Adidas, Puma Score in Fashion's Soccer Craze Post-Women's World Cup

Nov 02, 2023 07:06 am UTC| Business Sports

Sportswear giants like Adidas and Puma are seizing the opportunity to tap into the fashion worlds infatuation with soccer. Through strategic forays, these brands aim to expand their customer base and leverage the growing...

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Ping-pong diplomacy: Australian table tennis players return to China, five decades after historic tour

Oct 27, 2023 14:55 pm UTC| Sports

This week, two of the original members of Australias 1971 ping-pong diplomacy team are returning to Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Half a century ago, few could...

A red card could ruin the Rugby World Cup final – the game needs fairer, safer rulings on the field

Oct 27, 2023 14:52 pm UTC| Sports

In the 46th minute of the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC) pool match between contenders France and pretenders Namibia, with the rampaging Europeans ahead by a thumping 54 points to nil, the wilting Welwitschias forfeited a...

Cricket? Lacrosse? Netball? The new sports that might make it to the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games

Oct 25, 2023 05:33 am UTC| Sports

At the International Olympic Committees recent session in Mumbai, India it officially ratified five sports being added to the existing 28 core sports for the 2028 Los Angeles summer games. Of these five, several will be...

축구와 돈: 가나의 프로 선수들은 재정을 어떻게 관리할까?

Oct 20, 2023 13:35 pm UTC| Sports Business

축구선수들은 세계 대부분의 지역에서 가장 높은 연봉을 받는 스포츠맨들 중 하나이다. 그러나 불행한 현실은 많은 전직 프로 축구 선수의 은퇴 경험이 좋지 않다는 것이다. 스포츠 미디어 환경에서, 은퇴 후 곧 파산한 예전의 부유한...

Football and big money: what some professional players in Ghana told us about handling their finances

Oct 20, 2023 03:42 am UTC| Sports Business

Footballers are among the best paid sportsmen in most parts of the world. The unfortunate reality, however, is that the retirement experiences of many former professional footballers have been awful. Within the sports...

What the David Beckham documentary tells us – and what it doesn't – about controlling parents in sport

Oct 18, 2023 23:42 pm UTC| Entertainment Sports

In the Netflix documentary Beckham, the footballer is asked how he coped with the abuse of his entire country after the 1998 mens football World Cup. David Beckham responds: I was able to handle being abused by the...