10 Sports Videos That Go Beyond the Field of Play

26 March 2020, by: Carl Lewis

10 Sports Videos That Make An Impact

There is so much more to sport than what happens on the field; fans, finances and a whole lot of other things are key components in the makeup of professional sport.

In this list, we picked out videos that go beyond the field and has far-reaching impacts. The list is educational and entertaining.

Enjoy.France has had the most native players and coaches in the last 4 World Cups… and their dominance has been on the rise. Players like Kylian Mbappe and Paul Pogba are the children of immigrants and the product of the French soccer academy system. French- born players have played for Togo, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Argentina, Portugal, and many more.

To truly understand the international conflicts and trends shaping our world you need a big-picture view. Video journalist Sam Ellis uses maps to tell these stories and chart their effects on foreign policy.Nike’s Vaporfly shoes have become a popular choice for both elite and amateur runners. But the shoes may soon be banned in professional competitions if World Athletics, the world governing body of track and field, decides they offer an unfair advantage.Although South Africans have played cricket in townships for generations, no player of colour was eligible to represent the ‘Proteas’ national team during the apartheid era. In December of 2014, 5’2” Temba Bavuma became the nation’s first ever black African batsman, and later completed the incredible journey that started in the Langa Township of Cape Town and reached Newlands Stadium where the hometown hero recorded a test century for the Proteas.The NCAA doesn’t pay athletes because they consider them amateurs. The NCAA considers them amateurs because they don’t get paid.On the latest episode of Patriot Act, Hasan takes a look at the history and politics behind one of the biggest sports in the world: cricket. With billions of fans scheduled to tune into the upcoming 2019 Cricket World Cup, Hasan examines how the game has evolved from a sport of British colonizers into a tool of diplomacy and a force for good despite recent scandals and corruption. Hasan also explores how cricket has especially grown in India due in part to the creation of the IPL, a flashy professional cricket league founded by the infamous Lalit Modi, and how that expansion has unfortunately come at the expense of the growth of cricket in other countries.It’s all about the climbs in this brilliant Vox video on the iconic bike race.Red Bull don’t just make energy drinks and sponsor crazy extreme sports. They also run a global football empire spread across three continents. DW reporter and New York football fan Dave Braneck visits Red Bull’s teams in NY and Leipzig to see what that means for fans and the sport itself.

What can be learnt from the crash ITV Digital and its effect on football clubs? Primarily, that bidding for sports rights can be particularly risky if overvalued. Perhaps more ominously, ITV Digital’s crash demonstrated the interdependence between the sport and media industries. If one falls, the other will face serious repercussions.CNN’s Alex Thomas and rugby coach Ben Ryan reflect on the documentary of Fiji’s Olympic success. The team’s new coach Gareth Baber also talks to World Rugby.

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