Highlights
Latest Events
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Sport, Peace and Development: How can Sport Contribute to Positive Social Change?, Vancouver
12 February 2010 -
2010 Sports Business Conference, Kellogg School of Management, Illinois
20 February 2010 -
Tourism, Sport & Mega Events, Johannesburg
24 February 2010 -
Sports Career Conference at the NFL Combine, Indianapolis
26 February 2010 -
Legacy Lives, London
03 March 2010 -
International Women’s Sports Day , Zambia
06 March 2010 - See more events >>
SMex Wembley

The specialist event for the sports merchandise industry, SMex gives buyers and specifiers from sporting clubs and associations the chance to meet with premier suppliers and wholesalers.
Corporate Sports Marketing & Sponsorship Conference
This conference will provide an overview on business practices of sports marketing and insights on how organisations can increase corporate value with sports marketing.
Notes & Insights
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Manchester City continue to set the bar off the pitch
Manchester City are yet to achieve the success that the club's owners, the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, will eventually expect to receive for their investment on the pitch, but off it the club continues to set new standards.
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Liverpool FC: Confusion reigns over billionaire’s potential takeover at Anfield
Conflicting media reports have left supporters of English soccer club Liverpool bemused as to the club's future ownership, with Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, reported as set to launch a takeover bid by some newspapers and denying any interest in others.
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Revenue boost on the cards at Parkhead as Celtic become SPL’s most fashionable club
Celtic's famous green and white hooped jersey may still be waiting to make its debut on the catwalk, but the club's boardroom will have a designer feel after Brian Duffy was appointed to the Parkhead board.
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The Administrators
Gerald Krasner of Begbies Traynor and Brendan Guilfoyle of P&A Partnership face tough problems when called in to clean up a soccer club.
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Burnley FC unveil ambitious new stadium plans - and want help from Prince Charles
Burnley FC, the English soccer club, have unveiled ambitious plans for a major redevelopment of the historic Turf Moor stadium, that could include the creation of a 4,000-capacity concert venue and the world's first 'football university'.
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Latest Deals
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Arsenal FC: New partnership signed as Gunners launch ambitious plans to break China
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Vinik agrees deal for NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning
08 February 2010 | Sports Properties, Ice Hockey -
Novartis extends shirt sponsorship of FC Basel
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Racing UK signs Ruby Walsh as ambassador
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Major boost for promotion-chasing Cardiff City
08 February 2010 | Infrastructure, Soccer - See more articles >>
Movers & Shakers
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Duffy appointed to Celtic board
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Gullit takes presidency of Holland/Belgium bid
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Gulati stays on as president of US Soccer Federation
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Francini named IMG head of worldwide sales
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Sergei Fusenko to head Russian Football Union
04 February 2010 - See more articles >>
Editor's Picks

The Beckham Transition
David Beckham's unprecedented commercial prowess is becoming ever more important, posing questions for Beckham and Major League Soccer as both look towards life without him playing.

Boxing's future is golden
Oscar De La Hoya is one of the greatest fighters boxing has seen and, if the evidence of his Golden Boy Promotions firm is any guide, he has the business brain to match. He is well on course for boxing domination all over again.

2010 sponsorship decrease predicted in Irish sport
While sponsorship spend in Ireland has defied gravity in 2009, 2010 will see this growth reversed, according to a new study released from leading Dublin consultancy Onside Sponsorship.

The Formula One Black Book
The Formula One Black Book has firmly established itself as the business community's companion to Formula One, with all the numbers needed to make any business decision about the sport.





