Sport and social media's rocky relationship is safe ... for now
Jan 10, 2018 11:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Sports clubs and players are without doubt the giants of social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube have a mindboggling number of sport followers from around the world. Real Madrid has 106m likes on Facebook...
What data tells us about the best cricket players
Dec 27, 2017 13:21 pm UTC| Sports
In this series were looking at how the economics of sports is doing away with hunches and intuition. Using data and research to evaluate players, strategies and even leagues. Fans will often rank and compare cricket...
Health Check: which sports supplements actually work?
Nov 08, 2017 15:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Whether your goal is to increase strength, decrease body fat or improve overall performance, adding supplements to your daily regimen can give you that extra edge. But with thousands of products on the market, choosing the...
How Nike's hijab sports gear is taking on Islamophobia and patriarchy
Nov 03, 2017 08:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
In March, when sports manufacturer Nike launched its Nike Pro Hijab, it made obvious business sense. What Nike - perhaps inadvertently ̶ has done, is to legitimise the hijab across two very different narratives. One is...
The big money Mayweather-McGregor fight pits boxing against UFC in a battle of the brands
Aug 22, 2017 14:20 pm UTC| Sports Economy
Las Vegas is soon to host one of the most lucrative boxing matches of all time. Dubbed The Money Fight it features UFC (which stands for the Ultimate Fighting Championship) star Connor Mcgregor making his boxing debut...
The English Premier League is experiencing a textbook case of hyperinflation
Aug 13, 2017 23:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The big summer transfer headline belongs to Neymar and his record-breaking 198m move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain. But, by anyones standards, the spending across English Premier League football clubs has been...
Nicotine in sports: high use but little evidence of effects on performance
Aug 11, 2017 08:01 am UTC| Sports
When you think nicotine, you probably think of smokers, addiction, carcinogens and disease - not elite athletes and sporting performance. However, our research published today shows that the use of nicotine among...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
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