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An athlete's journey to an Olympic Games is filled with triumph, tragedy and old-fashioned hard work, and it is our duty to do all we can to help the athletes realise their Olympic dream
Phil Andrews - 04 Dec 2019
The importance of fundraising and sponsorship for national governing bodies
The increasing seriousness of some sports-related injuries is an increasing challenge for the Olympic movement. More athletes died from injuries at field hockey matches in the decade from 2005 to 2015 than in the entire 20th century
Max Donner - 23 May 2019
A healthy outlook for Olympic sports
Despite efforts to improve the culture across sport, there will always be occasions where certain players make poor choices as to how to conduct themselves during their spare time
Peter Stewart - 08 May 2019
Off-field behaviour: does the NRL have the answer?
Many sports are waiting in the wings, muttering about future bids or vaguely hoping that the hand of Bach will somehow reach down from the clouds and pluck them from non-Olympic obscurity
Callum Murray - 25 Feb 2019
What is a place in the Olympic Games worth?
While many welcomed Amazon’s success in acquiring ATP Tour and US Open media rights in the UK, replacing Sky, this probably had more to do with Sky’s lack of interest than any strategic focus by Amazon on tennis as a sport
Michele Serri - 15 Nov 2018
Tennis - a global sport in need of reinvention
Cricket is often thought of as the very embodiment of tradition and slow evolution, yet it’s a sport that has been prepared to adopt quite radical changes to survive and thrive over the last 50 years - even if reluctantly at first
Mark Oliver - 14 Sep 2018
Sports disruption: cricket
Global commercial revenues amount to $600 million a year, a third the size of those of rugby union, and less than a quarter the size of golf (another sport with significant participant equipment and apparel spending)
Mark Oliver - 26 Jul 2018
Sports disruption: cycling
To prosper over the next 25 years, rugby union needs more countries playing the 15-a-side game at the top level and challenging for trophies, and it needs to broaden its appeal in its core countries by age, region and social class
Mark Oliver - 22 Jun 2018
Sports disruption: rugby union
Disruption is at the heart of many sports start-ups. Few in the sports business would bet on governmental sports bodies or sports federations using innovation to disrupt their own business models.
David Fowler - 11 May 2018
Innovation: sustain or disrupt?
What if sports federations reformed their executive board/council to become a board with supervisory powers only? Decision-making could be (almost) completely delegated to the professional administration.
Rosmarijn van Kleef - 16 Mar 2018
Conflicts of interest in sports bodies
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