Podcasts Technology SOAS Radio "Sports as more than a game": Interview with Simon Rofe & Jose Gigante

"Sports as more than a game": Interview with Simon Rofe & Jose Gigante

Published: Feb. 2, 2018, 6:42 p.m.

b'Over the last few decades, sport has become a business and a social phenomenon that attracts more interest and more investment than many other industries, and has gone far beyond just being \\u201ca game\\u201d.\\n\\nMiia Laine talked to Dr Simon Rofe (SOAS) and Jose Gigante (Y-Sport) about how sports consumption and business is changing, what international sports events say (or don\\u2019t say) about diplomatic relations between countries, and the darker side of power dynamics in global sports.\\n\\nIn the build up to the World Radio Day Event on Feb 7th, 2018 the SOAS Radio Team will be interviewing community radio, representatives of communication for sports & development organisations, radio industry professionals and academics on this years theme of \\u2018Sports & Radio\\u2019 in a series of podcasts.\\n\\nSign up to the free event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-radio-day-2018-sports-radio-tickets-42167120994'