International Journal of the History of Sport

Papers
(The median citation count of International Journal of the History of Sport is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Arnis Under American Colonial Rule: Expanding Sources, Geographical Scope, and Reconstructing Historical Narrative8
‘Cheap, Scientific and Free From Danger’: Accounting for the Development of Field Hockey in Aotearoa New Zealand5
The Female Tradition in Physical Education: Women First Reconsidered The Female Tradition in Physical Education: Women First reconsidered , edited by David Kirk and Patr5
Gymnastics in Nineteenth-Century South Africa5
Reading Kristi Yamaguchi: Media, Multiculturalism, and the Double Process of Racialization4
The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 19784
A Critical and Historical Review of Women’s Football in Male-Dominated Sports Governing Bodies in Jamaica and Hawaiʻi4
A History of World Taekwondo-Approved Competition Uniforms4
Making Public the History of Non-Racial Sport in South Africa4
Sport Between a Century-Old Hostility: Football Relations of Serbia and Albania3
The Sociohistorical Challenges to the Development of Women’s Football in Poland3
Image of ‘Sino-Western Essence’ in the Press: On the ‘Dual-Track’ Physical Training System of Chin Woo Athletic Federation3
Introduction: Africa in the Boxing Ring3
Reclaiming the 1934 Women’s World Games: Athletic and Gender Performance3
Undoing Maradona: Subalterns of Sport for Development3
The Polish Olympic Committee’s Subjection to the Communist Authorities in the Stalinist Period: An Inside Story3
‘Athletes for Peace’? From the Quest to Hold the Mavericks Accountable to a Second American Rebel Tour of South Africa3
How Pure Was Romanian Rugby? Minority, Majority and Extremists in Romanian Interwar Rugby3
Placard Carriers and Flag Bearers: Gender Representation in the Summer Olympics’ Parade of Nations (1908–2021)3
Exploring Sports and Identity in Macau: A Historical Perspective on Portuguese Influence and Contemporary Significance2
Cooperation of Sports Communities with the Government Apparatus in Poland in the Years 1945–19892
Sustainable Local Operation of Chin Woo Athletic Association in Singapore and Malaysia2
A Bouncing Echo of Medieval Heydays? The Legacy of Pärk ( Jeu de Paume ) in Gotland2
Debates on Naturalized Athletes in Turkish Politics, 1986–2022: A Part of National Pride or Discontent?2
From the Box Score to Artificial Intelligence: A Historical and Analytical Journey Through Basketball Statistics (1891–Present)2
‘A Democracy That Will Know Not the Differences of Race’: American ‘Globetrotting’ in South Africa from the 1920s through the 1980s in Perspective2
Between Purity and Pragmatism: The Politics of Purebred Breeding and Racing of the Orlov Trotter in Imperial Russia, 1880–19152
Romanian Women’s Participation in Recreation and Sporting Activities at the Turn of the Twentieth Century2
County Club Finances and the Decline of Amateur Cricketers in England2
From Motions to Missions: Interrogating Sport Organization Annual Reports as Works of Sport Memory2
‘Dis Football Sef … Na Wahala’: A Continental Contest That Troubled a Nation2
Sport and History in Small States and Non-Sovereign Territories: An Introduction2
A Mutual Dependency: Postcolonial Relations between the French Athletics Federation and French-Speaking African Athletics Federations (1956–1969)2
Book Reviews: A Specificity of Historical Practice2
Development of Japanese Martial Arts in Hungarian Sport Culture2
Breaking New Ground: A Historical Exploration of Women’s Cricket in India, 1973–19912
The Girl with the Torch: The Life Story of Gymnast Karin Lindberg Lindén2
Naming Practices in Cameroonian Football Clubs: Historical Shifts and Sociocultural Meanings from 1920 to 20202
Physical Culture and Batllismo: Resignifying Amateurism in the Uruguayan Context2
Professional Basketball, the ‘Hardship Case’ and the ‘Culture of Poverty’: The Social Construction of Black Basketball Players from Spencer Haywood to Moses Malone, 1969–19742
