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EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool is set to swap Nike for Adidas from the 2025-26 season onward, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal. The five-season kit supply deal would mark #LFC and #Adidas ' reunion after a 13-year hiatus. ✍ @jonrest FREE TO READ 👇
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US Soccer Federation under pressure from clubs to open talks about its closed league system.
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EXCLUSIVE: U-Next is nearing exclusive media rights for the Premier League and FA Cup in Japan. Starting from 2025-26, the streaming platform will assume #PL rights currently held by Eclat Media Group, while also acquiring DAZN’s FA Cup rights from next season. ✍ @mimranyusuf
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8 years
One Championship targets Japanese market with Ito appointment: #MMA #sportsbiz
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4 years
It is with immense sadness that we announce that Kevin Roberts, founding editor and group editorial director for the SportBusiness Group, has passed away suddenly, aged 61. Our deepest sympathies to his family. Rest in peace Kevin
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UK pay-television operator Sky has been granted a High Court order that will require internet service providers to block access to illegal streams of its linear channels.
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3 years
Ohio University’s Master of Sports Administration tops the list of the world’s best postgraduate sports management programmes for 2021, followed by UMass and University of South Florida in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
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4 years
We've been overwhelmed by all the tributes to Kevin Roberts, our group editorial director, who passed away suddenly this week. To remember him, we've gathered together some tributes and funny stories from friends and industry colleagues
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9 months
Luton Town estimates it will lose between £2m and £3m this season from its decision to reject sponsorship offers from betting and crypto companies. But #LTFC chief executive Gary Sweet says the club has no regrets. ✍️ @croninbenjamin
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2 years
Major League Baseball and Fox Sports posted a sharp ratings decline for the league’s second Field of Dreams game, held on August 11 in Dyersville, Iowa, further signaling the likely end of the event, at least for the time being.
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1 year
BREAKING... Mark Walter, the American billionaire with ownership stakes in major international sports teams, has made a multi-million dollar investment in the squash commercial vehicle designed to accelerate the transformation of the PSA World Tour.
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8 years
Ohio University’s ( @ohiou ) Master of Sports Administration tops 2016 #SportsMastersRanking
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1 year
Chelsea is in discussions with about a controversial front-of-shirt sponsorship deal after an agreement with a company from the crypto sector fell through at the last minute, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.
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EXCLUSIVE: McLaren F1 is aiming to follow Ferrari into the title sponsorship market as it leads a pack of teams looking to secure MasterCard as a major sponsor. SportBusiness understands #McLaren is one of four teams in talks with the payment services giant. ✍ @Matt_Williams61
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League and cup doubles. Iconic kits adorned by legends. Crown Paints, Candy and Carlsberg. A history of glory, tragedy, resilience and perseverance, shared. Liverpool and Adidas, reunited after 13 years apart, exclusively reported by @SportBusiness . FREE TO READ 👇
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4 years
Liberty Media’s major investment into Formula 1's digital media operations has demonstrated its value during sport’s global lockdown, believes Frank Arthofer, the series’ global head of digital media and licensing
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EXCLUSIVE: Scuderia Ferrari is poised to announce Hewlett-Packard (HP) as its new title sponsor. The deal would secure a huge financial boost for the team ahead of an expensive 2025 #Formula1 season that will see #Ferrari compete with a new driver line-up. ✍️ @Matt_Williams61
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5 years
James Pallotta on @ASRomaEN 's stadium situation: "No one has on record how long it took to build the Colosseum but we're getting close." #sdms
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The Saudi Pro League is nearing $100m per season in broadcast rights income after a surge of international interest in the league. Just two seasons ago, the SPL's overseas media rights were worth nothing.
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5 years
SportBusiness is delighted to announce the appointment of Martin Ross as global news editor. Martin will drive original and in-depth stories from Europe to complement those generated by staff at our new offices in North America and Asia:
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BREAKING: DAZN recorded an operating loss of $1.06bn in 2022, down from $1.36bn in 2021, SportBusiness understands. The media group's revenues increased over the period to just under $2.2bn. ✍️ @martingrantross
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11 months
Four Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs have signed an agreement with Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), enhancing the group’s bid to control commercial operations in football in the country.
