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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Soccer fans"”.
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"Oh, When the Wiz": An Ethnography of Communal Music-Making in Kansas City Soccer Culture
… that music-making works? Association football (soccer) fans around the world chant together as a means of establishing a game day atmosphere as well as to proclaim their collective identity as members of an exclusive group. Aiming to explore this relationship between communal music-making, …
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Usability engineering of interactive voice responsive (IVR) systems in oral users of Southern Africa
… Botswana, Southern Africa. The BGR system allows soccer fans to access results of recently played matches in Premier Soccer League (PSL) of South Africa.
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Motivating Factors Influencing Spectator Attendance At Professional Soccer Events in Brazil
<p>In Brazil, soccer is regarded so highly that Brazilians often refer to their country as o pais do futebol, or the country of football ("Natal Brazil", 2006). Brazil national soccer teams won five of the nineteen World Cup tournaments, a record that is so far unmatched by any other country. …
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When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly: A Study of Fan Experiences of Perceived Match Fixing in Soccer
… been given to the nexus between corruption in soccer and its impact on fandom. Consequently, the purpose of this qualitative study was to better understand the lived experiences of highly identified soccer fanatics living through this era of match fixing in the sport. Social networking site …
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Housing Rights Implications of Hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Toronto and Vancouver: Towards a Legal Framework that Effectively Protects the Right to Adequate Housing in Canada
… the greatest sporting event in the history of soccer – the FIFA World Cup (FWC). The 2026 FWC starts in June 2026, with Canada, Mexico, and the US as host nations. This thesis focuses on Canada to ascertain how the hosting of the 2026 FWC could impact the right to adequate housing in the host …
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Mia San Mia: Professional Club Soccer, Religion, and Social Ethics
<p>For thousands of soccer fans around the world, soccer is their religion. This dissertation marks the first extended examination of what religious soccer is, what it looks like in practice, and how it impacts the lives of fans in the context of professional club soccer. It provides a framework …
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Cardiff City Fans: a sociological explanation of their involvement in football cultures and football violence
… football violence as practiced by Cardiff City fans both past and present, than the accepted views of football already available at an academic level. Expanding on work carried out at dissertation level, the research will attempt to provide a new model of football violence, and this will be …