Category: Mega-events
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Sleight of Hand
If you’re feeling critical, it’s easy enough to find problems in the preparations for a World Cup. In seemingly any host nation, journalists and academics alike find ripe fruit in bribery and corruption scandals, tales of misused funds and human rights violations, busted budgets, and the sad parade of white elephant stadiums. In this, unfortunately,…
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Russia’s World Cup: Stadium and Urban Development in Ekaterinburg
Here is another article I wrote for Futblograd.com, this time focusing on developments in the host city of Ekaterinburg. http://futbolgrad.com/russias-world-cup-stadium-urban-development-ekaterinburg/
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Russia’s 2018 World Cup – A Conversation Beyond Sport
An article I wrote for Futbolgrad.com about some issues to look for in the 2018 World Cup. http://futbolgrad.com/russias-2018-world-cup-conversation-beyond-sport/