Football and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Argentina: La Nuestra2
Rugby in Early Communist Romania1
A ‘Fictitious National Crown’: The Rise and Fall of State of Origin Contests in Australian Rules Football, 1977–19991
Living Football, Navigating Politics: Salah Assad’s Life Story in Post-Colonial and Post-Conflict Algeria1
Navigating Athlete Welfare, 1962–2023: Policy, Practice and Challenges in South Korea1
Pathway in Developing Sport Ecosystem in Small States1
Sports Press as a Soft Power Tool in the Polish-German Border Plebiscite of 19211
Sports in South America: A History1
On the Kicking Techniques of Pankration1
Asia Pride Games (The Straits Games): Past, Present, and Future1
Sport and Social Difference in Vienna around 1900: On the Historical Significance of Otto Herschmann1
Transforming Scottish Basketball: Exploring the Student Impact, 1890s–1930s1
The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers: Professional Baseball in Modern Japan1
The Work of Georges Demenÿ in Brazilian Periodical Press: Themes Debated, 1890 − 19491
Facial Recognition Technology, Surveillance, and the Transformations of the Crowd in the Sports Stadium: A Literary Approach1
Wisdom from the Wickets: Cricket Virtues and Colonial Governance in Lord Harris’ Bombay1
Sport in Qatar: Nation-Building, Cultural Identity, and Royal Influence1
From Back Streets to Olympic Stage: The Development of Breaking and Skateboarding in South Korea1
Making Refereeing Global? How FIFA’s International Courses for Referees Helped Lay the Groundwork for Football’s Commercialization, 1948–19761
Regulating, Controlling and Using New Financial Inflows: The Introduction of a Modern Licensing Scheme in Swiss Professional Football (1992–2010)1
Introduction1
From Online to Offline Surfing: The Role of Social Media in Promoting the Sustainability of the Obibini Girls Surf Club1
From California to Brazil: The History of Skateboarding in Curitiba, Paraná (1975–1999)1
Commodifying Race: The Portrayal of Bernardo Mikixi, an Angolan Mixed Martial Artist, in the Extreme Fighting Championship’s Advertising Materials in South Africa, 2009–20151
The Political and Social Determinants of Football Hooliganism in Central Europe in the Interwar Period1
Historical Clues in N′golo for the Understanding of Floreio in Capoeira1
Serbian Sports Aviation in the Period 1925–19411
Soccer and Society in Dublin: A History of Association Football in Ireland’s Capital1
The Sporting Battalion Athletes in the Defence of Madrid During the Spanish Civil War 11
A Contested Victory: Liberal Reformism and Women’s Physical Culture in Colombia, 1930–19461
‘It’s a Policy Matter, Not a Racial Matter’: Athlete Activism and Symbiotic Struggles against Apartheid in US Track and Field of the Early 1970s1
Judo and Kendo as Instruments of Japanese Imperialism in the Philippines, 1942–19451
From Festivities to Competitions—The Historical Heritage and Modern Transformation of Dragon Boat Sports Culture in Taiwan1
‘The Cheering Was Loud and Long’: Practical Feminism and the England Women’s Hockey Tour of Australia in 19271
Diplomatic Heavyweights: Sumō Wrestlers and Japan-China Relations in the Early 1970s1
Disputed Frontiers: Open Water Crossings in the River Plate, 1918–19241
‘Be Curious, Not Judgmental’: Advice to Coaches, Ethnographers and Beginners Everywhere1
Sports Facility Development and Politics in Budapest since 19451
The Second World War, the ‘Rugby Split’, and the Afrikanerization of White Rugby in South Africa, c.1940–19561
‘Pommel Horse Rebels and Apartheid’s Friends’ – American Gymnasts and the International Anti-Apartheid Sports Boycott Against South Africa, 1970–19901
Physical Education, Sports and Educational Reforms: The Assistance Agreement Between the Argentine Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany (1961–1980)1
‘In Case of Dispute, the French Text is to be Used’: A History of the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR), 1904–19221
