Journal Articles

Postlethwaite, V (2023) Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games: international sport’s Cold War battle with NATO Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games: international sport’s Cold War battle with NATO by Heather L. Dichter, Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 2021, 288 pp, £27.95(paperback), ISBN 978-1-6253-4595-0, Sport in History, 43(4), pp.538-541, ISSN: 1746-0263. DOI: 10.1080/17460263.2022.2133398.

Postlethwaite, V, Jenkin, C, Sherry, E (2023) Sport diplomacy: an integrative review, Sport Management Review, 26(3), pp.361-382, ISSN: 1441-3523. DOI: 10.1080/14413523.2022.2071054.

Beissel, AS, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, J (2023) A new hope? FIFA 2.0, FIFA Women’s Football Strategy, and event bidding for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup^TM, Soccer & Society, 25(1), pp.1-28, ISSN: 1466-0970. DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2023.2214512.

Brice, J, Grainger, A, Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V (2022) The world cup trilogy: an analysis of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leverage strategies for the women’s cricket, rugby, and football world cups, International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 14(4), pp.621-639, ISSN: 1940-6940. DOI: 10.1080/19406940.2022.2117839.

Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2022) “Winning the women’s world cup”: gender, branding, and the Australia/New ZealandAs One 2023social media strategy for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, Sport in Society, 25(4), pp.768-798, ISSN: 1743-0437. DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2021.1980780.

Rofe, JS and Postlethwaite, V (2021) Scholarship and sports diplomacy: the cases of Japan and the United Kingdom, Diplomatica, 3(2), pp.363-385, ISSN: 2589-1766. DOI: 10.1163/25891774-03020005.

Postlethwaite, V, Kohe, GZ, Molnar, G (2018) Inspiring a generation: an examination of stakeholder relations in the context of London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics educational programmes, Managing Sport and Leisure, 23(4-6), pp.391-407, ISSN: 2375-0472. DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2019.1591296.

Postlethwaite, V and Grix, J (2016) Beyond the acronyms: sport diplomacy and the classification of the International Olympic Committee, Diplomacy & Statecraft, 27(2), pp.295-313, ISSN: 0959-2296. DOI: 10.1080/09592296.2016.1169796.

Postlethwaite, V (2014) Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the controversy of the Russian Propaganda Laws: is the IOC buckling under the pressure of its own incoherence in thought?, The International Sports Law Journal, 14(3-4), pp.264-274, ISSN: 1567-7559. DOI: 10.1007/s40318-014-0059-z.

Conferences

O'Byrne, D and Postlethwaite, V (2024) International Sports Development Policies. In .

Postlethwaite, V and Theodoraki, E (Accepted for publication) Revisiting The Circumstances Of The Commission For A Sustainable London 2012. In 31st European Association for Sport Management Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Postlethwaite, V and Hayes, CJ (Accepted for publication) Critically Exploring the Rugby League World Cup 2021 and the Promotion of Place in Three Towns and Cities in Northern England. In 31st European Association for Sport Management Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Books

Macnaughtan, H and Postlethwaite, V (2024) Handbook of Sport and Japan, Amsterdam University Press, ISBN: 9789048561056.

Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (2023) The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Chapters

Postlethwaite, V, Brittain, I, Duignan, M (2025) What Did London 2012 Mean for the Paralympics and the Lives of People with Disabilities?. In M, D (ed) Events and Society Bridging Theory and Practice, Routledge,ISBN: 9781032786209.

Postlethwaite, V, Theodoraki, E, Duignan, M (2025) London 2012: What the Olympic Games' Legacy of Sustainability Means for Events Today. In M, D (ed) Events and Society Bridging Theory and Practice, Routledge,ISBN: 9781032786209.

Postlethwaite, V, Chapman, EB, Macnaughton, H (2024) Introduction [Handbook of Sport and Japan]. In Handbook of Sport and Japan, Amsterdam University Press,ISBN: 9789048561056.

Yamashita, T, Postlethwaite, V, Molnar, G (2024) Winter sporting cultures and Japan. In Macnaughtan, H and Postlethwaite, V (ed) Handbook of Sport and Japan, Amsterdam University Press, pp.232-244, ISBN: 9789048561056.

Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2023) “Winning the women's world cup”: gender, branding, and the Australia/New Zealand As One 2023 social media strategy for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™. In The Sport Mega-Events of the 2020s, Routledge, pp.64-94, DOI: 10.4324/9781003454458-5.

Beissel, A, Brice, JE, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2023) Introduction: The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: politics, representation, and management. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.1-11, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Postlethwaite, V, Brice, JE, Grainger, A, Beissel, A (2023) The hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.12-28, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Postlethwaite, V, Beissel, A, Brice, JE, Grainger, A (2023) Tracing FIFA’s “flagship women’s competition” and its use of legacy from 1991 to 2023. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.68-82, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (2023) FIFA 2.0, FIFA Women’s Football Strategy, and the bid process for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: a new hope. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.85-99, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (2023) As One 2023, conjunctural politics, and commercialisation of gender equality and women's empowerment: the force awakens. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.100-112, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Price, G and Postlethwaite, V (2023) FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and sports diplomacy at a confederation level: the galactic alliance. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.113-126, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A (2023) Gender, branding, and the Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand As One 2023 social media strategy: winning the Women's World Cup. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.129-144, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Brice, JE, Grainger, A, Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V (2023) An analysis of Aotearoa New Zealand's leverage strategies for the Women's Cricket, Rugby, and Football World Cups. In Beissel, A, Postlethwaite, V, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (ed) The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Politics, Representation, and Management, Routledge, pp.175-188, ISBN: 9781032459035. DOI: 10.4324/9781003379201.

Postlethwaite, V (2023) The International Paralympic Committee, Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, and the invasion of Ukraine. In Chadwick, S, Widdop, P, Goldman, MM (ed) The Geopolitical Economy of Sport: Power, Politics, Money, and the State, Routledge, pp.67-74, ISBN: 9781032390611. DOI: 10.4324/9781003348238.

Postlethwaite, V, Jenkin, C, Sherry, E (2022) A Gendered Focused Review of Sports Diplomacy. In The Routledge Handbook of Gender Politics in Sport and Physical Activity, pp.137-148, DOI: 10.4324/9781003093862-15.

Rofe, JS and Postlethwaite, V (2019) Politics of Sports. In The Business and Culture of Sports, Volume 1: Foundations, MacMillan Reference Library, pp.93-114, ISBN: 9780028664989.

Bullingham, R and Postlethwaite, V (2018) Lesbian athletes in the sports media: Ambivalence, scrutiny and invisibility. In LGBT Athletes in the Sports Media, pp.51-74, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00804-8_3.

Internet Publications

Postlethwaite, V and Dowling, M (2024) Four reasons the UK should bid for the 2040 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Postlethwaite, V and Jenkin, C (2024) Sports Diplomacy and Sports Development. DOI: 10.4324/9780367766924-RESS85-1.

Postlethwaite, V, Jenkin, C, Krasnoff, L (2023) Women’s World Cup: how better sports diplomacy can help women’s football grow.

Postlethwaite, V, Beissel, A, Grainger, A, Brice, JE (2023) Women’s World Cup will highlight how far other countries have closed the gap with US – but that isn’t the only yardstick to measure growth of global game.

Margulies, B (2023) Saudi SWF merges golf outfit with US rival - PIF ends legal disputes and becomes a leading power in the sport.

Postlethwaite, V (2023) The diplomatic opportunities and challenges presented by international sports events: A snapshot from the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Postlethwaite, V (Accepted for publication) Capital of Sport: Feasibility Study Public Polling Data.

Postlethwaite, V (Accepted for publication) Capital of Sport: Feasibility Study Technical Report.

Postlethwaite, V (Accepted for publication) Policy Briefing UK Capital of Sport: Feasibility Study.

Thesis/Dissertation

Postlethwaite, V (2020) Inspiring a Generation (?): Interconnecting discourses between governing actors, policy, and legacy around London 2012.

Presentations

Postlethwaite, V (2023) A Critical Reflection on the Opportunities and Challenges of Operationalising Sport in/for Diplomatic Goals.

Postlethwaite, V (2023) Digital Sports Diplomacy and the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.