Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Russia and the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Author: Richard Arnold

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-03-08

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1000357635

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Despite many negative expectations of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia delivered one of the best World Cups in living memory. This book brings together leading scholars working in Russian studies, sociology and political science to analyse the 2018 World Cup and assess its significance for sport, Russia and the world. The book explores the connections between sport, soft power, populism, protest, and international politics, and investigates topics including security, surveillance, social media and patriotic mobilization, shining new light on key contemporary themes in the social sciences. It reflects upon the importance of sporting mega-events for public diplomacy, and considers what the 2018 World Cup can tell us about the current condition of Russian society and the Russian state. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in soccer, sport and society, Russia, international politics, events, or post-Soviet societies.


Red Card

Red Card

Author: Ken Bensinger

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 2019-06-11

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1501133918

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The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal—the biggest corruption case of recent years—involving dozens of countries and implicating nearly every aspect of the world’s most popular sport, soccer, including the World Cup is “an engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue…A riveting book” (The New York Times). The FIFA case began small, boosted by an IRS agent’s review of an American soccer official’s tax returns. But that humble investigation eventually led to a huge worldwide corruption scandal that crossed continents and reached the highest levels of the soccer’s world governing body in Switzerland. “The meeting of American investigative reporting and real-life cop show” (The Financial Times), Ken Bensinger’s Red Card explores the case, and the personalities behind it, in vivid detail. There’s Chuck Blazer, a high-living soccer dad who ascended to the highest ranks of the sport while creaming millions from its coffers; Jack Warner, a Trinidadian soccer official whose lust for power was matched only by his boundless greed; and the sport’s most powerful man, FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who held on to his position at any cost even as soccer rotted from the inside out. Remarkably, this corruption existed for decades before American law enforcement officials began to secretly dig, finally revealing that nearly every aspect of the planet’s favorite sport was corrupted by bribes, kickbacks, fraud, and money laundering. Not even the World Cup, the most-watched sporting event in history, was safe from the thick web of corruption, as powerful FIFA officials extracted their bribes at every turn. “A gripping white-collar crime thriller that, in its scope and human drama, ranks with some of the best investigative business books of the past thirty years” (The Wall Street Journal), Red Card goes beyond the headlines to bring the real story to light.


This is not football

This is not football

Author: T N Raghu

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2020-01-07

Total Pages: 59

ISBN-13: 1647606837

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The FIFA World Cup isn’t only about football. It’s about people and their emotions, about places and their vibes. Reporters covering this event get the chance of a lifetime to soak in the atmosphere and tell a tale worth remembering. But when the deadline is looming under challenging circumstances every day, churning out a light-hearted piece is no laughing matter.


China's Great Leap

China's Great Leap

Author: Minky Worden

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1583229531

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With contributions from some of the most well respected and experienced Chinese writers, journalists, and organizers, China’s Great Leap examines the People’s Republic of China as its government and 1.3 billion people prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. When Beijing first sought the Games, China was still recovering from the upheavals of Maoist rule and adapting to a market revolution. Today, China wants to engage with the outside world—while fully controlling the engagement. How will the new leaders in Beijing manage the Olympic process and the internal and external pressures for reform it creates? China’s Great Leap will illuminate China’s recent history and outline how domestic and international pressures in the context of the Olympics could achieve human rights change. Learn about key areas for human rights reform and how the Olympics could represent a possible great leap forward for the people of China and for the world.


The Whole World Was Watching

The Whole World Was Watching

Author: Robert Edelman

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1503611019

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In the Cold War era, the confrontation between capitalism and communism played out not only in military, diplomatic, and political contexts, but also in the realm of culture—and perhaps nowhere more so than the cultural phenomenon of sports, where the symbolic capital of athletic endeavor held up a mirror to the global contest for the sympathies of citizens worldwide. The Whole World Was Watching examines Cold War rivalries through the lens of sporting activities and competitions across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. The essays in this volume consider sport as a vital sphere for understanding the complex geopolitics and cultural politics of the time, not just in terms of commerce and celebrity, but also with respect to shifting notions of race, class, and gender. Including contributions from an international lineup of historians, this volume suggests that the analysis of sport provides a valuable lens for understanding both how individuals experienced the Cold War in their daily lives, and how sports culture in turn influenced politics and diplomatic relations.


