Idrottslyftet ("a boost for sport") is a Swedish government-financed sports initiative aiming to activate more young people through sports. One way to achieve this aim is through cooperation between school and sport clubs, whereby a sport coach runs sport activities during the school day. The...

The use of performance enhancing drugs, especially anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) has emerged as a social problem outside competitive sports, linked to substance abuse and crime. The purpose of this article is to analyze the use of doping and attitudes to doping outside the competitive sports...

This article examines how commercial sport entrepreneurs position themselves and their businesses in relation to Swedish voluntary youth club sport. The study investigates the various positions that entrepreneurs take in relation to youth sport and the discourses surrounding it from the perspective ...

This paper deals with former Toronto Maple Leafs and Team Sweden great Börje Salming's role as a trailblazer for the migration of Swedish ice hockey players to the NHL. Ultimately, the aim is to shed light on the transformation of the Swedish (sports) model at the turn of the 21st century. Drawing...

The aim of this study is to analyse the distribution of public sport resources throughout time on the local level - and its consequences. In focus is the concept of governance, namely the stakeholder's capacity to affect to such extent that long-term effects are achieved. The method used is a case...

In this case study, decision-making processes in the sport club 'IF Stoor' are analysed with a focus on so called voluntary "key actors" and their involvement in formal and informal decision-making processes. The aim of the study is to provide knowledge about how eleven key actors in a large sport ...

This supplement is devoted to the symposium "Equine Sports Medicine III", held at Stockholm, Sweden on 22-23 July, 1989. The aspects covered in papers by some 30 contributors include regulations governing racing events, doping, transport and stabling of the horses, disease risks and injuries...

During adolescence the tendency to withdraw from club organized sports is high. This has been an issue among researchers for many years but is still a cause for concern for the agents within the field of sports. The latest survey on sports participation among the Danish population shows that the...

The aim of this article is to discuss the formation of female elite athletes as a gender shaping process through a power perspective. The concepts productive power and biopower together with theories of male hegemony are applied in the analysis. Interviews, observations and surveys were methods...

An account is given of the composition of 10 energy drinks (Red Bull, Flying Horse, Erektus, Magic Energy Kick, Nice Energy Drink, Black Booster, Red Kick, HYPE, Dynamite and Blue Jeans) available in Sweden, all of which contain caffeine and carbohydrates. Some drinks also contain taurine (5...