Routledge gives access to free scientific articles on sport

The articles are compiled to six themes:Culture, society and media, where you can find articles such as:

• Football as code: the social diffusion of ‘soccer’ in South AfricaBy Lloyd Hill

• Confessional tales from former football hooligans: a nostalgic, narcissistic wallow in football violenceBy Jon Dart

• Women and gender in South African soccer: a brief historyBy Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak

History, where you can find articles such as:

• FIFA and the men who made itBy Alan Tomlinson

• Global power struggles in world football: FIFA and UEFA, 1954–74, and their legacyBy John Sugden and Alan Tomlinson

Economics, where you can find articles such as:

• Africans’ Status in the European Football Players’ Labour MarketBy Raffaele Poli

• The Political Economy of Mega-Stadiums and the Underdevelopment of Grassroots Football in South AfricaBy Peter Alegi

• The global game of football: the 2002 World Cup and regional development in JapanBy John Horne

Politics and policy, where you can find articles such as:

• World Cup 2010: Africa’s turn or the turn on Africa?By Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed

• ‘Make Goals Not War’: The Contribution of International Football to World PeaceBy Peter Hough
• Sports as cultural diplomacy: the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa’s foreign policyBy Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu

Tourism, where you can find articles such as:

• The Potential Contribution of the 2010 Soccer World Cup to Climate Change: An Exploratory Study among Tourism Industry Stakeholders in the Tshwane Metropole of South AfricaBy I. Otto and E. T. Heath

• Mega Event = Mega Impact? Travelling Fans’ Experience and Perceptions of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Host NationBy Magdalena Florek ,Tim Breitbarth and Francisco Conejo

• The FIFA World Cup 2002: the effects of terrorism on sport touristsBy Kristine Toohey , Tracy Taylor and Choong-Ki Lee

and Science and nutrition, where you can find articles such as:

• Alcohol and footballBy R. J. Maughan
• Decision-making skills, role specificity, and deliberate practice in association football refereeingBy Peter Catteeuw, Werner Helsen, Bart Gilis and Johan Wagemans

A complete overview of the articles and access to download can be found here

The articles are available for download until 31 July 2010