The International Journal of the History of Sport, Volume 42, 2025, Issue 9 | The History of Sport in the Balkans

Introduction

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Introduction: The History of Sport in the Balkans from the Sokol Movement to Physical Culture
Marko Begović
Pages: 933-936 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2575591

Articles

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Intellectualizing Physical Culture: Debates on Competitive Sports and Gymnastics in the Interwar Yugoslav Sokol Association
Lucija Balikić
Pages: 937-955 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2485136

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Chasing the Himalayan Train: Yugoslav Ascents of Eight-Thousanders (1975–1995)
Peter Mikša
Pages: 956-975 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2516634

Sports and Physical Culture as a Mechanism of Political Indoctrination of Youth Experiences of Montenegro After World War II
Adnan Prekic
Pages: 976-991 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2523430

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The Best Professionals in Army and Miliţia Were the Football Players: Shamateurism in Romanian Football during the ‘Golden Epoch’
Andrei Antonie
Pages: 992-1007 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2531196

The Balkan Athletics Championships: The Beginnings of inter-Balkan Sports Diplomacy, 1928–1934?
Cyril Polycarpe & Pascal Charitas
Pages: 1008-1025 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2522455

Sport Between a Century-Old Hostility: Football Relations of Serbia and Albania
Nikola Mijatov & Nemanja Mitrović
Pages: 1026-1046 | DOI: 10.1080/09523367.2025.2565400