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Nov 28, 2024 | 
routledge.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop |Michael Goldman
This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emerged in different parts of the world.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
routledge.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop |Michael Goldman
This book examines the new geopolitical economy of football, exploring the intersection of money, politics, and power in the world’s most popular sport. Against a background of international conflict and the emergence of powerful new state actors in world sport, the book considers how football investments and events have become instruments of soft power and industrial development, and how football plays an increasingly significant role in global politics and international relations.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop
Since the Olympic Games in Paris began, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, has posted the statement “This is France!” several times on his social media platforms. Macron has been implicitly asserting that he is delivering on his personal vision of the event, and of France. Since his election in 2017, he has sought to project a diverse, cosmopolitan and outward-facing France while at the same time strengthening existing preconceptions of its style, culture and history.
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Jul 20, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Paul Widdop |Simon Chadwick
After more than four weeks and 51 football matches, Euro 2024 drew to a close with its total audience again likely to have exceeded five billion live viewers. Europe’s premier international football tournament has certainly retained its global appeal, but its overall report card presents a rather more mixed picture for the continent — of fading glories and harsh realities. The most recognisable symbol of waning strength has been Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop |Manchester Metropolitan
After more than four weeks and 51 football matches, Euro 2024 draws to a close with its total audience again likely to have exceeded 5 billion live viewers. Europe’s premier international football tournament has certainly retained its global appeal, but its overall report card presents a rather more mixed picture for the continent – of fading glories and harsh realities. The most recognisable symbol of waning strength has been Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop
After more than four weeks and 51 football matches, Euro 2024 draws to a close with its total audience again likely to have exceeded 5 billion live viewers. Europe’s premier international football tournament has certainly retained its global appeal, but its overall report card presents a rather more mixed picture for the continent – of fading glories and harsh realities. The most recognisable symbol of waning strength has been Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
econotimes.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop
The 2024 Uefa Champions League final could be described as the perfect match for football purists, with fan-owned Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund, where supporters have a majority ownership stake. Unlike last year’s event, neither side is owned by a Gulf state or massive foreign corporation.
Instead we have a Spanish team which boasts nearly 100,000 “socios” – fan owners who pay an annual fee which entitles them to vote on who runs the club, and the decisions it makes.
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May 31, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop
The 2024 Uefa Champions League final could be described as the perfect match for football purists, with fan-owned Real Madrid against Borussia Dortmund, where supporters have a majority ownership stake. Unlike last year’s event, neither side is owned by a Gulf state or massive foreign corporation. Instead we have a Spanish team which boasts nearly 100,000 “socios” – fan owners who pay an annual fee which entitles them to vote on who runs the club, and the decisions it makes.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop
Paris hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer provides France with a huge geopolitical opportunity. Staging the world’s biggest sporting mega-event can boost a nation’s image, change perceptions of it, and help it project soft power around the globe. Former French president François Hollande was credited with instigating the successful bid to stage the 2024 Games, 100 years after Paris was last host in 1924.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
fr.allafrica.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop
analyseQui remportera la Coupe d'Afrique des Nations (CAN) dimanche prochain ? Se trouvent encore en lice au stade des demi-finales qui se disputent ce mercredi le Nigeria qui affronte l'Afrique du Sud et la République démocratique du Congo, opposée au pays hôte, la Côte d'Ivoire. À l'issue de l'édition précédente, en 2022, c'est le capitaine du Sénégal, Kalidou Koulibaly, qui avait soulevé le trophée. En 2019, le capitaine Riyad Mahrez avait mené l'Algérie à la victoire.
