Dortmund-Real Madrid: did you say romantic football?
Football purists will be delighted with the line-up for the 2024 Champions League final: two popular clubs where the fans…
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Has Paris really already lost the 2024 Olympic Games?
For a country and a city, the Olympic Games are a unique opportunity to shine and leave a legacy. But…
Are the Diasporas a springboard or a diving board for African football?
Almost a third of the players who play for their national team at the Africa Cup of nations (Afcon 2023)…
Africa Cup of Nations: China deploys its “stadium diplomacy”
On the pitch, it’s not yet clear who will win the Africa Cup of Nations. But off it, China has…
The Future of Sport is Asia
Pole reversal is not just a scientific consideration, it’s also a geopolitical one. Sport, one of the greatest instruments of…
Simon Chadwick: “PSG is about something much more than football, it’s about looking good”
Is PSG still a football club? For Simon Chadwick, Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy and Researcher at Skema Business…
Saudi Arabia’s tentacular takeover of sport and entertainment
Given Saudi Arabia’s recent spectacular moves into sport and entertainment, you might think that their influence is nascent and temporary.…
The new ‘Trumpian’ world order in sport, illustrated by golf
Saudi Arabia has just kick-started a new era in world sport: the men’s professional golf circuits, the PGA Tour, the…
Champions League Final: Abu Dhabi and China already big winners
Who will win the Champions League, Manchester City or Inter Milan? From a sporting point of view, all football fans…
Once upon a time Wrexham AFC, a football club turned into a Disney attraction
Wrexham AFC, one of world’s oldest football clubs has been lifted from obscurity and returned to sporting success after being…
The rise of international mergers and acquisitions in football
Football has entered a new era. Mergers and acquisitions’ one. It offers new opportunities for big clubs and smaller ones,…
In Saudi Arabia, everything must change for everything to remain the same
Saudi Arabia is becoming a sporting superpower. You think it is pure vanity? It’s not, it’s a well thought-out strategy…
Strive to Survive – Why Europe’s in Danger of Losing its F1 Offspring
As Formula 1 is back in the spotlight thanks to the release of the fifth season of Netflix successful series Drive to Survive, it is no accident that the F1 World Championship will start once again in Bahrain this year. The biggest car competition needs to adapt to the geopolitical changes of the World. And to deal with new stakeholders' interests...
Why Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia increases the chances of an AfroEurasian World Cup
Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabian club Al Nass is much more than sporting news. It reveals a great deal…
World Cup 2022: who won the prize for ‘soft power’?
Argentina wasn’t the only winner of the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar, there were other, bigger soft power victors.…
“The next World Cups might be consumed inside the metavers”
World Cup in Qatar is about Football, and Geopolitics. Every week, Simon Chadwick analyses the main aspects of the tournament. Today, the…