O futebol é um dos esportes mais praticados no Brasil, mas apesar da importância que se dá a esse esporte no alto rendimento, há outros significados que o futebol pode representar para os seus praticantes, sobretudo nos momentos de lazer. O futebol de várzea representa uma configuração do futebol, sendo notado a existência de diversos praticantes e de campeonatos organizados em várias cidades do país. Em Porto Alegre há uma competição chamada Campeonato Municipal de Futebol de Várzea de Porto Alegre, no qual em um estudo já foram observadas divergências e mudanças durante um período a respeito de sua organização e da lógica esportiva. Levando em consideração esses aspectos referentes às controvérsias na administração do “Municipal da várzea”, o objetivo desse estudo é compreender de que forma o Campeonato Municipal de Várzea de Porto Alegre, em um processo histórico, vem se desenvolvendo através da cadeia de interdependências entre os seus participantes, assim como analisar as mudanças ocasionadas por essa cadeia. Também tenho como objetivo entender como os participantes do Campeonato vêm lidando com as divergências nas lógicas esportivas adotadas desde o seu surgimento, em 1993, até os dias atuais. Para desenvolver a investigação, efetuei um ‘olhar configuracional’ à competição e utilizei a pesquisa histórica como metodologia: realizei entrevistas semiestruturadas e consulta em documentos. Através de capítulos divididos em ordem cronológica, apresento os resultados encontrados, iniciando com o relato do surgimento do Campeonato. Desde o princípio, nas relações de interdependências da configuração houve interesses e disputas entre os envolvidos com a competição, principalmente entre a Prefeitura e as Ligas Amadoras de Futebol. Nos anos iniciais não houve grandes oscilações no equilíbrio de poder entre estas duas instituições. A cadeia de interdependências foi aumentando ao passar dos anos, sendo ampliada através de mais ‘atores’. Esse aumento na cadeia de interdependências além de ocasionar mudanças na estrutura do Campeonato, também provocou ambição entre os participantes. Dessa forma, os presidentes das Ligas solicitaram participar da organização da segunda fase da competição, iniciando uma oscilação no equilíbrio de poder entre elas e a SME. Na mudança de Governo Municipal e, assim, do Gerente de Futebol, há a inserção das Ligas na coordenação da segunda fase, na qual aquelas ‘mais organizadas’ aumentam o seu nível de poder. Somente quando o primeiro Gerente de Futebol retorna à administração da competição é que há novamente a oscilação no equilíbrio de poder entre ambas as instituições. A lógica esportiva também é alterada quando há essa troca na Prefeitura, se antes havia flexibilidade no cumprimento das regras, para abranger os mais diversos participantes, nesse período o Campeonato é conduzido com uma rigidez nas normas e uma similaridade ao futebol profissional, causando a exclusão de vários participantes. Esses resultados me possibilitaram concluir que, mesmo com uma limitação no ‘olhar’ sob a cadeia de interdependências, foi possível demonstrar a sua influência nas mudanças na organização do Municipal e na lógica do esporte. Através deste trabalho, também foi possível observar que a heterogeneidade no futebol de várzea pode existir inclusive no interior de uma única competição, o que acaba por trazer reflexos no que se refere às políticas públicas de esporte e de lazer. / Football is one of the most popular sport in Brazil but despite the importance given to this sport in high performance, football can also have a different meaning for its practitioners, especially in times of leisure. The amateur football represents a football configuration; and the existence of many practitioners and organized championships in cities across the country can be noted. In Porto Alegre there is a competition called “Campeonato Municipal de Futebol de Várzea de Porto Alegre” or simply “Municipal da Várzea”, where in a study shows that divergences and changes have been observed over a period during their organization and the sports logic. Taking into consideration aspects related to the controversies in the administration of the "Municipal da várzea", the aim of this study is to understand how the Campeonato Municipal de Várzea de Porto Alegre, in a historical process, has been developed through the interdependencies chain between its participants, as well as analysing the changes caused by this chain. It is also my aim to explain how the participants of this competition have been dealing with the divergencies at the sports logic adopted since its inception, in 1993, until today. To develop this research, I used a "configurational look” to the competition and I used historical research as a methodology: I conducted semi-structured interviews and I consulted documents. By means of chapters divided into chronological order, I present the results found, starting with a report of the competition appearance. From the beginning, at the interdependencies relationships of this configuration, there were interests and disputes among those involved in the competition, especially between the City Hall and the Amateur Football Leagues. In the early years there were no major fluctuations in the balance of power between these two institutions. The interdependencies chain has been increasing over the years, being expanded with more ‘actors'. This increase in interdependencies chain in addition to causing changes in the championship structure also caused ambition among participants. Thereby, the presidents of the Leagues have requested to participate in the organization of the second stage of the competition, initiating a swing in the balance of power between them and the SME (Municipal Secretary of Sports). With the change of Municipal Government and therefore the Football Manager, there is an insertion of the Leagues into the coordination of the second phase, in which those 'more organized' increase their levels of power. Only when the first Football Manager returns to the administration of the competition once more there is an oscillation of the balance of power between the two institutions. Sport logic is also modified when there is this exchange at the City Hall, if before there was flexibility in compliance with the rules to embrace the most diverse participants, in this period the Championship is conducted with a rigidity in the rules and similarity to professional football, causing exclusion of several participants. These results allowed me to conclude that even with a limitation on the 'look' of the interdependencies chain, it was possible to demonstrate its influence to the changes in the organization of the Municipal and of the sport logic. Through this work, it was also possible to observe that the heterogeneity in the amateur football can exist even within a single competition, which ultimately bring reflections with regard to public policies of sport and leisure.

