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Author Guidelines

Manuscript must be in English (United Kingdom). The text of the manuscript should be a Word document format (.doc or .docx). Text in Times New Roman (font size is 12 pt), 1.0 spacing, (no added spacing before and after paragraph), text justify, A4 size paper, $2.54 \text{ cm}$ margins (Top, Bottom, Left & Right), page number in bottom centre.

In general, the manuscript's contents should be organized as follows: TITLE (UPPERCASE, bold and centred) followed by full name(s) of the author(s), address(es) and corresponding author(s) email address.

ABSTRACT (should be less than 250 words), Keywords (not more than six (6) words) and Running Heading (not more than 50 characters), INTRODUCTION (Start on the next page), METHODOLOGY, RESULTS, DISCUSSION (RESULTS AND DISCUSSION may be combined), CONCLUSIONS, REFERENCES and APPENDIX. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS may be included at the end of the text preceding the references cited. Each of this main heading should be centered, uppercase and bold. Heading Two (Capitalize Each First Word, bold and align left). Heading three (capitalize first Word only, bold align left).

Tables caption should be at the top while figures legends should be at the bottom of the figure. Each heading in the main text may be divided into sections and sub-sections (where appropriate). The placing of each table and figure should be indicated in the text. Each table and figure should be numbered according to the order of appearance in the text. The legends should be understandable to someone who has not read the text. Citations of references in the text are by the author(s) and year of publication, e.g.:

One author: Smith (1998) or (Smith, 1998)

Two authors: Smith & Gomez (1999) or (Smith & Gomez, 1999)

Three authors: Smith et al. (1999) or (Smith et al., 1999) – “et al.” – not italic

Multiple references when within parentheses (Smith, 1990, 1998; Liu, 1999a, b; 2000; Kon, 2004)

References can be written following APA format. References should be arranged alphabetically according to authors’ names and then by date. Journal names should be given in full. Use the following format in the reference section:

For Books, e.g.:

Smith, T. (2020). The citation manual for students: A quick guide (2nd ed.). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1000/182

For Journal article, e.g.:

Andreff, W. (2000). The evolving European model of professional sports finance. Journal of Sports Economics, I(3), 257-276. https://doi.org/10.1177/152700250000100304