In 2016 Claus Leggewie published an article on “Sports, culture, development and foreign policy” in ifa’s magazine “Culture Report Progress Europe” in which he described sports as an amplifier of globalisation. He argued that spectators of major sporting events formed a transnational community, albeit a volatile one. What does Claus Leggewie have to say on this topic in view of the politically heavily charged Soccer World Cup in Qatar?

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