Next week, Matthew J. Reeves is transporting us to the Middle East with his seminar 'Building on sand? An examination of the football ecosystem in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia'. 5 June, 3pm, Room 3.09/3.10, The Institute of Sport Building. All welcome, no reservation required.

A wonderful servant to the club… and a truly top person too 🫡

#MSDer

As #Fifa announces Brazil as the host of the Women's World Cup in 2027, Khalida Popal &
Najma Arefi tell me about their campaign to get the Afghan team included after players were exiled by the Taliban. Lord Bethell & Baroness Helena Kennedy KC chat #WTF

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New regulations incoming for deliberate heading of the ball in youth football 👶⚽️

What does it mean to be included & participate in sport? This paper explores this question & more as it explores contemporary discourse about disability & sports participation through the lens of iconic rugby players Rob Burrow & Kevin Sinfield.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Why Crystal Palace’s manager, sporting director and best players might stay this summer

nytimes.com/athletic/54902…

My new documentary for BBC Sounds BBC Radio 4

'Teams and Regimes - Sportswashing In Football'.

Produced by Fergus Hewison Edited by Carl Johnston

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Thanks MMU Library - we were talking about this yesterday with MSD cohort 9 ☺️

Please don't suffer in silence.

There is 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 somebody that will listen.

Will there be a change of Sporting Director at Red Bull? independent.co.uk/f1/f1-red-bull…

There's some really useful resources & some excellent scholarship on this list - & the previous 2 annual reading lists. Well worth a look for anyone interested in sport & human rights

Happy Birthday to us!! 🎂 Our MSD celebrates 10 years of our unique executive masters degree for sporting leaders 🚀 Looking forward to catching up with students and graduates today... with some amazing speakers lined up inc Ashley Giles, Rosie Ranganathan & Damian Hughes

Should Russian athletes be allowed to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics? Fascinating debate being led by Urvasi Naidoo from World Sailing 🌎⛵️ and our own Kevin Carpenter

Every Premier League club has a Sporting Director or equivalent… except the bottom 3

The best sporting movies of all time… is your favourite on the list?
theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

Poison in the pool: why the latest Chinese doping row is proving so toxic theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr…

More varied and vital research happening at Manchester Met Institute of Sport Manchester Metropolitan Uni If you can help give Dr Sam Wood a shout

Prof. Larissa Davies is leading a study that aims to measure the impact of Gaelic Games on the health and wellbeing of participants and wider society in Ireland. Read more at the link below: mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…
#research #SPU #GaelicGames

Congratulations to our MSDer Anthony Taylor for another major tournament call up 👏👏👏