In recent past online social media has played a pivotal role in sharing of information and opinions on real time events. Events in physical space are reflected in digital world through online social networks. Event based studies for such content have been widely done on Twitter in the computer science community. In this report, we performed a detailed analysis of a sports event called the India...

The purpose of this study was to determine relationship between prevalence and types of injuries with anthropometric properties of male elite volleyball players of Iran. 91 male volleyball players in 1388 premier volleyball league of Iran (27.53±2.89 years old, 7.88±1.04 year’s volleyball background) participated in this study. To collect data, Australian standard sport injury questionnaire was...

There is an increasing awareness of the importance environment in academy players’ development, yet limited research has investigated perceptions their talent development environments (TDEs). This study focused on soccer TDE and compared across English categorization (CAT) system. A total 136 U.K.-based male players ( M age = 17.7, SD 1.03 years) representing all four categories (1 highest to 4...

This paper examines the 2008 player auction used in the Indian Premier League (IPL). An argument is made that the auction was less than satisfactory and that future auctions be replaced by a draft where player salaries are determined by draft order. The salaries correspond to quantiles of a three-parameter lognormal distribution whose parameters are set according to team payroll constraints. Th...

this study aimed at prioritizing interactive components affecting fans' revisiting the websites of iran selected football premier league clubs. the research method was survey and data were gathered through internet. the statistical population consisted of those fans who were the members of websites of esteghlal, perspolis, tractorsazi, damash and sepahan clubs (n=26000) in march and april,...

background the somatotype may influence the balance control ability. the quality of balance performance is an important factor to prevent injuries during sport activities. objectives the purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of somatotype on the static and dynamic balance indices as well as falling risk index. patients and methods a total of 141 university student healthy young...

Fluid balance and sweat electrolyte losses were measured in the players and substitutes engaged in an English Premier League Reserve competitive football match played at an ambient temperature of 6-8 degrees C (relative humidity 50-60%). Intake of water and/or sports drink and urine output were recorded, and sweat composition was estimated from absorbent swabs applied to 4 skin sites for the du...