3’S of sporting mega-events - soft power, sportswashing, sports diplomacy: the BRICS and Catar World Cups

This article seeks to analyze how the BRICS countries and Qatar used sporting mega-events as a discourse to expand their political influence. For this, the article discusses (a) the public sphere and its interfaces in sport; (b) the 2010 to 2022 World Cups, as examples of Soft Power, Sportswashing a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Bettine, Marco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
Repositorio:Motrivivência (Florianópolis)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/94931
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/motrivivencia/article/view/94931
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:FIFA
Transnationality
Public sphere
Esfera publica
Transnacionalidad
Transnacionalidade
Esfera pública
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Sumario:This article seeks to analyze how the BRICS countries and Qatar used sporting mega-events as a discourse to expand their political influence. For this, the article discusses (a) the public sphere and its interfaces in sport; (b) the 2010 to 2022 World Cups, as examples of Soft Power, Sportswashing and Sports Diplmacy. As an analytical structure, an interface will be made between the studies that discussed the role of the western media during the events and the 3'S of FIFA. The central argument resides in FIFA's role during the World Cup cycle in countries of the global south and the existence of a FIFA modus operandi in the last four World Cups.