Managing Sport and Leisure Journal

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We’re excited to see a continued rise in readership for Managing Sport and Leisure.

A big thank you to our authors, reviewers and readers for driving this momentum. Your contributions continue to shape important conversations in sport and leisure studies.

#ResearchImpact

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🔓 Check out this Open Access paper on the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup attendance in the U.S. by Dominik Schreyer and Niclas Höppner 👇

https://t.co/71TrPzGQQT

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📢 FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue of Managing Sport and Leisure Journal on The Sport Consumer Experience of People with Disabilities: Challenges and Pathways to Inclusivity.

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 21 November 2025

🔗https://t.co/kDQCWbfsaF

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Dowling, Harris and Garcia investigate the interpretation and implementation of the FA's Code of Governance by County Football Associations in the East of England.

Take a look below 👇

https://t.co/HSUY7cGJLo

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🤸 This study by Martin and Ragsdale presents an automated, cost-effective staff scheduling framework specifically applied within a youth gymnastics facility.

Check it out below 👇

https://t.co/uU3Tf6WoRU

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⚽️ This study by Thadeu Gasparetto and Oleg Kim examines how structural aspects of squad composition, specifically the origin of players and the quality of a club's youth academy, shape team performance in elite European men's football.

Take a look here:

https://t.co/2BELmEoqxJ

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🎓 This study by Czekanski et al. aims to develop, test, and validate a Likert scale instrument to measure the purpose of colleagiate sport clubs, success measures, and constraints limiting their success.

Check it out here 👇

https://t.co/aNh9Mbfw5n

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📈 This study by Erik Lachance and Shannon Kerwin examined the relationship between decision-making constructs and performance in national and provincial/territorial NPSO boards.

Read their paper here:

https://t.co/3IxdXBl0Ae

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🏊‍♂️ This study by Viegas et al. investigates the social barriers faced by people with disabilities when engaging in sports activities through an integrated and critical view of the literature.

Take a look here:

https://t.co/S9DZXOYas7

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🇦🇺 This study investigates the dynamics of board faultlines as perceived by new-to-board directors in Australian State Sporting Organizations.

Read the paper by Wijethissa et al. below 👇

https://t.co/Ga7pHNDaof

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🇸🇪 This study by Daniel Alsarve explores the Swedish Sports Confederation's respone to the COVID-19 pandemic, offering actionable insights into crisis management strategies.

Check it out below 👇

https://t.co/eVrsWPzH7X

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🏃 This study by Chang et al. examines the interplay among sport involvement, positive emotions, commitment and satisfaction among older adults.

Take a look here 👇

https://t.co/IKpcubdeOJ

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⛷️Yang and MacIntosh provide a comprehensive understanding of downhill skiing behaviour in Canada, revealing valuable theoretical insights that can help explain why people choose to participate (or not!) in downhill skiing.

Read their paper here:

https://t.co/Bx1kEquX3N

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🇨🇦 This research by Jonathon R. Edwards explores the implementation of the Responsible Coaching Movement to understand initiatives that maintain institutional integrity and rising coaching misconduct.

Read here:

https://t.co/K1BEOTFB9R

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🤝 This study by Kittel et al. identifies the primary reasons and motives for becoming a sport official across a variety of sports and provides practical recommendations for recruitment and development strategies.

Check it out here 👇

https://t.co/hbZARXwsXz

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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS: Special Issue of Managing Sport and Leisure Journal on The Sport Consumer Experience of People with Disabilities: Challenges and Pathways to Inclusivity.

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 21 November 2025

🔗 For more information, please visit:

https://t.co/kDQCWbeUl7

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🛶 This study examines how culturally rooted sports events such as Dragon Boat Races contribute to residents' well-being.

Read the paper by Haohan Xu et al. here 👇

https://t.co/UQEW7P28ue

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📺 Using TV viewership data from 2013 to 2019, this study tested the effect of match-level outcome uncertainty on local television sports market demand in the Detroit Tigers' Designated Market Area.

Check out the paper by Park and Pinheiro:

https://t.co/XXGtrTNVQc

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🗞️ New issue out now!

Featuring:

🥋 The Para Judo competitions

🏒 Hockey referees

🎮 eSports

Check out Volume 30, Issue 6 (November 2025) here 👇

https://t.co/QbsiE5Cu9O

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Robins & Monserrat-Revillo answer:

“How did elite women's rugby players experience the androcentric practices displayed during the pandemic, particularly in relation to disparities in treatment compared to their male counterparts?"

🔓 Open access: https://t.co/b8XWm6Id13