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4 years
The Abu Dhabi government has turned the majority of Yas Island into a ten-square-mile safe zone for @ufc 251. Lawrence Epstein, chief operating officer for the MMA series, tells SportBusiness how it has worked with the city to produce the event
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2 years
🚨The Postgraduate Rankings 2022 report is out now! 🎓And the world’s best postgraduate sports management programme is… Find out here: #sportsbiz #sportbusiness #PGR #highereducation #sportmanagement #postgraduate #masters #report #education #rankings
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3 years
Ronaldo is one of the biggest stars helping bring in the biggest deals, but what's the smallest active deal that Juventus have? It's with Sixtus and worth €50,000 per year. Watch @Globe_Soccer Awards on , 27th Dec 18.30 GST.
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6 years
As the World Cup kicks off, we are excited to introduce the Business of the FIFA World Cup. Featuring our best-ever World Cup coverage, we examine how the #WorldCup became the world’s most valuable sporting event. All free to read here➡️
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5 years
The University of Massachusetts Amherst @UMassAmherst has topped our Postgraduate Course Rankings for the first time. Read reaction from Steve McKelvey, graduate programme director, and Janet Fink, department chair, here:
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5 years
England’s Rugby Football Union ( @EnglandRugby )has announced it will return to Japan ( @JRFURugby ) in 2020 for a groundbreaking two-test tour against the Rugby World Cup host nation.
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BREAKING... Eurosport and BT Sport channels to merge under TNT Sports brand TNT Sports will replace the BT Sport brand from July. This will be followed by the rebranding of Eurosport’s two channels in UK and Ireland after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
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James Pallotta says he will probably be dead before MLS becomes anything significant #sdms
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The J.League has opted to expand its use of YouTube for international coverage, with the top-tier J1 League to be showcased. The J.League YouTube channel will broadcast four matches from each round with English-language commentary.
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9 years
Ohio named world’s best sports management course for 2015: http://t.co/LHbwagKWwS
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3 years
Messi is one of the biggest Barcelona stars helping bring in the biggest deals, but can you guess what one of the smallest active deals Barcelona have? We can see it's a personal care brand that you might have in your bathroom right now. Can you guess?
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6 years
. @ohiou has retained the top spot in the SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings for 2018
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5 years
Direct from #NASSM2019 we'd like to congratulate Janet Fink, department chair from the University of Massachusetts Amherst @mccormackumass on taking #1 spot in the SportBusiness Postgraduate Course Rankings 2019 for their MBA/MS in Sport Management.
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The Professional Triathletes Organisation has announced the completion of a Series B funding round led by private equity firm Divergent Investments, with Warner Bros. Discovery also among the backers. @protriorg
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4 years
Bundesliga ‘ghost games’ provide backdrop for sponsorship reset Matthew Glendinning ( @mattglen ) looks at the potential impact on sponsorship after the May 16 resumption of the German Bundesliga.
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6 years
Read our comprehensive history of #WorldCup Sponsorship - from ad-hoc informal agreements in 1950 to the 21st century's billion dollar partnerships.
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4 years
Thanks to the 1 million people who've already made 2020 our most successful year ever for web traffic. We've never had so many people view our news, analysis, case studies, reports and data. We wish everyone in sport a successful and safe 2020.
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5 years
DAZN’s ambitious plans have seen it recently launch in Italy, the US, Spain and Brazil – with a targeted 20 markets by 2020. Denyer’s vision puts @daznglobal at the forefront of a low-cost, multi-screen future for sports broadcasting.
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5 years
SportBusiness goes global with office launch in Asia. Read here:
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EXCLUSIVE: Allianz is in pole position to end the long-running search for a naming rights sponsor for West Ham's London Stadium. SportBusiness understands the insurance giant is in advanced talks over a deal to sponsor the stadium and wider Olympic Park. ✍️ @croninbenjamin
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7 years
SportBusiness Group acquisition closed by Silva International Investments. Read here:
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7 years
WBSC forms youth commission ahead of Olympic Games return: #baseball #softball #Olympics #Tokyo2020
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2 years
DAZN and the Professional Fighters League have struck three separate agreements that will see DAZN become a minority equity holder in the PFL’s new European MMA promotion, as well as a media rights partner for all PFL events in at least 50 markets.
