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Global Sport Matters is the media enterprise brought to you by the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University.

We are a purpose-driven publication that provides a platform for in-depth insights on a diverse range of sports topics informed by data and research. We aim to share knowledge through a variety of content and storytelling that resonates with a broad audience, and highlights sport’s innate ties with culture, history, science, technology, business, politics, health, the humanities, to positively impact the global sport community.

12/03/2022

"With so many multinational people across the planet, more soccer players now have eligibility to play for several national teams"

As national teams across the globe compete in the World Cup, Leander Schaerlaeckens shares how the globalization of football and FIFA's national team eligibility rules has created a more cosmopolitan than ever before:

FIFA's looser rules around national team eligibility have combined with the globalization of football to create a more cosmopolitan USMNT.

12/02/2022

Similar to Donald Trump's MAGA hats, Brazil's Seleção kit has become a powerful cultural and political signifier of Brazil's right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Find out more here where Yara El-Shaboury breaks down the details of the political divide in Brazil:

The Brazil national football team has become a symbol of the previous far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, and his political movement.

11/09/2022

"No other mainstream U.S. sport seems to have so many of its most prominent athletes stepping into the political arena, let alone so many with such extremist views. This raises the question: What is it about MMA that lends itself to reactionary politics?"

Find out more here sa Karim Zidan breaks down the MMA to right-wing activist pipeline and explains why MMA fighters are becoming right-wing political activists:

MMA's embrace of outsider fans and right-wing politicians has helped create a wave of athletes activating around extremism and conspiracy.

10/05/2022

With the Supreme Court's reversal of abortion protections with Roe v. Wade, women in college sports lose rights to bodily autonomy and may lose access to higher education.

Sports historian Victoria Jackson explains how restrictions on abortion rights can reduce access to sport and education for women:

The Roe v Wade reversal limits physical freedoms of college athletes where they live and play, and universities must respond.

10/05/2022

"American spending on bikes and components shot up from roughly $6 billion per year in 2019 to $8.2 billion in early 2021"

As more Americans hit the road on their bikes, Noah Frank breaks down how corporations and organizers are trying to make pro cycling more accessible and exciting for these new everyday bikers:

Cycling's organizers and leaders are working to turn millions of new everyday bikers into supporters of professional cycling.

10/03/2022

"The issues that arose in the Global Sport Institute at Arizona State University study – the language we use, and the barriers to access and investment – all stem from ableism"

Learn more here where Yara El-Shaboury details the challenges that disabled athletes face in accessing sport and receiving recognition in the world of sport:

Financial, educational and medical barriers limit participation by adaptive athletes at the amateur, professional and Paralympic levels.

09/25/2022

Don't miss the latest from Jessica W. Luther at Global Sport Matters:

To accurately report stories of gendered violence in sport, media outlets must further education, investment and diversification efforts.

09/24/2022

"The hostility Sampey faced was clearly a tool to get women like her to quit racing, but it instead fueled her success"

Women like Angelle Sampey paved the way in professional drag racing, and in 2022, women are leading three of the NHRA's top four racing classes:

Women have been on a steady rise in drag racing, and this year could see women champions in three of the NHRA's top four racing classes.

09/08/2022

In team sports, there are "middle status" athletes who aren't necessarily the star player or the regular benchwarmer.

Find out more here where Scott Brooks shares how these players often face certain issues and breaks down how to support them through clear communication:

Not every young athlete can be neatly sorted into bench warmer or superstar. 'Middle-status athletes' need specific help from coaches.

08/25/2022

"Whereas the NBA league office’s proactive approach toward diversifying the coach and front office ranks has worked, it’s fair to question the NFL’s commitment to the same"

Find out more here as Shalise Manza Young shares the progress (and lack thereof) among US sports leagues and how consistent focus on diverse hiring will be needed to prevent backsliding:

As rules fail and sport increasingly becomes run by the most wealthy, leadership in major American men's sports is not diversifying much.

08/11/2022

"Hearing from individuals, either those still working in sports media or those who have moved on, offers insight into what it can be like — and what changes are needed"

Through interviews across multiple generations of sports journalists, Anna Katherine Clemmons shares the stories of women working in sports and their unique experiences as a woman in sports media:

These interviews show women in sports media have more opportunities and face less prejudice than they did in previous eras.

08/09/2022

"When it comes to sexism, discrimination, and gendered barriers to career advancement, what has changed for women in sports media over the last two decades?"

Find out more here as Anna Katherine Clemmons breaks down the rise of women in sports media and the challenges that women have faced:

These interviews show women in sports media have more opportunities and face less prejudice than they did in previous eras.

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