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New SoWiSports research in the Journal of Southern African Studies

Prof. Dr. Henk Erik Meier has new published research! Together with Borja Garcia (Loughborough University) and Louis Moustakas (German Sport University), the group investigated the Olympic Movement and what it provides to smaller countries. You can read "Racing to Win: Competition and Co-operation between the National Olympic Committee and Public Authorities in the Development of the Botswana Sport System" in the Journal of Southern African Studies.
The article can be found here!

New research published on the NBA

Dr Samuel Tickell has new research out, with a book chapter on the rise of the NBA to a mega-sport, utilising agressive media strategies, internationalisation and 'disneyification' to create a global megasport.  
You can find the research here