Anzac Day Football: From Rotating Ritual to Monopolized ‘Tradition’, 1960–20251
Louis Faure-Dujarric, a French Sports Architect in the Interwar Period1
Analysis of the Cancellation of the 2019 East Asian Youth Games in Taiwan1
Olympic Truce during the Nagano Olympics: Between Diplomacy and Public Diplomacy of the International Olympic Committee1
Sumiyuki Kotani, the Kodokan Emissary to Brazil1
Women’s Weightlifting in Taiwan: History, Media and Gendered Politics from the 1980s to the Olympics1
Youth Education and Sport as an Arena of Political Rivalry: The Maccabi Movement in 1930s Palestine1
Animated by Uncertainty: Rugby and the Performance of History in South Africa1
The Lamido Yaya Daïrou Stadium of Maroua: A Site of Memory and a Source of History1
Eastern Beauties: The Role of Taiwanese Corporate Women’s Basketball Teams in Cold War Cultural Diplomacy1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sport: Sporting Literacy, Attenuated Agency, and Survivance1
Olympic Philately: Reading the 1896 Athens Olympics from Postage Stamps1
Turning Gymnasts into Citizen-Soldiers: The Militarization of Physical Activities during the Third Republic in France (1870–1940)1
Exploring Sport’s Role in Mitigating Conflicts Gulf Cup as a Case Study1
Introduction: The History of Sport in the Balkans from the Sokol Movement to Physical Culture1
From Cultural Import to Flourishing Sport: A Comprehensive History of DanceSport in China (1864–2023)1
Internationalisation and Modern Sport: The Anglo-French Struggle to Control International Cycling, 1892–19141
Losing Muscle and Gaining Strength: The Modifications in Women’s Bodybuilding in Brazil (2002–2015)0
Cricket Ball: The Heart of the Game0
A Seemingly Endless Debate? The Establishment of Golf Courses in Taiwan0
An Alternative Model for International Competition: The First Women’s World Field Hockey Tournament, Copenhagen 19330
‘Keeping a Lid On It’: How the Melbourne Daily Press Attempted to Repress Passions for Australian Rules Football, 1889 to 19220
Modernization Through Leisure and Sports: The Case of Sümerbank Industrial Campuses in Turkey0
The Sport Hero Concept in Czechoslovakia: The Phenomenon of Emil Zátopek, 1948–19560
Invention, Interpretation, and Diffusion: A Transnational Framework for the Development of Netball, 1895–19260
From Rikidôzan to the Roku Player: The Evolution of Japanese Television and Puroresu0
Dawn of the War on Steroids0
Field Hockey in China: An Exploration of Socioeconomic and Political Changes, 1900–20240
Counterpunch: The Cultural Battles Over Heavyweight Prizefighting in the American West0
Umpires, Referees, Judges and Stewards: Changing Modes of Judgment and Arbitration in English Sport c.1600–c.19000
National Mourning: The First Norwegian Sports Boycott in 19050
Negotiating the Space between East and West: Sport and Gender Politics in Swiss Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in the Cold War Era0
Baseball in the Atacama Desert: From Elitist Sport to Popular Identity in Tocopilla, Chile (1915–1971)0
Daciada and Winter Sports in Romania, 1976–19890
National Mythscapes and Popular New Zealand Rugby Histories: Representing the 1986 Cavaliers0
Women’s Competitive Sport in Iran: Unravelling Four Decades of Discursive Evolution, 1979–20200
The North China Ice Games during the Period of the Republic of China0
The History of Sport in Brazil in the Global Context: Analysis of Publications in The International Journal of the History of Sport0
Chamonix 1924: The First Winter Olympics0
‘We are Grateful for the Opportunity to Act as Ambassadors for Our Club and Our Country’: Sporting Hospitality during the Northern Ireland Conflict0
Technology and Its Role in Making Dinghy Sailing More Accessible: Innovation Networks in the USA, United Kingdom and France0
Windsurfing’s Rapid Global Diffusion: The Evolution of a 1970s Technology-First Sport0
Indigenous Public History: Cherbourg’s Marching Girls0
Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America’s Anti-Apartheid Movement0
Transnational Mediation of Sports: Attention and Verbal Framing of Men’s Handball Teams and Athletes on Danish, German, and Romanian Online Sports News Sites0
Introduction0
An Olympic Fairytale: The Zimbabwean Women’s Field Hockey Victory at the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games0
New Evidence of Women Fighting Beasts in the Roman Arena: The Woman in the Mosaic from Reims0
Games, Greek and Pluck: Classicism, Masculinity, Elite Education and British Sport, 1850–1914, by Andy Carter, Oxford, Peter Lang, 2025, xi + 327 pp., £47 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-80374-613-50
The Sportization of Rowing and Swimming in the Tietê River (São Paulo, Brazil, 1899–1949)0
The Attempted Grobalization of Parkour by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique0
Framing Expertise: R. Alan Eagleson and the Toronto Globe and Mail , 1967–19940
Bold Ambitions, Austere Realities: On the Unfulfilled Plans for the Warsaw Olympic Games0
The Legacy of Sports Nationalism in South Korean Sport0
Local, National and Global Histories of Netball: An Overview0
Tracing Two South Korean Olympic Pathways: Symbols, Conflicts, and Integration through Global Sports Events0
Through on Goal: Soft Power, Sporting Sovereignty and the History of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Recognition of Non-Sovereign, Subnational0
Sports Diplomacy Surrounding the IOC’s Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Between Political Neutrality and Peace Promotion0
The Second Women’s Olympic Games, Gothenburg, 19260
Sport, Leisure, and Time: Historical and Sociocultural Dialogues in the Construction of Modernity0
Big Wave Surfing: From the Local to the Global Stage of Surfing, or Vice Versa?0
A Runner’s Journey0
Local, National and Global Histories of Field Hockey: An Overview0
Athletic Success, Authenticity, and National Identity in Singapore: Representing the Little Red Dot0
Sports Research and Military Performance: The Age and Gender of Soldiers and Officers in the Swedish Military0
Institutional Change in the Governance of Chinese Football: The Era of ‘Top-Level Design’ Under the Leadership of Xi Jinping0
Aerobics Made in Poland: Women’s Mass Leisure Activity in the Socialist State, 1983–19890
Entrepreneurial Goals: Development and Africapitalism in Ghanaian Soccer Academies0
Sports, Human Rights and Diplomacy: Argentine ‘Rebel’ Rugby Tours to South Africa in the 1980s0
Sex Testing in Volleyball0
The Forty-Three Year History of Taipei Baseball Stadium, 1957–20000
El deporte en la Grecia antigua: aspectos sociopolíticos y culturales (Sport in Ancient Greece: socio-political and cultural aspects)0
Sport History and AI: Book Reviews Revisited0
The Politics of Football in Yugoslavia: Sport, Nationalism and the State0
The Best Professionals in Army and Miliţia Were the Football Players: Shamateurism in Romanian Football during the ‘Golden Epoch’0
‘Cultivating Character’: The Association of British Athleticism with the Educational Value of Japanese Football in Shūkyū Monthly Magazine (1931–41)0
Ling’s Gymnastics Method in Brazil: ‘A Work of Slow Infiltration’0
The Beginnings of the International Ice Hockey Federation0
Mass Choreography in Olympic Ceremonies: The Case of Turin 20060
Marion Jackson’s Conflicted Sacrifice: The Atlanta Daily World’s Black Southern Sportswriter on the Tension between Integration and HBCU Sport0
Sport and History: Continuity and Change. Local Stories to Explain Global History0
Dead or Alive: How Amateurism Shaped Marathons in Norway, 1896–19060
Regional Development and Discourse of Chin Woo Athletic Associations in Singapore and Malaya0
‘Player as a Job’, Beyond Elitism: A Critical Look at the History of Professional Athlete Development in South Korea0
Modern Visions of Physical Education: The Dissemination and Institutionalization of Polish Enlightenment Publications0
