For a sport idealist like myself, I could not believe my eyes when having the chance to observe the inner workings of sport at the political level. The whole process of structuring sport using the democratic model and selecting the Leaders through elections is fraught with issues. This led me to do research into this… Continue reading Time for a change in the way sport works.
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The Olympic Reality
Reprinted from Thoughts in Sport 2014. London 2012 is over and Rio 2016 approaches. More spectacular ceremonies and a parade of impressive record breaking sport performances are expected. But who will excel? Brian Minikin, Lecturer in Sport Management At the Athens Games in 2004, with around 301 Gold medals up for grabs, only 56 countries out of… Continue reading The Olympic Reality
Doing Sport in China
During my time at Stirling College at Chengdu University, I had the great pleasure of helping our students form a Volleyball club. For me it was a way of engaging with Chinese students with limited English to compliment my limited Mandarin Chinese. What fun we had. The guys trained enthusiastically and we eventually managed to… Continue reading Doing Sport in China
