GENDER AND SPORT: DEGENDERING IN SPORT AND SOCIETY

Although football is perceived as an androcentric, hegemonic or male-dominated sport, emphasizing masculinity and sharing an affinity with war, including its metaphors on heroism, sacrifice and honor, after the 2004 European Championship, it became the most popular sport for women as well .... See article EXPERIENCING THE MYTH: GREEKNESS AND THE GERMAN HERO [“THE GODS SMILE ON GREECE”] by Patsantaras, N. & Kamberidou, I. : https://lnkd.in/dgM4Rsys  Media coverage EURO 2004: "Olympus has new gods", “the Gods smile on Greece”, “ascent to soccer Olympus”, “the wooden horse tactics”, "Ancient Greece had 12 gods, modern Greece has 11” Download: https://lnkd.in/d6T9_Dbp