We aim to develop knowledge of how new technology, in this case social media, can contribute to how sports fans interact with their idols. Therefore our framing of a question is to present how fans experience their contact with mixed martial arts (MMA) & ultimate fighting championship (UFC) through social media platforms. To specify our study, we also have a supplement question with in which way sports fans uses social media.We have chosen to conduct a qualitative study consisting of interviews and data observations of websites, related to the organization UFC, to approach our main question. We have interviewed nine randomly selected people with one common interest - MMA/UFC. With an implant of theories, consisting of social media, fandom and lurking, on the result of the interview and website data, we try to come closer to a conclusion for our intention with this thesis.Our conclusion is that the interviewed fans express that through the usage of social media, they feel like they have come closer to UFC. They have developed a deeper knowledge about the sport, the members and other fans that shares the same interest. Most of our respondents have a lurking attitude towards the social media usage, which means that they are more like observers and soak in the information and media material. They are active in the searching of material related to UFC, but they are not active in the way of contributing with comments, discussions or material.

Bachelor's Thesis title: Analysis of the game performance of the Slovenian national team at the European Championship Basketball 2017 Aim of thesis: The main aim of the work is to find those performance gauges that contributed to the Slovenian's triumph in the European Championship 2017 tournament. With using mathematical operations to find differences in game performances of Slovenia national team and its opponents. Methods: Quantitative video analysis and secondary data analysis were used to collect data. Results: Final analysis of the resulting data shows that Slovenian team outplayed their opponents mainly in one on one situations which lead to drawing personals fouls and a lot of free throws attempts. The Slovenian national team shot with 64 % success rate including free throws. Key words: Game performance, basketball, Slovenia, European Championship 2017

