Author: Kenn Rushworth“Sports is always to do with politics. Sports is part of our society. And the society is political”Ewald Lienen – Technical Director of FC St. PauliSoft Power and Sports WashingFootball has long been used as a soft power tool, most commonly by...
Category: Sport and politics
Activist athletes: from a diary about the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo to a livestream with migrant workers in Qatar?
Author: Bram Daanen “The tournament starts tomorrow for us. A lot is going through my mind.” writes Dutch hockey player Hans Jorritsma (2013) before the opening match at the 1978 Hockey World Cup in Argentina, organised by the murderous dictatorship of Jorge Videla....
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