The 3 S’s of FIFA – Soft Power, Sports washing, Sports Diplomacy: The BRICS and Qatar World Cups
Keywords:
Social rapports, deflation and inflation, constant & coordinated development, Adolescence; Developmental Task; Identity; Parenting function; Parentification., Literature-in-English, Debasish Lahiri, Concept Poetry, Postcolonial Intersectionalities, accessibility, inclusivity, audiovisual translation, inclusive subtitles, universalist approach, Soft Power, FIFA, Sportswashing, Sports Diplomacy, Transnationality, Public Sphere Global South, Qatar.Abstract
This article analyzes how the BRICS countries and Qatar used sporting mega-events as a discourse to expand their political influence. To this end, the article discusses (a) the public sphere and its interfaces in sports and (b) the 2010 to 2022 World Cups as examples of Soft Power, Sportswashing, and Sports Diplomacy. As an analytical structure, we will make an interface between the studies that discussed the role of the Western media during the events and FIFA’s 3 S’s. The central argument resides in FIFA’s 3 S’srole during the World Cup cycle in countries of the Global South and the existence of a FIFA modus operandi in the last four World Cups.
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