Expert Comment
“All in all, it’s a clever piece of audience design” - Dr Kieran File on Jurgen Klopp’s swearing
Dr Kieran File, expert on sports culture and communication at the Centre for Applied Linguistics, discusses Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp’s swearing in his post-match interviews.
Dr Christopher Doyle evaluates the economic impact of the World Cup
With England exceeding expectations in the FIFA World Cup, Dr Christopher Doyle, expert on the economics of professional sports, sheds light on how the tournament is impacting the economy.
Blatter’s Long Goodbye dredges up the sheer scale of corruption that is killing football - Dr David Webber
“Fifa’s Ethics Committee yesterday (7 October) requested that Sepp Blatter and his would-be successor Michel Platini be suspended. In what could be a significant turning point in the reform of football's governing body, this intervention nevertheless reveals the sheer scale of corruption in world football,” says Dr David Webber, a lecturer in the cultural political economy of sport at the University of Warwick.
The latest twist in the Fifa saga serves only to underline the need for external investigation and reform” – Dr David Webber
The latest twist in the Fifa corruption saga mounts further pressure upon Fifa itself to effectively hand itself over to external reform, argues Dr David Webber, a researcher in the cultural political economy of football at the University of Warwick.
Osborne’s £3m Chinese giveaway is a political own goal – Dr David Webber
On Wednesday, the Treasury announced a £3 million deal to fund a grassroots football programme in China, but Dr David Webber, an expert in the cultural political economy of football at the University of Warwick, believes that the Chancellor’s priorities are misplaced.