What Actually Qualifies as Sports Diplomacy?
Guest author Xenia Hopârtean on why the professionalisation of the field of sports diplomacy demands boundaries - and where to start drawing them.
Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped with Gavin Price
Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped with Gavin Price is a Substack newsletter and insights platform that explains and demystifies the complex world of sports diplomacy in an easily digestible, bite-sized format.
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Football Beyond the Pitch: How grassroots football can become a pathway to leadership, diplomacy and opportunity in Africa
Lerato Motjale on why Africa's most meaningful sports diplomacy may not begin at international summits, but on the community fields where girls are learning to find their voice and learn life skills.
Wales-Cymru has the sports fixture list of a lifetime. It needs an economic game plan to match
Culture, music and language have regularly opened doors for Welsh sports diplomacy. Trade, investment and the global Welsh diaspora should now take it to the next level.
Could the FIFA World Cup 2026 become Canada's next “Summit Series” moment?
A 1972 cable shaped Canadian identity through hockey diplomacy. Sylvain Leclerc on why the 2026 World Cup is Canada's next sports diplomacy opportunity, and proposes a 5-pillar framework to seize it.
Boston Steps Up: Launching North America's First City-Level Sports Diplomacy Playbook
A special Sports Diplomacy Unwrapped launch, in partnership with WorldBoston and guest author Cody Damon.
Activating Ireland's Sportscape — and a New Genre of Sports Diaspora Diplomacy
Gavin Price and Dr Martin Russell showcase a new report on how to activate global Irish sports diplomacy — and unveil Sports Diaspora Diplomacy (SDD), a fresh framework for a new diplomatic era.
When Sport Brings Us Together: Three People-Powered Diplomacy Stories You Need to Hear
When the world fractures, sport connects. Gavin Price explores people-powered sports diplomacy across Australia and the Asia-Pacific as a much-needed counter-narrative for troubled times.
Sports Diplomacy Is Not (Only) About States
Guest author and sports diplomacy expert-practitioner Raül Romeva i Rueda reflects on plural identity, emotional disconnection, and what Spain’s sports diplomacy deficit truly reveals.
The Open Political Goal of 2026: Do Plaid Cymru, Welsh Labour or the Greens Have the Strategic Vision to Back Welsh Olympic and Cricket Teams?
Gavin Price contends that with the 2026 Senedd election on the horizon, Welsh political parties face a pivotal choice: back Olympic and cricket teams or once again let a golden opportunity drift.
From Desert to Snow: Why Is the United Arab Emirates at the Winter Olympics?
From a box seat working on the ground at Milano‑Cortina 2026, Stratos Chiotis examines the UAE’s Winter Olympics debut and its lessons for modern sports diplomacy.