Sport and Discrimination in Europe

Sport and Citizenship, a European think tank focused on sport in society, has released the 17th Issue of its scientific journal entitled "Sport and discrimination in Europe".

Discrimination in Europe
One of the major policy lines for the next ten years defined by the Commissioner in charge of sport, Androulla Vassiliou, concerns the fight against transnational threats such as doping, match-fixing, violence, racism and intolerance.

Sport and Citizenship joins the debate
These problems frequently hit the headlines, so this is an enormous undertaking. Sport and Citizenship has decided to join the debate, so this quarter we are exploring the question of discrimination in sport. Etymologically, to discriminate means to separate or make distinctions. Recognising a difference is not necessarily discrimination; it only becomes so when it is based on unlawful criteria: gender, race, skin colour, religion and so on. Since it is a mirror of society, sport cannot avoid forms of discrimination. It is perhaps better placed than any other activity to get rid of prejudice, though, by facilitating contact and encounters between people.

The publication is only available to members of the organisation.

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