O futebol é um dos esportes mais praticados no Brasil, mas apesar da importância que se dá a esse esporte no alto rendimento, há outros significados que o futebol pode representar para os seus praticantes, sobretudo nos momentos de lazer. O futebol de várzea representa uma configuração do futebol, sendo notado a existência de diversos praticantes e de campeonatos organizados em várias cidades do país. Em Porto Alegre há uma competição chamada Campeonato Municipal de Futebol de Várzea de Porto Alegre, no qual em um estudo já foram observadas divergências e mudanças durante um período a respeito de sua organização e da lógica esportiva. Levando em consideração esses aspectos referentes às controvérsias na administração do “Municipal da várzea”, o objetivo desse estudo é compreender de que forma o Campeonato Municipal de Várzea de Porto Alegre, em um processo histórico, vem se desenvolvendo através da cadeia de interdependências entre os seus participantes, assim como analisar as mudanças ocasionadas por essa cadeia. Também tenho como objetivo entender como os participantes do Campeonato vêm lidando com as divergências nas lógicas esportivas adotadas desde o seu surgimento, em 1993, até os dias atuais. Para desenvolver a investigação, efetuei um ‘olhar configuracional’ à competição e utilizei a pesquisa histórica como metodologia: realizei entrevistas semiestruturadas e consulta em documentos. Através de capítulos divididos em ordem cronológica, apresento os resultados encontrados, iniciando com o relato do surgimento do Campeonato. Desde o princípio, nas relações de interdependências da configuração houve interesses e disputas entre os envolvidos com a competição, principalmente entre a Prefeitura e as Ligas Amadoras de Futebol. Nos anos iniciais não houve grandes oscilações no equilíbrio de poder entre estas duas instituições. A cadeia de interdependências foi aumentando ao passar dos anos, sendo ampliada através de mais ‘atores’. Esse aumento na cadeia de interdependências além de ocasionar mudanças na estrutura do Campeonato, também provocou ambição entre os participantes. Dessa forma, os presidentes das Ligas solicitaram participar da organização da segunda fase da competição, iniciando uma oscilação no equilíbrio de poder entre elas e a SME. Na mudança de Governo Municipal e, assim, do Gerente de Futebol, há a inserção das Ligas na coordenação da segunda fase, na qual aquelas ‘mais organizadas’ aumentam o seu nível de poder. Somente quando o primeiro Gerente de Futebol retorna à administração da competição é que há novamente a oscilação no equilíbrio de poder entre ambas as instituições. A lógica esportiva também é alterada quando há essa troca na Prefeitura, se antes havia flexibilidade no cumprimento das regras, para abranger os mais diversos participantes, nesse período o Campeonato é conduzido com uma rigidez nas normas e uma similaridade ao futebol profissional, causando a exclusão de vários participantes. Esses resultados me possibilitaram concluir que, mesmo com uma limitação no ‘olhar’ sob a cadeia de interdependências, foi possível demonstrar a sua influência nas mudanças na organização do Municipal e na lógica do esporte. Através deste trabalho, também foi possível observar que a heterogeneidade no futebol de várzea pode existir inclusive no interior de uma única competição, o que acaba por trazer reflexos no que se refere às políticas públicas de esporte e de lazer. / Football is one of the most popular sport in Brazil but despite the importance given to this sport in high performance, football can also have a different meaning for its practitioners, especially in times of leisure. The amateur football represents a football configuration; and the existence of many practitioners and organized championships in cities across the country can be noted. In Porto Alegre there is a competition called “Campeonato Municipal de Futebol de Várzea de Porto Alegre” or simply “Municipal da Várzea”, where in a study shows that divergences and changes have been observed over a period during their organization and the sports logic. Taking into consideration aspects related to the controversies in the administration of the "Municipal da várzea", the aim of this study is to understand how the Campeonato Municipal de Várzea de Porto Alegre, in a historical process, has been developed through the interdependencies chain between its participants, as well as analysing the changes caused by this chain. It is also my aim to explain how the participants of this competition have been dealing with the divergencies at the sports logic adopted since its inception, in 1993, until today. To develop this research, I used a "configurational look” to the competition and I used historical research as a methodology: I conducted semi-structured interviews and I consulted documents. By means of chapters divided into chronological order, I present the results found, starting with a report of the competition appearance. From the beginning, at the interdependencies relationships of this configuration, there were interests and disputes among those involved in the competition, especially between the City Hall and the Amateur Football Leagues. In the early years there were no major fluctuations in the balance of power between these two institutions. The interdependencies chain has been increasing over the years, being expanded with more ‘actors'. This increase in interdependencies chain in addition to causing changes in the championship structure also caused ambition among participants. Thereby, the presidents of the Leagues have requested to participate in the organization of the second stage of the competition, initiating a swing in the balance of power between them and the SME (Municipal Secretary of Sports). With the change of Municipal Government and therefore the Football Manager, there is an insertion of the Leagues into the coordination of the second phase, in which those 'more organized' increase their levels of power. Only when the first Football Manager returns to the administration of the competition once more there is an oscillation of the balance of power between the two institutions. Sport logic is also modified when there is this exchange at the City Hall, if before there was flexibility in compliance with the rules to embrace the most diverse participants, in this period the Championship is conducted with a rigidity in the rules and similarity to professional football, causing exclusion of several participants. These results allowed me to conclude that even with a limitation on the 'look' of the interdependencies chain, it was possible to demonstrate its influence to the changes in the organization of the Municipal and of the sport logic. Through this work, it was also possible to observe that the heterogeneity in the amateur football can exist even within a single competition, which ultimately bring reflections with regard to public policies of sport and leisure.

