complicated and More Approachable Cousin?, by Leah Monsees, recommended reading! idrottsforum.org/forumbloggen...

EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT! idrottsforum’s weekly newsletter gives you the past week’s on-site activities in your mailbox every Monday morning, in the form of a letter with a link to a web page presentation of new publications. idrottsforum.org/that-was-the...

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! The Forum Editor’s choice from the current issue: IT’S ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY: HOW NEW NICHE SPORTS FRANCHISES CAN CREATE HIGHLY ENGAGED FANS THAT ARE WILLING TO PAY MORE by Jan Boehmer (open access). Click below for full ToC. idrottsforum.org/european-spo...