AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank numerous individualswho have contributed to the developmentand implementation of the comparativestudy Discrimination in Sport. The report’sobjectives could not have been met withoutthe dedicated assistance of various specialists,without whom this research projectwould not have been such a success.We are very grateful to the following “countryrepresentatives” for all of their contributionsduring the data collection phase:• Alexander Bikbov, Moscow University,Russia• Alison Warwood, FARE Network, London,United Kingdom• Ann De Mol, King Baudouin Foundation,Brussels, Belgium• Carlos de Cárcer, Fundación Red Deportey Cooperación, Madrid, Spain• Corina Duijndam, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam, Netherlands• Emanuele Toscano, La Sapienza University,Rome, Italy• Esin Ileri, EHESS, Istanbul, Turkey• Ivana Miloševic‘, Centre for Developmentand Education, Belgrade, Serbia• Jan Scharlowsky, Berliner Fußball-Verband, Berlin, Germany• Lukasz Jurczyszyn, CommunicationService, Warsaw, Poland• Paul Chartier, Fondation du Sport,Paris, FranceWe are particularly grateful to the Union ofEuropean Football Associations (UEFA), whograciously provided 1,200 ‘Respect Diversity’t-shirts, water bottles, and pins, which weredistributed to students throughout Europewho participated in the online survey.A special thanks to Marco Bernet and histeam from the U10/U11 FC Zürich ‘LetziKids‘for the enthusiasm and energy they providedus during the filming of video clipssimulating discrimination used for the onlinesurvey.We would also like to express our gratitudeto Dan Burrows, Access to Sport at Nike, forhis continued support and feedback, withoutwhom this project would not have beenpossible. Many thanks also to Elena Korffrom Nike’s CEE team for her keen interestand support of this study.Similarly, we would like to acknowledgethe invaluable help provided by Ann De Mol,King Baudouin Foundation, for championingthe development of this research project inseveral capacities, and for her tenaciousfeedback and kind support.viKING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATIONDISCRIMINATION IN SPORT
ContentsExecutive SummaryiForewordvAcknowledgmentsvi1. Introduction 12. Discrimination in sport based on race, religion, ethnicity and nationality 73. Discrimination in sport based on gender 154. Regional differences in terms of discrimination in sport 215. Recommendations 27Appendix 35DISCRIMINATION IN SPORTKING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATIONvii
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