This Diploma Thesis deal with the age of the top performance of athletes and its development in the World Championships, the Europe Championships and Olympic Games in the 1970 {--} 2007 period. Essential source for this Diploma Thesis was existing data of the birth of athletes, who took medal positions in the competitions. Microsoft Excel was used for processing and evaluating the resulting data. The final output is represented by a series of clearly arranged synoptic tables and charts in which would clearly manifests the progress of the age structure of athletes in the process of reaching the maximal achievements. The results of this research can serve not only for the statistic purposes but mainly for assisting the sport trainers with building their training units.

O futebol é um dos esportes mais praticados no Brasil, mas apesar da importância que se dá a esse esporte no alto rendimento, há outros significados que o futebol pode representar para os seus praticantes, sobretudo nos momentos de lazer. O futebol de várzea representa uma configuração do futebol, sendo notado a existência de diversos praticantes e de campeonatos organizados em várias cidades do país. Em Porto Alegre há uma competição chamada Campeonato Municipal de Futebol de Várzea de Porto Alegre, no qual em um estudo já foram observadas divergências e mudanças durante um período a respeito de sua organização e da lógica esportiva. Levando em consideração esses aspectos referentes às controvérsias na administração do “Municipal da várzea”, o objetivo desse estudo é compreender de que forma o Campeonato Municipal de Várzea de Porto Alegre, em um processo histórico, vem se desenvolvendo através da cadeia de interdependências entre os seus participantes, assim como analisar as mudanças ocasionadas por essa cadeia. Também tenho como objetivo entender como os participantes do Campeonato vêm lidando com as divergências nas lógicas esportivas adotadas desde o seu surgimento, em 1993, até os dias atuais. Para desenvolver a investigação, efetuei um ‘olhar configuracional’ à competição e utilizei a pesquisa histórica como metodologia: realizei entrevistas semiestruturadas e consulta em documentos. Através de capítulos divididos em ordem cronológica, apresento os resultados encontrados, iniciando com o relato do surgimento do Campeonato. Desde o princípio, nas relações de interdependências da configuração houve interesses e disputas entre os envolvidos com a competição, principalmente entre a Prefeitura e as Ligas Amadoras de Futebol. Nos anos iniciais não houve grandes oscilações no equilíbrio de poder entre estas duas instituições. A cadeia de interdependências foi aumentando ao passar dos anos, sendo ampliada através de mais ‘atores’. Esse aumento na cadeia de interdependências além de ocasionar mudanças na estrutura do Campeonato, também provocou ambição entre os participantes. Dessa forma, os presidentes das Ligas solicitaram participar da organização da segunda fase da competição, iniciando uma oscilação no equilíbrio de poder entre elas e a SME. Na mudança de Governo Municipal e, assim, do Gerente de Futebol, há a inserção das Ligas na coordenação da segunda fase, na qual aquelas ‘mais organizadas’ aumentam o seu nível de poder. Somente quando o primeiro Gerente de Futebol retorna à administração da competição é que há novamente a oscilação no equilíbrio de poder entre ambas as instituições. A lógica esportiva também é alterada quando há essa troca na Prefeitura, se antes havia flexibilidade no cumprimento das regras, para abranger os mais diversos participantes, nesse período o Campeonato é conduzido com uma rigidez nas normas e uma similaridade ao futebol profissional, causando a exclusão de vários participantes. Esses resultados me possibilitaram concluir que, mesmo com uma limitação no ‘olhar’ sob a cadeia de interdependências, foi possível demonstrar a sua influência nas mudanças na organização do Municipal e na lógica do esporte. Através deste trabalho, também foi possível observar que a heterogeneidade no futebol de várzea pode existir inclusive no interior de uma única competição, o que acaba por trazer reflexos no que se refere às políticas públicas de esporte e de lazer. / Football is one of the most popular sport in Brazil but despite the importance given to this sport in high performance, football can also have a different meaning for its practitioners, especially in times of leisure. The amateur football represents a football configuration; and the existence of many practitioners and organized championships in cities across the country can be noted. In Porto Alegre there is a competition called “Campeonato Municipal de Futebol de Várzea de Porto Alegre” or simply “Municipal da Várzea”, where in a study shows that divergences and changes have been observed over a period during their organization and the sports logic. Taking into consideration aspects related to the controversies in the administration of the "Municipal da várzea", the aim of this study is to understand how the Campeonato Municipal de Várzea de Porto Alegre, in a historical process, has been developed through the interdependencies chain between its participants, as well as analysing the changes caused by this chain. It is also my aim to explain how the participants of this competition have been dealing with the divergencies at the sports logic adopted since its inception, in 1993, until today. To develop this research, I used a "configurational look” to the competition and I used historical research as a methodology: I conducted semi-structured interviews and I consulted documents. By means of chapters divided into chronological order, I present the results found, starting with a report of the competition appearance. From the beginning, at the interdependencies relationships of this configuration, there were interests and disputes among those involved in the competition, especially between the City Hall and the Amateur Football Leagues. In the early years there were no major fluctuations in the balance of power between these two institutions. The interdependencies chain has been increasing over the years, being expanded with more ‘actors'. This increase in interdependencies chain in addition to causing changes in the championship structure also caused ambition among participants. Thereby, the presidents of the Leagues have requested to participate in the organization of the second stage of the competition, initiating a swing in the balance of power between them and the SME (Municipal Secretary of Sports). With the change of Municipal Government and therefore the Football Manager, there is an insertion of the Leagues into the coordination of the second phase, in which those 'more organized' increase their levels of power. Only when the first Football Manager returns to the administration of the competition once more there is an oscillation of the balance of power between the two institutions. Sport logic is also modified when there is this exchange at the City Hall, if before there was flexibility in compliance with the rules to embrace the most diverse participants, in this period the Championship is conducted with a rigidity in the rules and similarity to professional football, causing exclusion of several participants. These results allowed me to conclude that even with a limitation on the 'look' of the interdependencies chain, it was possible to demonstrate its influence to the changes in the organization of the Municipal and of the sport logic. Through this work, it was also possible to observe that the heterogeneity in the amateur football can exist even within a single competition, which ultimately bring reflections with regard to public policies of sport and leisure.

