Research question : Using the theoretical lens of social capital, this study explores challenges faced by female football fans in performing their fandom on media, and how they respond to these way consume express within online spaces. In doing so, responds calls for further, empirical research both experiences sports darker side media.Research methods An exploratory, qualitative design is adop...

The sale of tickets, premium seating, and sponsorship is fundamental to the financial viability of professional sport organizations. With ticket sales as the most important source of local revenue for most sport organizations and the sale of premium suites and sponsorships unshared amongst other franchises (Smith & Roy, 2011; Howard & Crompton, 2004), recruiting, training, and retaining high qu...

AIM To examine the ethical challenges of upholding patient confidentiality in sports medicine and the practical responses of clinicians to these challenges. METHOD Questionnaire survey and follow-up semi-structured interviews with the members of the British Olympic Association's Medical Committee and Physiotherapy Forum. RESULTS Clinicians identified three contextual factors that influenced...

In today's uncertain, fluid job market, transnational mobility has intensified. Though the concept of cultural transition is increasingly used in sport and career research, insight into the processes of how individuals produce their own development through work and relationships in shifting cultural patterns of meaning remains limited. The transnational industry of sports, in which athletes' ps...

Background/Purpose: In soccer players, non-contact injuries are most common, especially hamstring muscle injuries, which can be prevented by the Nordic exercise (NHE). This study assessed professional and semi-professional players coaches’ awareness, implementation, opinion of NHE efficacy in reducing injuries. Methods: A questionnaire regarding opinions NHE’s was distributed. Results: The surv...

BACKGROUND/AIM The distal tibiofibular joint is described as a syndesmosis. Traditionally, severe syndesmotic injuries with diastasis have been treated surgically with screw fixation. This case series details an ankle syndesmosis tightrope repair and an accelerated rehabilitation protocol that reduces the amount of time to return to professional rugby league in the UK. The aim of this study was...

In this study, we assessed whether contextual factors related to where or when an athlete is born influence their likelihood of playing professional sport. The birthplace and birth month of all American players in the National Hockey League, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, and Professional Golfer's Association, and all Canadian players in the National Hockey League were ...

P.P.R.N. d’Hooghe, G.M.M.J. Kerkhoffs (eds.), The Ankle in Football, Sports and Traumatology, DOI 10.1007/978-2-8178-0523-8_24, © Springer-Verlag France 2014 Abstract Due to cumulative exposure to heavy physical demands and to the occurrence of traumatic ankle injuries during their career, former professional football players are likely to suffer in their post-sport life from ankle osteoarthrit...