Dear all,
Last week the following items were published on idrottsforum.org (see below; language and publication dates, YYMMDD, in brackets). Click on the red headings to go to content. Utilize the Google Translate service to turn Scandinavian language pages into (some sort of) English.
Last week the following items were published on idrottsforum.org (see below; language and publication dates, YYMMDD, in brackets). Click on the red headings to go to content. Utilize the Google Translate service to turn Scandinavian language pages into (some sort of) English.And remember, if you’re not already hooked up to one of the social media outlets that we utilize, for now they are Facebook, LinkedIn and X, you’re missing quite a lot of information from idrottsforum.org that never appears on the website. So, if that is the case, check out, by clicking on the names, our Facebook, LinkedIn and X accounts.
Have a great week,
Kjell Eriksson
Editor
Book Reviews
I would like to make a thing clear’: The double crossover as a metaphor for Black and queer women’s labour struggles in global basketball
As they compete in leagues around the world, elite women’s basketball players continually adjust to new cultures, rules, and contracts. In Double Crossover: Gender, Media, and Politics in Global Basketball (University of Illinois Press), Courtney M. Cox follows athletes, coaches, journalists, and advocates of women’s basketball as they pursue careers within the sport. Mayte Ortiz Romero is our reviewer, and for her the book succeeds in opening important avenues for reflection on the conditions under which women athletes live and work, as well as the forms of resistance they collectively promote. (Review in English, published 260506.)
Thought-provoking collection of essays on China–Africa relations
In Global China and the Global Game in Africa: China-Africa Engagement through the Lens of Football, edited by Jonathan Sullivan, Tobias Ross, and Angela Lewis and published by Peter Lang, uses the interaction between China and African countries in football to critically examine how engagement through football reproduces unequal outcomes but also positive developments on both sides. Alan Bairner finds that the collection deserves to be read not only by people with a specific interest in football in China and Africa but also by anyone who simply wants to learn more about the important relationship between these two parts of the world in an era in which the global order is being dramatically reconfigured. (Review in English, published 260507.)
A well-timed collection ahead of this summer’s World Cup
Drawing from across twenty-five years of interdisciplinary scholarship, Jeffrey W, Kassing’s collection of articles from the Soccer & Society journal States of Play: Soccer and Society Perspectives on the Global Game in America (Routledge) documents the development of soccer along five interrelated trajectories. Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen has read an interesting, welcome and well-timed text that will be of interest to scholars working on the cultural, historical and social dimensions of soccer. As intended, the collection illuminates both the challenges and potential of soccer in the US by signposting the reader towards the key trajectories in the literature. (Review in English, published 230516.)
Scholarly Journals
Since its inception 23 years ago, idrottsforum.org has been proudly presenting every new issue of almost all scholarly journals within the field of sport studies, widely defined. However, after carefully considering the whole situation – with increasing number of journals and number of issues per journal – we have decided to let go of the original ambition; it has become too time-consuming. Henceforth we will publish alerts about new journal issues on our social media accounts (Facebook, LinkedIn and X), and also special alerts when particularly interesting articles in scholarly journals are published online, giving priority to open access publications. The Scholarly Journals page will list all journals within the extended sport studies field for your information, and we will endeavor to update it with any new titles being launched.
News items (calls for papers, vacancies, etc.)
- Hur genomförs Wingate-testet i Sverige? Inbjudan till att medverka i en studie (260504)
- Public defense of doctoral thesis | What happens when pregnant athletes push beyond conventional exercise guidelines? An experimental and prospective study on maternal and fetal health outcomes by Emilie Mass Dalhaug, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, May 8, 2026 (260505)
- Call for Contributions | Scouting for fitness trends for 2027 (260507)
