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Studying users’ experiences in a connected Tennis stadium: Roland Garros Case Study

Smartphones have taken over traditional laptops and tablets and are becoming more and more versatile in terms of usage. We overview the key points of the role of mobile applications in today’s sports user experiences and test interrelations between variables related to use the smartphone on sporting events and download and use apps for sports …

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The rise of competitive sports in England: constructing character & national identity

Introduction There is a widespread belief that competition is a ‘natural’ phenomenon in human beings, and that it should therefore be fostered in such subjects as physical education, and certainly within the national sporting context. However, my research rejects this truth claim about competition and competitive sports being ‘natural’ and instead examines how competition has …

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