A typical track and field sports event reveals a great deal of diversity. While a pole-vaulter is getting ready for the next vault, the starting pistol goes off and a group of track athletes break explosively into a 100 m sprint. A coach is helping an athlete to prepare herself mentally for a decisive high jump, while another group of athletes is relaxing on a mat at the edge of the stadium. Du...

The ability to leverage benefits and establish a legacy from hosting mega events continues to be of significant interest from both academic and policy perspectives. However, relatively few studies have focused on leverage and legacy by cities and regions that are not hosting mega events. This research adds to the evidence base by examining the effectiveness of a sub-regional multi-agency strate...

Anxiety is recognized as one of the main factors that reduces athletes’ performance in sports. In many research reviews, researchers have found that high levels of anxiety have the tendency to deteriorate athletes’ performance. However, to date there has been very limited research examining competitive anxiety on gender. The main aim of the study was to compare the level of competitive anxiety ...

The present study investigated psychophysiological differences in identified sport fans within the context of the biphasic theory of emotion (P. J. Lang, 1985). Forty participants, grouped into three levels of identification with the local university athletic teams, viewed five pictures from each of two categories (team-relevant sport and team-irrelevant sport). Self-identified sport fans rated...

Being at the sport event or watching sports in pubs is a fulfilling experience, highly sociable, fun and relaxing. Our aim is to identify issues that are closely connected to watching sports in pubs using field studies and theory of leisure and play and to apply them on mobile TV design. In particular we concentrate on watching live sports on mobile devices.

Purpose – This paper reports on aspects of service quality at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, from a rather unusual perspective, the athletes. To date there has been little evidence captured about athlete‟s satisfaction at sporting events, and specifically about their perceptions of the service quality provided. Design/methodology/approach – Unique „full‟ access to the London 2012 Paralympics...

Purpose – This paper reports on aspects of service quality at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, from a rather unusual perspective, the athletes. To date there has been little evidence captured about athlete‟s satisfaction at sporting events, and specifically about their perceptions of the service quality provided. Design/methodology/approach – Unique „full‟ access to the London 2012 Paralympics...