Michal Marcin Kobierecki (Lodz): Sport in International Relations: Expectations, Possibilities, and Effects. Gottfried Schweiger (Salzburg): What Does a Professional Athlete Deserve? From Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research, Milos Bednar (Charles): Ars Vitae and Sport; Emanuele Isidori and Claudia Maulini (Rome) and Francisco Javier Lopez Frias (Valencia): Sport and Ethics of Weak Thought: A New Manifesto for Sport Education; Jerzy Kosiewicz (Josef Pilsudski): Social Sciences and Common Perceptions of Sport; and Mika Hamalainen (Turku): A Situational Theory of Advantages in Sport. On performance-enhancing drugs: Darrin Belousek considers different ethical perspectives on drugs in sport. Mike Jakeman on how to clean up cricket. Why does test cricket run in families? David Papineau wants to know. Barney Ronay reviews Love Game: A History of Tennis, from Victorian Pastime to Global Phenomenon by Elizabeth Wilson. Christopher Beam goes inside the American Football League of China. John B. Judis on ten reasons why baseball is better than soccer. American sports fan saves soccer: Gavin Smythe thinks up new rules for soccer to make it popular around the world. Where should the World Cup go in 2022? Ian Plenderleith on how the US has a convincing bid, and historical precedent may be on its side. The World Cup is political theatre of the highest order: David Goldblatt on the soft power behind the hard results of the global football tournament. Shan Carter and Kevin Quealy look at how fan loyalty changed during the World Cup. Molly Fitzpatrick on embracing the Tour de France, the World Cup’s endearingly weird little brother.
