Unit10: Sport, Politics and Big Money:

    Intro:

    Let's now focus on the intermingling between sport, politics and big money!

    We will try here not only to reflect on the "magic" of sport but also to consider the other side of the coin, and especially the biggest controversies sport is steeped in, especially as the Paris Olympics are drawing near!

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    Step0: Main facts:

    Key vocabulary and main facts:

    • World Cups and World Championships:

    The FIFA World Cup

    IAAF World Championships

    UEFA

    European Athletics

    • The Olympics: the most important sports events in the world:

    Olympic.org

    Olympic Values

    The IOC

    Sochi 2014

    Tokyo 2020

    • UEFA Euro 2020:

    Official website

     


    Famous English and American sportsmen or -women:


    Step1: Sporting events: Sports as "a microcosm of society":

    • Quote by Billie:

    "Sport is a microcosm of society", Billie Jean King.

    "Billie Jean King says that gender equity in sport is far from realised", Reuters

     

    • Gender issues in the sports world:

    Doc1a: Domestic abuse spikes in England (inews)

    Doc1b: The Matildas and the gender pay gap in football (News.com)

    Doc1c: Transgender athletes in the swimming world (CNN)

     

    • Racism and domestic abuse at Euro 2020/2021:

    Doc1d: Euro 2020 racist abuse: 11 people arrested (BBC News)

    Doc1e: Naomi Osaka and the Black Lives Matter (Andscape)

    • Olympic Games and Big Money: cf Step4

    Doc1f: The cost of the Paris Olympics (Forbes)

    Doc1g: Vidéo-surveillance et algorythme, le risque d'aller trop loin et trop vite à Paris pour les JO - Article Type ESSEC (Le Monde)

    • Sportswashing, the Qatar World Cup and human rights abuses:  cf Steps3+4

    Sportswashing

    What is sportswashing and why is it such a big problem? (Greenpeace)

    Sportswashing is everywhere (si.com)

     

    "This was a world cup of human rights horrors", The Washington Post

    • Looking on the bright side: how sports can change the world of mental health:

    Doc1i: How Naomi Osaka, Simone Biles, and the Tokyo Olympics changed the conversation about mental health (Time)

    Naomi Osaka: "It's okay not to be okay" (Time)


    Step2: The "magic" of sport:


    Step3: Sport and Politics:


    Step4: Sport and Business/Big money:


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