Oman is located in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is an IOC member since 1982 and participates in the Olympic Games since 1984. However, despite the fact that Oman is an active member ...

This research conducts a comparison between the Olympic Games in ancient Greece and ritual archery in early China before 200 BC, illustrating the similarities and differences between the two institutionalized cultural ...

The purpose of this experimental research was to show whether sport is an instrument for social change in time of crises, with a focus on children, using a case study in Syria. The research was applied to families and ...

PyeongChang had been a low-profile city of the Republic of Korea until the city was elected to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games after experiencing two-time failures of its bid for the 2010 and 2014 Olympics. Taking the ...

The aim of this paper is to present the position of women in the social life of ancient Greece during the Minoan, Mycenaean, (particularly) the archaic and classical, and Hellenistic times. The paper presents women who, ...

The outcome of this research has been to gain insight into the sport development processes in Vietnam since 1858 to present. Through the analysis, several key questions are addressed. In pointing out that the development ...

The project deals with the role of sport and in particular the Olympic Movement in building peaceful relationships among communities, social groups and people in general. In the following pages there will be an analysis ...

The present study aims to introduce, investigate and promote the role of sport as a lowcost, complementary tool which may be used with other instruments, contributing to an atmosphere of peace, cross-cultural education, ...