The Official History of the Fifa World Cup(tm)

The Official History of the Fifa World Cup(tm)

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781802790887

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The Official History of the FIFA World Cup Book is an authoritative and comprehensive review of the 20 FIFA World Cups to have taken place since the inaugural tournament in 1930. Packed with stunning photography, exclusive interviews of the biggest stars of each edition, unique official documents and statistics, it is a must read for any football fan around the world. No other event in the sporting world can rival the glamour, impact, fervent following and universal appeal of the FIFA World Cup. This unique book tells the stories behind the scenes, as well as analyzing the most famous incidents. It features the biggest stars and many previously unknown ones too, all with a unique worldwide point of view.


Power Games

Power Games

Author: Jules Boykoff

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1784780731

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A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic Games The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event’s nineteenth-century origins, through the Games’ flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers’ Games and Women’s Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.


FIFA World Cup and Beyond

FIFA World Cup and Beyond

Author: Kausik Bandyopadhyay

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-29

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1351181912

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Soccer, the most popular mass spectator sport in the world, has long been a site which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nation. The imaging and prioritization of the game as a ‘national’ or an ‘international’ event in public opinion and the media also play a critical role in transforming the soccer culture of a nation. In this context, the FIFA World Cup remains the grand spectacle for asserting the identity of the nation. This book intends to offer eclectic perspectives and discourses on the FIFA World Cup, and to throw light on the changing dimensions of football and sports culture in terms of identity, race, ethnicity, gender, fandom, governance, and so on. On the one hand, it focuses on the significance of the FIFA World Cup for nations in terms of hosting, performance, playing style, and identity formation. On the other, it looks beyond the World Cup to highlight the growing importance of a host of perspectives in sport in general and football in particular with reference to art, fandom, gender, media, and governance. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.


The Economics of Professional Road Cycling

The Economics of Professional Road Cycling

Author: Daam Van Reeth

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-28

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 303111258X

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This volume brings together current academic research and knowledge on the economics and management of professional road cycling. Each chapter treats a particular economic aspect of the sport, from organizational structure to marketing, finance, media coverage, labor, strategic behavior, and competitive balance. By discussing the existing research and complementing it with the newest concepts, ideas and data on professional road cycling, this book sets an agenda for further academic research while providing insights for all stakeholders in cycling: governments, cycling's governing bodies, team managers, race organizers, sponsors, media. Furthermore, the unique characteristics of the sport of cycling explored within this text inform broader management and industrial organization research, as they extend analyses of team labor, broadcast revenue generation, and sponsorship financing models. Revised and updated for the second edition, this volume includes new chapters on women’s professional road cycling, the economic impact of hosting major cycling events, and the willingness to pay for professional road cycling events. This book is equally of interest to academic researchers, students studying sports economics, and policy makers, such as race organizers, team managers, and sponsors.


FIFA WORLD CUP A-Z of FACTS and FIGURES

FIFA WORLD CUP A-Z of FACTS and FIGURES

Author: Daniel Stephenson

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2020-02-22

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Are you a football addict who loves their fix of World Cup facts and figures? If so then this is the book for you. All the information that you need on each World Cup from Uruguay 1930 to Russia 2018 is condensed into this treat of an A-Z of fun statistics from each tournament. Obscure and important results, top scorers, funny and sad stories, legends of the game on and off the pitch and oldest and youngest stats are all included and much, much more into this companion book for every World Cup fanatic out there. So whenever you need that rush of looking at some mind blowing facts and figures of this great tournament before it all kicks off in Russia 2018, open up FIFA World Cup A-Z of Facts and Figures sit back, enjoy and wonder in amazement of the history of The Greatest Show on Earth....THE FIFA WORLD CUP.