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240 gap statements mined from Sport and Mega-Event Impacts papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,472 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Sustainability considerations should be integrated directly into the planning and design phases of logistics operations. In addition, launching targeted training programs can enhance professional awareness and capabilities in sustainable logistics practices.

    Sustainable sports logistics: A theoretical framework integrating digitalisation and environmental strategies · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for holistic evaluations incorporating social and environmental dimensions. Prior work has focused on economic impact assessments, but there is a lack of understanding of the influence of sustainability practices on visitor behavioral intentions.

    Sustainability-induced loyalty in festival tourism: Examining the mediating pathways between sustainable practices and visitor behavioral support · 2026 · DOI

  • Existing research has mostly focused on single dimensions such as service quality or customer satisfaction, lacking a theoretical framework that can systematically explain the complete path of physical environment-psychological experience-behavioral intention.

    Research on the impact mechanism of environmental perception of stadium landscapes on sustainable spectatorship willingness from the perspective of embodied cognition: based on the experience model of “body–environment” interaction · 2026 · DOI

  • Further studies should investigate the long-term impacts of event tourism on cultural heritage. Research should examine the effectiveness of community-based tourism initiatives in preserving cultural heritage.

    The role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage: towards a new events calendar for the Maasai tribe, Tanzania · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of the role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage. There is a need for studies that examine the perceived benefits and costs of event tourism among local communities.

    The role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage: towards a new events calendar for the Maasai tribe, Tanzania · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the structuration of sports training in Morocco. The paper identifies a need to make the offer of sports training more readable, coherent, and able to produce a post-2030 academic heritage.

    Fragmentation institutionnelle des formations sportives au Maroc : structuration du capital humain sportif et héritage académique à l'horizon 2030 · 2026 · DOI

  • The limited number of studies on the evaluation and selection of outsourcing service providers in football clubs. The lack of integration of sports marketing and sports logistics perspectives in existing studies. The limitations of traditional multi-criteria decision-making methods in modeling sports organizations with high levels of uncertainty.

    A Type-2 Neutrosophic Decision Framework for Outsourcing Provider Selection in Professional Football: Integrating Sports Marketing and Logistics Management · 2026 · DOI

  • The research highlights the need for large-scale, cross-regional quantitative designs to empirically test the pathways identified in the study. The study notes that the participants and conclusions of the study have limited representativeness for rural residents in other regions of the country.

    Research on the pathways through which rural large-scale sporting events enhance the well-being of local residents—a grounded theory study based on Guizhou, China · 2026 · DOI

  • The critical lack of safe recreational spaces and high academic drop-out rates among underserved youth in Kaduna. The need for a comprehensive programmatic proposal framework and operational methodology for implementing sports-for-development interventions.

    Serve to Learn: Grassroots Volleyball Clinics and Educational Mentorship for Underserved Youth in Kaduna, Nigeria · 2026 · DOI

  • Looking forward, future research may explore longitudinal impacts of regional sporting events on host communities, focusing on their role in sustaining tourism momentum, enhancing local identity, and fostering inter-institutional collaboration among universities, local governments, and private sectors.

    Sustainable Event Tourism: Perceived Socio-Economic Impacts of Mindanao Inter-University Games in Southeastern Philippines · 2026 · DOI

  • The inclusion of more cultural events from the province or in the country as a whole could help to identify specific contextual challenges. Future research could explore the application of the proposed resilience framework to other cultural festivals.

    Post-pandemic Resilience Strategies for Cultural Festival Tourism: Insights from the Royal Reed Dance Ceremony in South Africa · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for resilience strategies to ensure the sustainability of cultural events. The study identifies a gap in research on resilience-oriented event tourism from a developing-country perspective.

    Post-pandemic Resilience Strategies for Cultural Festival Tourism: Insights from the Royal Reed Dance Ceremony in South Africa · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need for comprehensive evaluation of the existing research on sustainable winter tourism and climate change. There is a need for research collaborations in the field of sustainable winter tourism and climate change.

