The Olympic Game being considered as the most competitive and major sport event in the world. Consequently, studies based on Olympic performance yield an important place in the sport studies. The main purpose of this study is to examine the predication capacity of predicators which have been...

We analyze the decision to participate and Olympic performance at the country level. We use an unbalanced panel of 118 countries over 24 editions of the Olympic Summer Games. The main focus of the paper is on economic, geographic and demographic explanations of Olympic participation and success....

Globalisation affects not only politics and the economy, but also sport, which has become significantly more international, competitive and financially powerful. This is particularly advantageous for most consumers or spectators. Especially top athletes benefit, while not so good athletes can...

This article discusses the severe restrictions that the British government has put in place to prevent the practice of ambush marketing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and argues that United States law sufficiently addresses the concerns that the International Olympic Committee and its...