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This special issue has a general ambition to present, compare and analyse the existence as well as the varieties and values of ‘outsiders’ and ‘underdogs’ in sports. Thus, in the history of sport we find athletes and teams as well as events and specific ‘sports’ that, in their actions or characters as ‘outsiders’ or ‘underdogs’, have for various reasons challenged the sports logics as well as the general normative structures, ideals and rationalities in sports regarding for instance performances, preconditions and lifestyles.

This issue welcomes examinations of sport events with particular attention to the role of media and platforms in processes of production of events and/or in related fan strategies and practices – this may include discussions of global and local interests surrounding sport events, and of fan activist movements emerging from or using sport events to promote specific debates.

The heteronormative paradigms of sexuality oversimplify the lived experiences of body and overlook the pitfalls of essentialism, biologism and naturalism. So, the questions germane to this area are: How does the focus on material body and its sexuality make it a site of socio-political inscription? How does the “pharmaco-pornographic regimes,” to use Paul Preciado’s phrase, reformulate the bodily identity in twenty-first century? How does politics of difference negotiate and overcome the so-called discursivation of gendered bodies?

Academic studies exploring the history of field hockey are relatively scarce beyond its role in early women’s sport activities. The special issue editors are looking for a broad geographical focus among the papers as the sport of field hockey has a strong presence on all six continents. It is expected that all papers will adopt an appropriate historical and/or biographical methodology. Submissions with a strong heritage focus or that draw on a wide array of primary sources are especially welcome.

The special issue invites contributions that may draw upon a full range of theoretical and methodological approaches, and with an empirical or conceptual focus. In addition to articles discussing familiar leisure activities such as tourism, sport, outdoor life, arts and culture, recreation and entertainment we are also interested in studies that open the field of leisure studies to new practices and activities. Empirical and conceptual papers are invited.

For this thematic issue, we welcome articles from a wide variety of fields (including, but not limited to: anthropology, history, sociology, folklore studies, performance studies, sports studies) and a focus on at least one of the following topics: sports festivals; the festive or carnivalesque culture of sports fans and athletes; traditional festivals and rituals that include a sporting dimension; and the festive dimension of new “alternative” sporting events.

The Sports Innovation Journal announces a call for papers for a special issue on innovations in engaged learning in sport management, tourism, recreation, live entertainment, and related fields led by guest editors Elizabeth Gregg, Jessica Braustein-Minkove, and Heather Alderman. Engaged learning is an active process by which knowledge and understanding are acquired through participation, inquiry, involvement, and direct experiences (IGI dictionary).

This special issue intends to grasp and analyse the relationship between football and ice hockey, from different angles and perspectives focusing on identity, political ambitions, markets and sponsoring, spectator cultures, city-marketing in relation to sport successes. The basic aim is to detect and investigate differences and similarities in the complex of ‘football versus ice hockey in the European sports landscape’.

This special issue – directed by Pierre-Olaf Schut, University Professor and Marion Philippe, Lecturer, both from the ACP laboratory of the Gustave Eiffel University (France), aims to propose a reflection on the polysemy of the word “image” as part of a historical reflection on the Olympic Games. Indeed, the word “image” can be considered from a figurative angle but also as a representation.

On behalf of the Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal (WSPAJ), and Special Guest Editor, Dr. Georgie Bruinvels, we are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a Special Series entitled “The Menstrual Cycle, Physical Performance & Participation”. This series will focus on the physiological, behavioral and psycho-social aspects of the menstrual cycle on sport, exercise, and physical activity performance and participation among females across the lifespan.