Olympic Games and Adventure Sports: The Inclusion of Surfing in the Tokyo 2020 edition0
From Funerals to Flares: Europeanisation of Finnish Football Supporter Culture0
The Financial Impact of World Series Cricket on Australia’s State Cricket Associations, 1974–19820
Populism and Professionalism in Brazilian Football during Getulio Vargas’s Regime (1930–1945)0
‘I Consider Myself a Political Prisoner’: The Long and Strange Journeys of American Rebels Enmeshed in Ironies of the Athletes’ Rights Crusade0
‘Who Walked against Time’: Nineteenth Century Intersections of Pedestrianism and Medicine0
‘Striking the Mighty Anvil Known as “Propaganda”’: Journalism and the Institutionalization of Sport in Spain, 1890–19200
‘Unsportsmanlike Behaviour’: Okigwe Football League and Inter-Community Rivalries in Southeastern Nigeria, 1949–19510
Around the Grounds: The Origins of Australian Rules Football Radio Broadcasts, 1925–19390
Sport Diplomacy and National Identity: Palestinian Sport Under the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), 1969–19920
Beautiful Bridesmaides Dressed in Oranje. The Unfulfilled Glory of Dutch Football0
‘Here to Just Play’: Investigating the Violent Protests That Occurred in Melbourne During South Africa’s Netball Tour of Australia in 19700
How Tom Wills Shaped the Origins and Early Evolution of Australian Rules Football0
The Sporting Club Maccabi de Paris in the Interwar Period (1924–1939): The Path of a Zionist Club0
Ajua Game Among the Luo of Kenya: A Space to Imagine, Navigate, and Contest Social Identities0
Disciplining Performance: The Institutional History of Sport Sciences in Revolutionary Cuba0
Final Score: The Sports Chosen for Broadcast on the BBC’s Grandstand0
Cackyhander: Writing about Cricket, Sports History and the Olympic Games0
Ernest Wilimowski – Polish and German National Team Player with an Unspecified Nationality0
The Inclusion of eSports in the Olympic System: From Neglect to eSports Games0
Dongdaemun Stadium Memorial, Seoul: The Ambiguous Status of a South Korean Sports Heritage0
Development of Korea National Sport University Through the History of Elite Sports in South Korea0
Summit Diplomacy: US-Soviet Mountaineering Exchanges, 1974–19890
‘God Bless Joan Payson’: The Surprising Coverage of the First Woman to Buy a Sports Team0
Glocalization, Cultural Adaptation and Organizational Dynamics: A Sociohistorical Study of Football Ultras in China0
Building the Landscape of Sports Diplomacy: R. William Jones Cup Intercontinental Basketball Tournament on Formosa Island in the Cold War Era0
‘We Didn’t Kill Any Babies’: The 1988 Rebel Track and Field Tour of South Africa0
Small States and Territories Against a Giant: The Organisation History of Football in Oceania0
A ‘Rebel’ on the Run: Kenyan Gambles on Intercollegiate Athletics, Apartheid Sport, and US Road Racing of the 1980s – The Case of Samson Obwocha0
Transnational Athletes – Historical Perspectives0
Sports Diplomacy and Propaganda in Turkish Foreign Policy in the Early Republican Period0
‘Complete Anglers’ in Persia: On the Genesis of the Art of Angling in the ‘Valley of Happiness’0
The Emergence of ‘Sport for All’ in Socialist Yugoslavia0
Building European Fraternity Through Gymnastics: The Establishment of the Bureau Des Fédérations Européennes de Gymnastiques, 1863–19130
A New Dawn: The Rise of Women’s Hockey Leagues and the Emergence and Demise of the English Ladies Hockey Leagues Association, 1910–19600
Waves of Change: The Evolution of Korean Surfers’ Identity Amid Cultural Shifts0
‘Know the Game—Boxing’: Boxing in Colonial Kenya, 1895–19630
States of Play: How Sportswashing Took Over Football0
Olympic Infighting: An Exploration of Power Games between Leaders of International Sport Federations and the International Olympic Committee0
Animal-Human Relations: Fighting Cocks and Their Professional Cock-Feeders in England in the Long Eighteenth Century: The Secret World of Cockfight Preparation0
