IS THE FITZROY RIVER A SUITABLE VENUE FOR THE BRISBANE OLYMPICS, GIVEN IT’S HOME TO CROCODILES? By Richard Baka, Honorary Professor, H. Björn Galjaardt, and Tracy Taylor theconversation.com/is-the-fitzr...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Many athletes live below the poverty line”: problematising Olympic and Paralympic funding through the lens of “cruel optimism”, by Michelle O'Shea, Connie Vitale & Rob Whait, available online and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “The post-podium athlete body: navigating motherhood, aging, and legacies of abuse in an elite sport comeback”, by Jenny McMahon, James Brighton & Chris Zehntner www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A SEAT ON THE BENCH ISN’T ENOUGH: WHAT FIFA’S NEW WOMEN’S FOOTBALL RULE GETS RIGHT (AND WRONG) By Kerry Harris, Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching, Cardiff Metropolitan University theconversation.com/a-seat-on-th...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Optimising motivation in adventure education and outdoor learning: insights from the last 20 years of self-determination theory research”, by Victoria E. Warburton and colleagues, available online and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “‘For me, the most important issue is the games themselves’: anti-Olympic activism and AI video surveillance”, by Adam Talbot & Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, available online and open access ahead of print in Leisure Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In times of global challenges – from climate change and social polarization to increasing physical inactivity – sports education is becoming increasingly important as the key to health, wellbeing and connection. idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT STADION, International Journal of the History of Sport, VOLUME 49 (2025) Issue 2 www.inlibra.com/de/document/...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT International Journal of Sport Management, Volume 24, Issue 4 internationaljournalofsportmanagement.com/publications/

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “An Analysis of National Governing Bodies’ Coaching Certifications in England”, by Simon Quick, Alice Harkness-Armstrong, Brennan Murphy, Timothy Baghurst & Callum Morgan, available online and open access ahead of print in Quest. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT ‘Honourable bruises’: the new culture of games in Dorothea Moore’s early twentieth-century girls’ school fiction by Atlanta Tsiaoukkas, available online and open access ahead of print in Sport in History. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “The play of champions part two: toward a theory of skill in PvE based eSport”, by Lasse Juel Larsen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CANADA BECOMES TESTING GROUND FOR FIFA’S PROPOSED ‘DAYLIGHT’ OFFSIDE RULE By Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University, and Michael Van Bussel, Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Brock University theconversation.com/canada-becom...

ABUSE IN CANADIAN SPORT IS SYSTEMIC — A LANDMARK REPORT CALLS FOR SWEEPING REFORM By Kyle Rich, Associate Professor of Sport Management, Brock University, and Laura Misener, Professor & Director, School of Kinesiology, Western University theconversation.com/abuse-in-can...

SEX TEST USED IN IOC’S NEW TRANSGENDER BAN MORE LIKELY TO EXCLUDE FROM OLYMPICS INTERSEX WOMEN WHO WERE ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH Ny Ari Berkowitz, University of Oklahoma theconversation.com/sex-test-use...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT International Journal of Sport Finance- Volume: 20, Number: 4 (November 2025) journals.sagepub.com/toc/sfja/20/...

NEW JOURNAL ISSUE ALERT Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, Volume 52, Issue 3 (2025) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjps20/5...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “A salutogenic and activist strengths-based approach: crossing theoretical and practical borders in physical education”, by Luis M. García López, María Sánz-Remacha & others, available online and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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 ARTICLE ALERT “The forgotten workers of capitalist sport: caring for former professional footballers living with neurodegeneration”, BY Jane Rowley, Jack Hardwicke, Dominic Malcolm & Christopher R. Matthews, available online and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Preservice teachers’ professional socialisation in physical education: negotiating pedagogic message across university coursework and school practicum”,Bergentoft & Kougioumtzis, available online and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Teachers’ enactment of contextualized instruction in primary physical education”, by Spencer Briggs, Tim Fletcher & Déirdre Ní Chróinín, available online e and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “The “silent” noise: moving forward from bias to noise in football referees’ decision-making”, by Roy David Samuel, Yair Galily & Guy Hochman, available on one and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NY FORSKNINGSARTIKEL 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 for dommergjerningen. idrottsforum.org/dehn-saether...

GET A JOB! This study seeks to advance understanding of, and contribute to, international policy on increasing and enhancing diversity in sport leadership and recruitment. idrottsforum.org/phd-opportun...

THE OLYMPICS’ TRANSGENDER ATHLETE BAN IS A LEGAL AND MORAL MINEFIELD By Matt Nichol, Lecturer in Law, CQUniversity Australia theconversation.com/the-olympics...

