The Sport Empowers Disabled Youth 2 (SEDY2) project encourages inclusion and equal opportunities in sport for youth with a disability by raising their sports and exercise participation in inclusive settings. One of the aspects found on the meaning of inclusion in sport is that children and young people …

The South China Tigers are the first professional club team in Hong Kong, playing in the new tournament Global Rapid Rugby. The Asia Pacific tournament is contested home and away against six teams from Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The South China Tigers were set up as a subsidiary …

Aspects of involvement in sports and active leisure in an organized context have been extensively investigated, but none of these studies provides a comprehensive picture of the membership involvement of members in voluntary clubs (MI). Our research aims to obtain an overview of existing knowledge on …

Virtual communities are online spaces with potential of integration of (member-generated) content and conversations [7,8]. In our research project we are interested in the adoption and building of virtual communities in organized sports, that is to say in the voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) in the Netherlands. …

Globalization has left its mark on the equestrian industry. Equestrian sport events are attended by different nations, so many organizers face the challenge of adapting their marketing communication to international visitors. The aim of this study is to help them adapt communication to the differentcultures.The …

Research to indicators to build a typology of virtual communities in organized sports.

Commissioned by the fs Agency for one of her brands, Rosti Mepal, a quantitative research has been conducted into the behavior and demands on social media of the target group. This research was necessary because little is known about how the target group is best approached through social media. Based …

Individual and unorganized sports with a health-related focus, such as recreational running, have grown extensively in the last decade. Consistent with this development, there has been an exponential increase in the availability and use of electronic monitoring devices such as smartphone applications …

In de Duitse stad Bochum loopt op dit moment een tentoonstelling met als titel: 'Artige Kunst' (gewillige, gehoorzame kunst). Het is kunst die paste bij de cultuurpolitiek van het nationaalsocialisme van Adolf Hitler. In 1937 werd deze kunst getoond tijdens de eerste Grossen Deutschen Kunstausstellung …

Recent fuseerden het Delftse sportevenementenbureau Shivers en het Haagse sportmarketingbureau SportVibes. Ze gaan verder onder de vlag van SportVibes United met als vestigingsplaatsen Den Haag en Delft. BVVS’er Imre van Leeuwen gaat samen met twee anderen de nieuwe organisatie aansturen. Hij wordt directeur …