My thesis deals with the study of the age of the high performance of the socker teams at the World Cup and the European Championship from 1970 to 2007. I have garhered the dates of birth of the footballers who won the first, second and third place at these competitions. I have processed and evaluated these data by the computer programme Microsoft Excel. The results are transfered into the graphs and charts that show how the average age of the women´s and men´s footballers is growing up over the years from 1970 to 2007. The knowledge of the age of the high performance are needed for the planning of the sports training.

My thesis deals with the problem of analysis of age structure of the top three ice-hockey teams at the world championships from 1970 to 2007. At the beginning, I put together all the data about players who took part in these championships and finished on the top three places. I evaluated these data with the help of Microsoft Excel programme. The results were divided into three periods given by the changes in play systems of ice-hockey championships. The average age of players at different championships, who placed themselves to the medal positions in years 1970 to 2007, is clearly visible in the graphs and charts.

Knowing the top-performance age in competitive swimming is one of the important factors in making the training plans and also in timing the racing form of each individual correctly. The data obtained from the sources available have been statictically analysed and the results of these statistics used to define the top-performance age in individual swimming competitions. The results of the most successful swimmers in the top competitions, i.e. the World Championships and the Olympic Games, in the years 1970 till 2007 have been examined and worked out. Apart from defining the top-performace age, the aim of this work is also to answer questions concerning the general features of defining the top-performance age, the possibility of setting this data exactly and, last but not least, marking out the recent trends in top-performance age development.

This thesis aims to compare media coverage of the first-class sporting event, the UEFA EURO 2016, in two Czech and Slovak national sport-oriented newspapers (Sport and Šport). To achieve this goal, the author of the thesis uses qualitative and mainly quantitative content analysis along with interviews with the members of the two respective newsrooms. The author focuses on how much space both dailies give to the event, what part of the whole coverage is made by the news about the Czech or Slovak national teams, and what is the (im)balance between the news and opinion journalism. He also compares the number of journalists that went to do their job in France and the number of their colleagues who were working from the newsrooms in Prague or Bratislava. The author is interested in the ways the two newsrooms reported about the rival team that used to be part of the former Czechoslovakian national team. He also tries to describe how journalists tend to write about their own national team. Another point of interest is the venality of both newspapers during the UEFA EURO 2016. Based on the interviews with members of both newsrooms, the author compares the media's preparation before the event and their mode of operation over the tournament. Besides above-mentioned media research, the thesis offers a view to...