Joseph Anthony Maguire
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LOCATION: Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Professor of the Sociology of Sport, Loughsborough University, England. Author of Global Sport: Identities, Societies, Civilizations and others..
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Sports, physical contests pursued for the goals and challenges they entail. Sports are part of every culture past and present, but each culture has its own definition of sports. The most useful definitions are those that clarify the relationship of sports to play, games, and contests. “Play,” wrote…
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