This challenging new study examines gender and sexuality in relation to the roving colonialism of sport mega-events. Built around four case studies in postcolonial and settler colonial contexts the Olympics in Vancouver, London and Sochi and soccer fans in the Egyptian revolution the book examines sporting 'homonationalism' and anti-colonial resistance.

The first part discusses different moments of homonationalism in sport. The second part explores how indigenous and anti-colonial protests against mega-sport events lead to different views about gender and sexuality politics...