Wimbledon and the transatlantic class system “The only thing championship about Wimbledon is its prestige”, John McEnroe substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

The secret's out, Asian football clubs are among the best in the world FIFA's Club World Cup is highlighting how strong football across the continent has become, even if attitudes towards it elsewhere are lagging behind substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

When the archives run dry: Football's crisis of nostalgia Living through a great age of retro substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

How fashion partnerships amplify elite football's industrial scale gentrification Luxury brand deals are now the name of the game for the sport's top clubs substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Attendance concerns deepen ahead of FIFA's opening Club World Cup game ICE and CPD officers will be at the match, even if large numbers of fans are not profchadwick.substack.com/p/attendance... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Are sluggish Club World Cup ticket sales a matter of pricing strategy or of fan expectations? Commercial ambitions are high for a tournament that still involves kicking a ball substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

What sponsors of FIFA's new Club World Cup tell us about football's geopolitical economy Europe will have twelve teams competing at a tournament where it will have no sponsors substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

“Here we go” The Gatekeepers - transfer insiders and the networked power of 21st century football substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Who were the real winners of UEFA's 2025 men's Champions League final? Paris Saint Germain wasn't the only victor substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Are European football club tours to Asia an anachronism? Manchester United's challenging recent visit to Asia highlights problems facing many European clubs substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

We wrote a few words on the Champions League Final

Professor Simon Chadwick@professorchadwick.bsky.social · last yr.

Champions League final 2025: a battle for glory against a backdrop of money and fashion theconversation.com/champions-le... @paulwiddop.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com Ronnie Das

The rise of the Sportister: Football, fashion, and the new global code Football, fashion and culture converge like never before substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

The FIA - a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma? Motorsport's global governing body just announced a return to profitability, yet it is haemorrhaging senior staff substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Controlled spaces and English football's tifos - is the beginning of the end already here? Commercial pressures and public sensitivities look set to moderate tifo culture substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Miami's vice like grip takes hold of global sport How the Florida city is fast becoming one of the industry's most important hubs substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Football prepares itself for a summer of authenticity From tour games to overseas fans, shirt launches and beyond, there's a quest ahead to be genuine, real and true substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Nostalgia, soft power, and the forgotten value of the English FA Cup “Nostalgia – it’s delicate, but potent.” — Don Draper, Mad Men substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

How a Harvard professor shaped 21st century sport Joseph Nye and his ideas about soft power will leave an indelible mark on the industry substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social

How a Harvard professor shaped 21st century sport

Joseph Nye and his ideas about soft power will leave an indelible mark on the industry

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Donald says, "Let Russia take part in the 2026 FIFA World Cup" How US president Trump and his predilections continue to play games with sport substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social

Mohammed Ali, mimetic isomorphism, and the return of big-time boxing to Qatar Copying a neighbour's behaviour is commonplace in the Gulf region substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Mohammed Ali, mimetic isomorphism, and the return of big-time boxing to Qatar

Copying a neighbour's behaviour is commonplace in the Gulf region

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Webinar 14th May 14.00 UK time | 15.00 French time SKEMA Publika sport & soft power ranking Which countries topped the ranking? Who are the ones to watch? What will Trump mean for soft power? Register via events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6de825... @paulwiddop.bsky.social

Why Zhao Xintong's snooker world championship win will deliver less then the hype suggests State policy, concerns about gambling, and changing consumer preferences will moderate what happens next in Chinese snooker substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Snookered!!! Britain's sporting ambitions are in a difficult position as 21st century realities hit substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

From April 2023... How Wrexham’s football fairy tale is fuelled by Disney and Hollywood glamour theconversation.com/how-wrexhams... @paulwiddop.bsky.social

Where do you draw your red lines? UEFA Champions League semi-final poses some awkward questions for football fans substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

We have developed a new model and framework | Paper is coming shortly | We think its going to be great The Football Cultural Audit (FCA) Clubs aren’t businesses with cultural value. They’re cultural institutions that operate commercially. 5 dimensions. Football’s cultural operating system.

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👂@evertonfc.com Head of Engagement, Mo Maghazachi & @efc-fanadvisory.bsky.social on why Fan Advisory Boards can be FAB, and @lincolncityfc.bsky.social's fan engagement director David Lowes on what 'regulator ready' means + fans & experts. Book 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/think... #fanengagement

China refocuses on sport as government moves on from a challenging decade Country will soon publish its fifteenth five-year plan, of which sport will be a part substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

India rising - the world's most populous country has big ambitions for its sport An interview with India journalist and former professional athlete Taruka Srivastav substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport

Kazakh boxer tasked with leading his country's sports diplomacy substack.com/home/post/p-... @paulwiddop.bsky.social #Geosport