A BIBLE BELT TRACK WITHOUT A PULSE – IT’S NO SURPRISE FANS HATE THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP SONG LIGHTER By Brent Keogh, Lecturer in the School of Communications, University of Technology Sydney theconversation.com/a-bible-belt...

WHY DO BASKETBALL PLAYERS MISS SHOTS THEY’VE MADE A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE? NEUROSCIENCE HAS AN ANSWER By David Van den Heever, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University theconversation.com/why-do-baske...

NEW BOOK REVIEW Neil Archer’s new book «Sport, Film, and the Modern World» (Peter Lang Publishing) is reviewed by prominent sport film scholar Seán Crosson. idrottsforum.org/crosea_arche...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Effort in physical education – what is the educative value?”“, by Dag Ove Granås Hovdal & Wenche Olivia Sigurdsen, available online and open access ahead of print in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

JOIN THIS WEBINAR! “The Making of ‘Jew Clubs’ : Performing Jewishness and Antisemitism in European Football and Fan Cultures”, Feat. Dr. PAVEL BRUSSENS, Heidelberg University, Germany Date: April 2 | 6:00 PM (Brussels time) REGISTRATION REQUIRED: [email protected]

NEW on the Philosophical Thought blog by Emily Ryall. philosophicalthought.wordpress.com/2026/03/25/f...

“Forces of epistemic injustice: how the contemporary academic landscape is shaping equality, diversity and inclusion research in events management journals”, by Louise Platt, Neil Ormerod & others, available online and open access ahead of print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This special issue offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a comprehensive historical perspective that informs future scholarship and practice in the field and lays a foundation for academic research in sport marketing. idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

This Special Issue aims to showcase critical scholarship that examines gender-based violence in the organized sport context across interpersonal, institutional and structural levels. idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

NEW BOOK REVIEW «Exploring the Leisure–Health Nexus: Pushing Global Boundaries” is reviewed by health educator and currently PhD researcher My Blomberg. idrottsforum.org/blomy_maxwel...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “AI-hype! a critical approach to artificial intelligence in physical education”, by Øyvind Førland Standal, available online and open access ahead of print in Sport, Education and Society www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

WE’RE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTIONS ABOUT WOMEN’S ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE By Kurt Michael Downes, PhD Candidate, Kinesiology, University of Windsor, and Kevin Milne, Associate professor, Kinesiology, University of Windsor theconversation.com/were-asking-...

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Abandoning legacy: towards conceptual clarity and better outcomes in mega-events research”, by Sven Daniel Wolfe, available online and open access ahead of print in Leisure Studies. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “New Evidence of Women Fighting Beasts in the Roman Arena: The Woman in the Mosaic from Reims”, by Alfonso Manas www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

GET A JOB! Stillingen er knyttet til det NFR-finansierte forskningsprosjektet EquiPETE - Co-developing an evidence-based framework for equity, diversity and inclusion in physical education teacher education. idrottsforum.org/utlysning-st...

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 ARTICLE ALERT “From ‘Representation’ to ‘Management’: Analysis of Commercial Representation by Agents in the Football Industry”, by Bickram Jeet Ram, Serhat Yilmaz, James Andrew Kenyon & Do Young Pyun www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

THE WOMEN’S ASIAN CUP WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS FOR AUSTRALIAN SOCCER, DESPITE THE MATILDAS’ HEARTBREAKER By Fiona Crawford, Adjunct Lecturer at the Centre for Justice, Queensland University of Technology theconversation.com/the-womens-a...

NEW ARTICLE, ALERT “Tradition meets transformation: the rise of women’s football in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” by Matthew J. Reeves, Laila Alkilani & Milly Blundell, available online and open access ahead of print in Managing Sport and Leisure. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Paying athletes can undermine their autonomy” by Byron Hyde, available inline and open access ahead of print in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “Emerging friluftsliv in higher education: voices and perspectives”, by Dag Erik Wold & Helga Synnevåg Løvoll, available online and open access ahead of print in Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

NEW PEER REVIEW ARTICLE Drawing on a precarization framework, this article by Hanna-Mari Ikonen argues that sport sociologists should more explicitly recognize the growing influence of contemporary working life on individuals’ sport and leisure practices. idrottsforum.org/ikonen260320/

NEW ARTICLE ALERT “The dubious premise: sustainable prosperity through hosting the soccer World Cup”, by Ron Matthews, available online and open access ahead of print in Soccer & Society. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....