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In recent years, the growth of esports industry has been driven by the development of computers, the internet, media, and live streaming. Moreover, esports have become a vital and popular aspect of video gaming communities, particularly amongst adolescents and young adults. Due to the tremendous growth of esport industry, many scholars have investigated diverse area related to esport. However, significant theoretical and practical gaps exist that necessitate further scholarly and industry attention in the realm of esport.

This special issue will highlight emerging opportunities and critical challenges posed by AI in sport, offering implications that extend beyond the sport sector. Through empirical studies, theoretical explorations, and case-based insights, the special issue will offer a comprehensive and timely contribution to both scholarship and industry. Contributions will be solicited through a targeted call for papers, outreach to leading researchers, invitations to authors of recent relevant publications, promotion via academic listservs, and, where appropriate, by encouraging collaboration with industry practitioners.

Due to the tremendous growth of esport industry, many scholars have investigated diverse area related to esport. However, significant theoretical and practical gaps exist that necessitate further scholarly and industry attention in the realm of esport. This Special Issue of Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal invites contributions covering a wide range of topic areas intended to fill some other the gaps that still dominates tsholarly research on esports.

A special issue with a focus on AI in sport business echoes the IJSMS’s position as the prominent nexus of academia and sport industry. Consistent with the aims and objectives of the IJSMS, this special issue seeks research contributions that could advance the existing knowledge base of leveraging AI for a robust sport industry. A wide spectrum of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method research efforts that meet the following general criteria are welcome

Our objective is to bring together a diverse community of scholars, both established and emerging, who represent and write about sport and/or physical cultures in the Arab World and Middle East about communities from these regions who are living in diaspora in the West. We are interested in chapter submissions that utilize intersectional, postcolonial, and/or decolonial epistemologies.

Research in the Sociology of Sport (RSS) reflects the current themes in the sociology of sport and also captures innovative trends as they emerge in the work of scholars across the globe. The series brings together research from experts on established topics whilst also directing attention to themes that are at the ’cutting-edge' of this sub-discipline.