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4 years
Major sporting events are likely to bear the scars of the Covid-19 pandemic for the majority of the coming decade, though in the long-term the sector should recover to full health, experts believe
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4 years
As Serie A weighs up rights proposals from 6 investment funds, Ben Marlow, managing director of 21st Club in Asia Pacific, looks at the rise and fall of the league and considers ways it can thrive once again
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3 years
What does the metaverse mean for sport? Seven League's @LewisWiltshire gives his take on Web 3.0 and the 'Third Age of Sport' in this column for @SportBusiness : #Metaverse #NFTs #Crypto
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4 years
. @SimonGreenBT , head of broadcaster @BTsport , talks about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on media rights values and consumer habits and says closed-door sport is not the product the broadcaster paid for. SportBusiness Adam Nelson @adamsonnel reports
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2 years
City Football Group has entered the Italian market by acquiring a majority stake in Serie B club Palermo. CFG has invested in as the Sicilian club continues its recovery by competing in the Italian second tier following promotion via the Serie C play-offs.
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2 years
(FREE TO READ) Analysis by SportBusiness Sponsorship indicates Fifa has generated around $1.74bn in sponsorship income during its four-year sales cycle, culminating with the ongoing #FIFAWorldCup in Qatar, a 4.6-per-cent rise on the previous period.
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4 years
Did you watch our interview with #RLWC2021 Chief Executive, Jon Dutton. In order to find out more about the strategy of RLWC2021 and hear more from Jon and his team, make sure to click below to see August’s feature article on the event.
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6 years
We are excited to announce former Olympian @AngelaRuggiero will be a speaker at the SportBusiness Summit. Ms Ruggiero has since co-founded the Sports Innovation Lab, which focuses on technology guiding the future of sport. Read her full bio➡️
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EXCLUSIVE: Joe Markowski is leaving his role of #DAZN CEO in North America, and #IMG ’s Michael Ridout will take on his duties heading up the broadcaster’s combat sports activities, SportBusiness can reveal. ✍️ @martingrantross
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3 years
VAR a new asset in Lega Serie A's sponsorship revamp. Will it work? We spoke to the league’s commercial director, Michele Ciccarese to find out and hear more about the new structure of the portfolio.
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6 years
Morocco 2026 promotes ‘sweet spot location’ for World Cup bid: #WorldCup
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6 years
Our Technology Panel covered some fascinating topics today. Here's @laurafrofro from @Twitter on E-Sports. #SportBusinessSummit
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7 years
FREE to read: Wimbledon's award-winning social media strategy from the @sportsbusiness archive #Wimbledon
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DAZN Group made an overall loss of $2.33bn (€2.17bn) in 2021, bringing the company’s total losses over the past three reported financial years to $5bn, SportBusiness can reveal. #DAZN ’s operating loss was far lower at $1.36bn, while revenues rose by 79%.
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7 years
Exciting times in the @SportBusiness office. First copies of our new look SportBusiness International magazine have arrived today! #sportbiz
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Uefa narrowly missed out on what was set to be one of its largest-ever sponsorships for the Champions League earlier this summer when a deal with the cryptocurrency platform fell through at the last moment, SportBusiness understands.
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An in-depth look at the strategy behind how the Bundesliga ( @DFL_Official ) is maximizing an engaged fan-base to build its global brand value.
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3 years
Announcing our new quarterly magazine! A curated selection of the most engaging & insightful articles from - read it online now: . The magazine includes exclusive interviews from the people & organisations shaping global sport.
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SportBusiness is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Rossi as new CEO of @SportBusiness Group. Paul joins with a wealth of digital publishing experience, including as President of The Economist Group and Publisher of The Economist magazine.
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What a fabulous first day of the #SportBusinessSummit . Great speakers, fantastic guests, some amazing insight and a wonderful atmosphere. Can't wait for tomorrow.
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6 years
SportBusiness Group, the leading European-based sports data and analysis provider, establishes operation in the Americas. Read here
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4 years
Real Madrid ( @realmadrid ) host @ManCity in the #UCL last 16 tonight. Using SportBusiness Soccer data, we looked at their sponsorship portfolios to analyse how the two powerhouses match up off the pitch… 1/4
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6 years
New report shows Manchester United and Premier League dominating the European football sponsorship market.
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6 years
#WorldCup balls always get a lot of coverage but this time Adidas seems to have got it right, with several spectacular goals, particularly from set pieces. Could this generate record sales of the Telstar 18? Check out the ball sales values starting from the 2002 World Cup.
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4 years
2020 @Globe_Soccer Awards to be broadcast live by SportBusiness on December 27, 18.30 GST.
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Using SportBusiness #Soccer ’s portfolio comparison tool, we analysed the #sponsorship portfolios of the two teams playing their #CoppaItalia 2nd Leg this Friday: #Juventus & #ACMilan . 1/5
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Ohio University’s sports MBA named world’s best for 2013 http://t.co/b6HMYQCKhW
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The global business of sport, covered.
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