This study aims to identify the impact of sporting success on national pride. Scholars have examined the association between elite sports and national sentiment. However, the association between the impact of successful elite sports on national pride and the influence of past political regimes...

Rio 2016 Games were preceded by controversy and doubts about taking place in Brazil. Despite polemics, its achievement could generate a Momentum, a sense of accomplishment and capability since the opening of the Olympic Games until the end of the Paralympic Games. Just some mouths after Rio 2016,...

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many sectors of society, including sports. Measuring the effects of an ongoing pandemic poses a complex task, given the incipiency of government actions and studies addressing the impacts on sports. In view of this, the purpose of this commentary is to explore how ...

The academic interest in analyzing the correlates of sports participation in several countries has increased recently. Nevertheless, in developing countries, which do not monitor sportive data, this type of investigation is still scarce. This study aims to analyze socioeconomic, motivational, and...

This article presents a case study of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to explore infrastructure development and physical legacies connected to the planning, bidding, and staging of mega-sporting events. Primary data were collected in Cuiabá in two...

The current research aims to analyze and characterize the conditions of the school sports in the elementary schools in the Municipality of Santos, focusing on: (a) the academic and professional experience of teachers/coaches; (b) the condition of facilities and equipment. By using questionnaires...

One of the greatest threats to sporting integrity today is the issue of gender. If, on the one hand, there is a desire for inclusion and to assume diversity as something positive, encouraging participation, on the other hand, we have the risk of impairing and even destroying, the competitiveness of ...

A great deal of interest has emerged in recent years among researchers investigating the processes and benefits of hosting sporting events, specially sport mega events, such as Olympic Games, Football World Cup and the Pan-American Games. Objectives of the study were to analyse the proposals of...

Background: Bone stress injuries are common in high-level athletics. Aim: To describe the demographics, frequency and anatomical location of stress injuries (ie, stress reaction and stress fractures) in athletes at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Methods: We recorded all sports...

Background: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSK-I) are a serious problem in sports medicine. Modifiable and nonmodifiable factors are associated with susceptibility to these injuries. Thus, the aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of and identify the factors associated with MSK-I, including...