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Four leading names from the sports industry met to discuss the commercial health and future direction of the FIFA World Cup. Here are some audio excerpts and vox-pops. 

What is the best way for a European football club to package its in-house editorial content? A subscription TV channel or a free-to-view YouTube channel? Or somewhere in between? Andy Fry looked at two case studies: Barcelona and Liverpool.

EMC², the former shirt sponsor of London Wasps, has agreed to partner with the English rugby union team in its home European play-off game this weekend. 

Sport’s leading destinations were recognised in front of the most influential people in the bidding landscape at the SportAccord International Convention in Turkey last month. Head judge Rachael Church-Sanders explains the methodology, and we explain who the winners are - and why - this time around.

The full details of category winners in the 2014 Ultimate Sports City Awards.

To reflect the number of smaller cities aspiring to host major sports events, the SportBusiness International Ultimate Sports City Awards once again used size bands enabling awards to be made to cities with populations of 1.3 million or below (small), between 1.3 million and three million (medium), between three million and seven million (large), and finally, seven million or above (extra-large).

The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games host triumphed for the second time in a row to win the award of SportBusiness International’s Ultimate Sports City for 2014.

These are the men and women who have made it into SportBusiness International Team 200. We’d like to thank them for their contributions over the last 18 years.

A headline in the first ever issue of SportBusiness International in July 1996 was ‘Internet for America’s Cup’. That just about sums up how far the sports industry has come in 18 years and 200 issues, and SportBusiness International has been there every step of the way.

To celebrate 200 issues of SportBusiness International, the five people who know it best met to discuss the highlights of covering the international business of sport and the people whose multi-million dollar deals create entertainment spectacles for fans across the world.

Owen Evans has picked out five cities that could be making a significant mark on the sports hosting landscape between now and when the Ultimate Sports City Awards are announced in 2016.

The Legends of Golf tournament will return next month as the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event to use a par-three course in official competition. Barry Wilner looks at whether the formula has finally been found for ‘short-form’ golf.

The latest developments in sports production are the subject of a report available to SportBusiness Knowledge Centre subscribers this month. Eurosport’s Julien Bergeaud (Director of Development) and Arnaud Simon (Director of TV Content) gave us their take on some key issues.

Kevin Roberts: Despite sports sponsorship's many successes, there remains a crisis of confidence running through the soul of the sector.

Former Cricket Australia and ICC (International Cricket Council) chief Malcolm Speed gives insight into a career plagued with allegations of corruption against players and organisations he overlooked.