Sport International Relations
AmirHoseyn Monazzami; Mahdi Shariati Feizabadi; Sadegh Ranjbar
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Religious and political challenges with Saudi Arabia in the last decade, followed by the burning of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, invited the sport of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially national an club’s football, to a new problem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the anti-diplomacy ...
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Religious and political challenges with Saudi Arabia in the last decade, followed by the burning of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, invited the sport of the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially national an club’s football, to a new problem. The purpose of this study was to analyze the anti-diplomacy of Iranian football as a geopolitical challenge against Saudi Arabia. The present study was a qualitative (descriptive-analytical) type of library studies in terms of applied purpose and in terms of data collection; The statistical population was equal to 54 works of international sports relations and in particular sports diplomacy in the Middle East region and the statistical sample was equal to the contents about Iranian football anti-diplomacy, soft power of Iran and Saudi Arabia. The findings of the present study showed that the national teams of Saudi Arabia and Iran, as the main players in the Arab world and the Middle East, respectively, have played a significant role in the development of football in this region and many Asian football achievements, including being on the championship platform in the Asian Champions League. And attending the FIFA World Cup has been the result of the two countries' attention to football as their most popular sport; Finally, football in the confrontation between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East can be a tool for convergence and as one of the basic geopolitical codes of the two countries, which with its soft nature can open a diplomatic path in re-examining the relations between the two countries.
Tayyebeh Yanpi; Farzam Farzan; Morteza Dousti
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The main purpose of the present study was to compare Iranian and foreign websites of sports apparel based on webometric index. The research method is descriptive-analytical in terms of purpose, practicality, statistical population of the research, consisting of authentic Iranian and foreign sports apparel ...
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The main purpose of the present study was to compare Iranian and foreign websites of sports apparel based on webometric index. The research method is descriptive-analytical in terms of purpose, practicality, statistical population of the research, consisting of authentic Iranian and foreign sports apparel websites, among the various twelve sites including six Iranian sites (merooj, pishkoh, jamjam, hafafsport, allsport, bofofo) and six external sites including (Adidas, nike, reebok, uhlsport, pouma, fila). The research tool was a researcher-made checklist. The checklist includes eleven dimensions (site specification, visual layout design, navigation, technical, reaction time, product information quality, product diversity, audience level, product order quality, shipping cost and security) and 56 questions. The method of data collection was observational-objective. The face validity of the questions was confirmed by sports and computer management experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was determined by agreement between assessments. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis test and Friedman test was used to rank the questions. The results show that there was no significant difference between the investigated components in Iranian and foreign sites in terms of eleven dimensions and the selected sites had high quality in their sites. As a result, according to the findings of the research, webmasters and executives of Iranian and foreign sites can increase their site development with more innovations and capabilities in the site to improve the performance of the sites among users.