Excavating the Ancestry of ‘Globetrotting’: New Perspectives on the Intersection of Racial Politics, Civil Rights Struggles and anti-Apartheid Crusades in US Track and Field from the 1920s through the0
Ad Santel is Coming to Town: The 1921 Yasukuni Shrine ‘MMA Fights’ Between Catch Wrestling and Kōdōkan Judo0
The Indoctrination of Academic Communities at Polish Physical Education Universities, 1950–560
No Foreign Game: Association Football and the Making of Irish Identities0
The Bumpy Road to World Athletics: Foundation, People, Policies0
From Balls and Hoops to Coconuts and Tambourines: Protagonisms and Paradoxes of European Coach Ilona Peuker on Brazilian Floors0
‘Cricket is Perfectly Suited to the Chinese People’: The Contemporary Development of Chinese Cricket0
Examination of the Sportification Process of Aerobic and Its Competitive History0
Socialist Decolonial Practices and the Transformation of Sports Venues in China’s Former Foreign Concessions: The Case of Tianjin’s Minyuan Stadium in the 1950s0
Through the Lens of the Trainer-Masseurs: Australia’s Incongruous Engagement with the Olympic Amateur Ethos0
Basketball Returns Home: The Diffusion and Translocation of Basketball to Scotland0
Visualising Sport: ‘Visual Turns’, Visual Texts, Visual Culture0
The Institutional Development of the Philippine Olympic Movement and the Current Rise of Its Olympic Athletes0
Sport at War: Nithard’s Strasbourg Cavalry Games of 8420
Sports Mega-Event Hosting in Gulf States Prior to 2022: A Genealogy0
Sport and Authoritarianism in Latin America: An Introduction0
How You Play the Game: Judaism, Hellenism, and Athletics in Philo’s De Agricultura0
On the Origins of the Young Men’s Catholic Association as a Response to the Protestant Recreation Ethic in the United States, 1854–19090
‘A Hero Who Made This Country Proud’: Boxing, Nation, and the Politics of Sport in Kenya, ca 1950–19800
The Impact of Discrimination on Team Performance in the White Captain Era of West Indian Cricket0
Turkey’s First Female Auto Racing Champion: Samiye Cahit Morkaya0
The Long Economic Thread: Two Millennia of Commercialism and Sport0
Remembering Brazil @Mexico1970: Social Media & Collective Memory Making in Times of COVID-190
Pucks, Politics, and Parochialism: The Collapse of the Boston Bruins’ 1981 Move to Salem, New Hampshire0
The Heroism of the Long-Distance Runner: Janusz Kusociński and His Times as Portrayed in Light of His Memoirs From Palant to the Olympics0
Health, Sports, and Authoritarianism in Mexico’s Educational Project, 1930–19400
Festive Federalism: Race, Nation, and Neoliberal Aesthetics at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games0
Introduction: Public Sport History and Community Sport0
‘We Have No Bamboo Curtain’: Sports Diplomacy and China’s Techniques of Reshaping Southeast Asian Perception in the Second Half of the 1950s0
The 1968 Olympic Games: Tourism as Part of Nation Branding in Mexico0
The So-Called ‘First’ Korean Taekwondo School: The Ch’ŏngdo Kwan0
Football’s Forgotten Years: Reclaiming the AFL Competition’s Earliest Era – 1870 to 18960
International Sport Success in a Non-Sovereign Nation: The Case of Judo in Scotland0
On the Hand-Strike Techniques of Ancient Hellenic Boxing and Pankration0
Māori and Field Hockey from 1900: More Than a Game?0
Who Makes Good Sports Shows?: The First Velodrome Managers in France at the End of the Nineteenth Century0
Chadwick: A Man of Many Parts0
Riding the Waves of Change: The History and Culture of Women’s Surfing in Ireland0
22 Players Run After the Ball for 90 Minutes, and in the End England Wins. German Views of the 1935 and 1938 Germany–England Football Matches0
The Reeducation of Bill Walton: From Weak-Kneed Vegetarian Socialist to Born Again Capitalist0
Gladiatoren: Die Wirklichkeit hinter der Legende (Gladiators: The reality behind the legend)0
Football and Black Identity: Lifestyle Construction in A Voz da Raça in São Paulo, Brazil, in 19330
The Failed Decolonization of Egyptian Basketball, 1920–19520
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