ABSTRACT
Sport constitutes one of the most dynamic and sociologically illuminating domains of globalization (Giulianotti & Robertson, 2004). Over the last two decades, a growing number of scholars have looked at the intricate relationship between global processes and sports (Giulianotti & Robertson, 2007; Maguire, 1999; Miller et al., 2001). Most notably, studies have focused on the various dimensions of globalization—economic, political, and cultural—and on the effects that each of these dimensions has had on the development of modern sports. While some of the studies emphasize the homogenizing effects that globalization has had on the practices, regulations, and discourses surrounding sport, others have focused on local resistance and the challenging of hegemonic practices by various nation states and local audiences.
