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More Than a Game: Football and Ethnic Contestation in Contemporary Iran
Digest of Middle East Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, Fall 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines a particular form of ethnic resentment, namely the use of sport as a medium for expressing repressed ethnic feelings. It focuses on how a sports club, going beyond mere entertainment and athletics, becomes a center for disseminating ethnic sentiments. Specifically, it explores the role of Tractor, a football club founded in
Ehsan Kashfi
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Examination of Injury in Female Gaelic Football
International Journal of Exercise Science, 2013 To examine the relationship between body mass index and injury as well as examine injury according to playing position. In addition we sought to describe injury as it pertains to female Gaelic football. Data was collected using an online questionnaire.
Brown, Justin +2 more
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GETTING OUT WHAT YOU PUT IN: An Evaluation of Public Investment in Irish Sport. RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 2008 [PDF]
, 2008 This paper presents an economic analysis of the returns to public investment in Irish sport, which has increased dramatically over the past decade. It combines figures on spending by central government and state agencies with a relatively new and rapidly
Lunn, Pete
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Interactive games for preservation and promotion of sporting movements [PDF]
, 2014 In this paper we describe two interactive applications for capturing the motion signatures associated with key skills of traditional sports and games. We first present the case for sport as an important example of intangible cultural heritage.
Chatzitofis, Anargyros +10 more
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The Flag that Does Not Exist—Yet? Imagining a New Symbol in Northern Ireland
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 3, Page 554-560, July/September 2025.Abstract There is a large amount of research on the use and meaning of existing flags in Northern Ireland, and more generally on symbols in violent identity conflicts. By contrast, this article explores the absence of a symbol that might be expected to exist—a unifying official flag in Northern Ireland.
David Mitchell
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Who I Am: The Meaning of Early Adolescents’ Most Valued Activities and Relationships, and Implications for Self-Concept Research [PDF]
, 2017 Self-concept research in early adolescence typically measures young people’s self-perceptions of competence in specific, adult-defined domains. However, studies have rarely explored young people’s own views of valued self-concept factors and their ...
Alper L. S. +35 more
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Classification of direct threats to the conservation of ecosystems and species 4.0
Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2025.Abstract Identifying and assessing the magnitude of direct threats to ecosystems and species are critical steps to prioritizing, planning, implementing, and assessing conservation actions. Just as medical clinicians and researchers need a standard way to talk about human diseases, conservation practitioners and scientists need a common and ...
Nick Salafsky +14 more
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RUGBY IN IRELAND: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATION. RESEARCH SERIES NUMBER 97 November 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 This report, commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), provides evidence relating to the level of participation in rugby in Ireland and the factors that underpin it.
Kelly, Elish, Lunn, Peter
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Age and Sex Differences in Physical Performance Among Adolescent Team Sport Athletes
European Journal of Sport Science, Volume 25, Issue 5, May 2025.ABSTRACT The study aimed to explore the differences in physical performance characteristics across various age groups (U14, U16, and U18) and sexes in adolescent team sport athletes. 473 adolescent Norwegian football and handball players were recruited for anthropometrical and physical performance testing. Performance improved with age in both boys and
Lars M. Tingelstad +6 more
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