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Darko, Natalie (2018). "Get Up, and Shut Up, You Play like Tarzan and Moan like Jane": Rugby Union Men and their Suppression of Body Anxiety. In: Fogel, Curtis ed. Critical Perspectives on Gender and Sport. Sport and Society, 2. Champaign Common Ground Publishers.

Mackintosh, Chris; Zehndorfer, Elesa and Darko, Natalie (2016). Outdoor Recreation as a Potential Lever for Health Improvement: A Review of the Health Benefits, Barriers and Opportunities for the Sector. Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester.

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Darko, Natalie and Mackintosh, Chris (2016). 'Don’t you feel bad watching the Olympics, watching us?' A qualitative analysis of London 2012 Olympics influence on family sports participation and physical activity. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 8(1) pp. 45–60.

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Mackintosh, Chris; Darko, Natalie and May-Wilkins, Hetty (2016). Unintended outcomes of the London 2012 Olympic Games: local voices of resistance and the challenge for sport participation leverage in England. Leisure Studies, 35(4) pp. 454–469.

Mackintosh, Chris; Darko, Natalie; Rutherford, Zoe and Wilkins, Hetty-May (2015). A qualitative study of the impact of the London 2012 Olympics on families in the East Midlands of England: lessons for sports development policy and practice. Sport, Education and Society, 20(8) pp. 1065–1087.

Darko, Natalie and Mackintosh, Christopher (2015). Challenges and constraints in developing and implementing sports policy and provision in Antigua and Barbuda: which way now for a small island state? International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 7(3) pp. 365–390.

Darko, Natalie (2012). Rugby Union Men: Body Concerns. PhD thesis Loughborough University.

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