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PtG Analysis 24.06.2024
EURO 2024 sponsors linked to forced labour and pornographic content for minors
PtG Article 05.02.2024
Session on Qatar 2022 raised tense debate about bias and bigotry in media reporting
PtG Article 31.01.2024
Meet the speakers: "Ideally, safeguarding should be integrated into all phases of mega sporting events"
PtG Article 30.10.2023
Pride and propaganda: Russia’s reimagined sports world
PtG Article 02.02.2023
A thought experiment: Estimating global sports’ total carbon emissions
PtG Article 12.01.2023
The expansion of Saudi investments in sport: From football to esport
PtG Article 27.10.2022
The Saudis in sport: Ambitions much larger than sportswashing
PtG Article 04.07.2022
Call for nuances in media reporting of the World Cup in Qatar
PtG Analysis 08.02.2022
A modest but confident China on display at the 2022 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
PtG Analysis 19.01.2022
The political power of the Olympic opening ceremony: Lessons from Beijing and Sochi
PtG Analysis 19.05.2021
Beijing 2022: To the moon and back
PtG Analysis 10.05.2021
Boycott Qatar: What are the chances?
PtG Analysis 23.02.2021
The unpredictable financial costs of hosting the Olympic Games
PtG Analysis 13.01.2021
Egypt’s search for a fig leaf: It’s not the Handball World Championship
PtG Analysis 20.03.2020
Growing pressure as the IOC and Japan play for time
PtG Comment 31.12.2019
A decade that opened windows of democracy in sport
PtG Article 29.11.2019
More – not less – democracy is often better for organising a World Cup
PtG Article 15.10.2019
Mega-events and human rights: Where do we draw the line?
PtG Article 13.09.2019
Formula 1 does not seem to have a positive impact on host regions
PtG Article 21.03.2019
Anti-Semitism in sport: Discrimination and death threats
PtG Comment 05.12.2018
The historical roots of the Brazilian 'demonstrations cup'
PtG Comment 07.11.2018
Opposition to the Olympics in American cities
PtG Comment 24.10.2018
Hamburg’s bid for the 2024 Games: Political misconceptions of citizens’ concerns
PtG Comment 23.10.2018
Putin’s use of sporting events as a domestic policy tool