    Conceptualization Of Publications On "Sustainable Winter Tourism And Climate Change": Bibliometric Analysis With R Program · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of comprehensive analysis of the evolving aspects of sports economics. There is a need to examine the research network of publications related to sports and economics. There is a gap in understanding the interdisciplinary relationship between sport and economics.

    Research Network of Publications on Sports and Economics · 2026 · DOI

  • By applying a standardised set of HEPA-aligned indicators, this research addresses a critical gap in understanding how local policies, infrastructure, and programmes contribute to the promotion of active lifestyles.

    Assessing the Development of Sports in Latvian Municipalities: A Pilot Study Aligned With HEPA Framework · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to reshape the perception of where and how people move while keeping the community at the centre of it through diverse engagement activities.

    S03-3: Local Community Engagement Mechanisms in Five Countries (Denmark, France, Italy, Malta, and Spain) in the Placemaking & Sport Project · 2026 · DOI

  • It highlights the need to address key barriers to transforming organisational practices.

    S19: Making Sport Events and Physical Activity Promotion More Climate Friendly · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research should focus on the development of event tourism classification frameworks. The study highlights the need for further analysis of the impact of event tourism on the tourism industry.

    HADISƏ TURIZMININ ƏSAS NÖVLƏRI VƏ ONLARIN TƏSNIFATI · 2026 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need for a framework for the classification of event tourism.

    HADISƏ TURIZMININ ƏSAS NÖVLƏRI VƏ ONLARIN TƏSNIFATI · 2026 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need to consider the urban-rural dimension.

    Sportvereinsmitglieder zwischen Stadt und Land: Sportspezifische Motive, vereinssportbezogene Wertorientierungen und Zufriedenheit im Vergleich · 2026 · DOI

  • Lack of theoretical model for spatial embedding activities. Inadequate alignment and cross-talk between activities and locations. Sparse assessment and performance measurement focusing more on outputs than outcomes.

    Research on the mechanism and path of promoting the deep integration of sports, culture and tourism under the dimension of "space embedded" sports "three entries" policy · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of context-specific research tools to evaluate macro-environmental factors affecting Olympic athletes' preparation under crisis conditions. Macro-environmental analysis in sport is often applied descriptively rather than through validated measurement tools.

    Development and validation of a PEST-based instrument for assessing macro-environmental factors in Olympic athletes' preparation under crisis conditions · 2026 · DOI

  • Limited research on the influence of the image of Riyadh City as a host for sporting events on tourists’ intentions to revisit.

    Investigating the role of the image of the host city of sport events on tourists’ intentions to revisit Riyadh City. The mediating role of place attachment · 2026 · DOI

  • The participants and conclusions of this study have limited representativeness for rural residents in other regions of the country. The study primarily adopts qualitative methods aimed at identifying key phenomena and constructing an explanatory theoretical model, rather than establishing strict causal relationships.

    Research on the pathways through which rural large-scale sporting events enhance the well-being of local residents—a grounded theory study based on Guizhou, China · 2026 · DOI

  • Longitudinal studies focused on the national sport system in crisis contexts. Further application of the PEST-based instrument in different contexts.

    Development and validation of a PEST-based instrument for assessing macro-environmental factors in Olympic athletes' preparation under crisis conditions · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) There is a need for holistic evaluations incorporating social and environmental dimensions (“Sustainability-induced loyalty in festival tourism: Examining the mediating…”, 2026); (2) Further studies should investigate the long-term impacts of event tourism on cultural heritage (“The role of event and festival tourism in preserving cultural heritage: towards…”, 2026); (3) There is a lack of research on the structuration of sports training in Morocco (“Fragmentation institutionnelle des formations sportives au Maroc :…”, 2026); (4) The lack of integration of sports marketing and sports logistics perspectives in existing studies (“A Type-2 Neutrosophic Decision Framework for Outsourcing Provider Selection in…”, 2026); (5) The critical lack of safe recreational spaces and high academic drop-out rates among underserved youth in Kaduna (“Serve to Learn: Grassroots Volleyball Clinics and Educational Mentorship for…”, 2026). 240 gap statements have been mined from Sport and Mega-Event Impacts papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 2,472 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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