Mega sporting events: A poisoned chalice or a new dawn for low- and middle-income countries?
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The increasing number of mega sporting events, such as Olympic Games, the World Cup or Commonwealth Games, awarded to lowand middleincome countries is, at first sight, a significant move in the direction of fairness and equity. In 2010, South Africa hosted the football World Cup and India hosted the Commonwealth Games, while Brazil will be hosting the football World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016. In South Africa, during the bidding process and in the lead up to the hosting of the World Cup, there was considerable commentary on the merits and otherwise of South Africa hosting the event, including benefits for the host country in particular and the continent in general. In the case of India, the Commonwealth Games was specifically marketed as an event that would improve ‘national prestige’ (1). In this brief viewpoint, using South Africa as a case study, I will outline a number of relevant health and economic issues associated with mega sporting events, and suggest that there are no tangible benefits to hosting these events, and that any intangible benefits (such as improving national prestige) are tenuous at best.
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