ABSTRACT
Currently, sport plays a large role in many countries, in particular in industrialized nation states, but people, mostly boys and men, living in the global south use sport, often football, as a way of identifying with their countries. Sport seems to be a “global” inheritance, but the focus on this game impedes insights into the large variety of “movement cultures” that still influence the sport habits and tastes of the populations. This chapter provides an analysis of the presence of women in decision-making bodies of sport, taking into consideration various international and national organizations. It examines both Denmark and the United States, and concludes with a biography of sport leader Dr. Gudrun Doll-Tepper of Germany.
