Chokepoints - the maritime waterways that have the power to upend global sport The stability of everything from football boots to the oil and gas revenues driving some sports is dependent upon very narrow stretches of sea substack.com/home/post/p-22 @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Chokepoints - the maritime waterways that have the power to upend global sport The stability of everything from football boots to the oil and gas revenues driving some sports is dependent upon very narrow stretches of sea substack.com/home/post/p-221… @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Sports Diplomacy An Introduction Publication now imminent routledge.com/Sports-Diploma…

Sagen om Manchester City tvinger premierminister til svær balancegang Manchester Citys økonomiske regelbrud besværliggør ikke blot tilværelsen i fodboldklubben. Sagen tvinger også premierministeren ud i et vanskeligt dilemma stiften.dk/sport/sagen-om-ma…

Diasporas in football – growing significance, proliferating issues Navigating the delicate balance between international performance, cultural identity, and domestic sports development is an important task facing the sport substack.com/home/post/p-220… @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

From October 2024 Rwanda in pole position as F1 seeks return to Africa The likelihood of a Grand Prix taking place in Kigali is increasing substack.com/home/post/p-150… @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Africa’s Formula 1 race: Three countries, one dream, and a growing sibling rivalry substack.com/home/post/p-219… Written by Nnamdi O. Madichie, Professor of Marketing, Nova Business School Africa @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Zheng Qinwen has just become the first Chinese woman to win the China Open She's an important figure in the East Asian country, here's why: substack.com/home/post/p-150… @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Africa’s Formula 1 race: Three countries, one dream, and a growing sibling rivalry substack.com/home/post/p-219… Written by Nnamdi O. Madichie, Professor of Marketing, Nova Business School Africa @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

"Othering is the psychosocial, sociolinguistic, and systemic process by which one group defines another group as fundamentally different, foreign, inferior or deviant" Manchester City case is the tip of a very, very, VERY large English(!) iceberg

Mess began with Thatcherite reformation of English football. Filtered through Blair's pursuit of cool. Dented by Brown's financial desperation. Grossly embellished with Cameronite cynicism. And Brexit's cherry on the cake, that forever reads "best league in the world" #complicity

2015, President Xi visited UK. Actively courted by Cameron. Visited Manchester. Spent time at City. In 2008, Barclays bailed out by Abu Dhabi during financial crash. Same year as City acquired. Premier League football is deeply embedded in a geopolitical & diplomatic landscape...

Comments for @businessposthq It is Britain’s biggest sporting scandal but what sanctions will Man City really face? businesspost.ie/uncategorize…

All roads lead to Paris as sport apparel’s global battle for market share intensifies On’s signing of Kylian Mbappé and Thierry Henry opens up a new front in an industry where Adidas and Nike have previously dominated profchadwick.substack.com/p/… @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Comments for @lemondefr Le soft power par le sport des pays du Golfe mis à l’épreuve par le conflit entre les Etats-Unis et l’Iran lemonde.fr/sport/article/202…

All roads lead to Paris as sport apparel’s global battle for market share intensifies On’s signing of Kylian Mbappé and Thierry Henry opens up a new front in an industry where Adidas and Nike have previously dominated profchadwick.substack.com/p/… @Fire_and_Skill #Geosport

Hell and happiness The bigger games being played via esports and console gaming....

For those times when extra protection is needed Just announced emw-global.com/case-study/du…

As expected, what Europe thinks and what most of the rest of the world thinks are two different things... How FIFA’s Global Divide Could Shape Gianni Infantino’s 2027 Election forbes.com/sites/simonchadwi…