BACKGROUND It remains unknown whether and when the hosting of mega-sport events increases quality of life of host city residents. The aim of this study is to assess the changes in quality of life of host city residents over the course of hosting a mega-sport event until three months after the event, depending on residents' perception of the atmosphere during the event. METHODS The study was c...

The last FIFA World Cup in Brazil presented the ambition of a global event, referring both to the number of audiences and the number of platforms involved in its coverage. Taking the advantages promoted by social media platforms and mobile technologies, media companies had the opportunity to try new strategies in a truly ambient information reality. Taking into account the development of Twitte...

After the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the local governments of South Korea were left in charge of several large-scale soccer stadiums. Although these governments have made significant efforts toward creating profits from the stadiums, it is proving to be too difficult for several administrations to cover their full operational, maintenance, and conservation costs. In order to ...

This paper brieey deals with the Evolutionary Multi-Agent Robotic System and disccusses the robot soccer platform as its test bed. Though simulator based robot soccer systems and maze contests were in exsitence for a long time, the Micro-Robot World Cup Soccer Tournament (MiroSot) initiated in Korea is one of its rst kinds. The rst and second MiroSot competitions were held in Korea Advanced Ins...

In 2026, the FIFA World Cup will for first time gather 48 men’s national teams. It consist of a group stage made 16 groups three, with best two teams in each advancing to knockout stage. Using three raises several fairness issues, including risk match fixing and schedule imbalance. this article we examine collusion. The who play last game know exactly what results let them advance Risk occurs w...