Diversity and inclusion in sport and physical education

In recent years, social differences and inequities in sport have been discussed under the term of diversity. Analyses in Sport Studies have focused on the participation of people with disabilities in sport, the way in which sport organisations deal with gender and sexual diversity, the social construction of differences or various forms of discrimination in sport, such as racism, classism or sexism. It also becomes apparent that debates on social inclusion/exclusion, marginalisation and hierarchies stimulate discussions about seemingly obvious aspects of sport: fairness, equal opportunities, winning and losing, the categorisation of athletes into performance classes.