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IOC unveils anti-corruption code
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published a new code with the aim of protecting the integrity of the Olympic movement and tackling manipulation in sport.
Sports Innovator of the Year 2015
Who do you think made the most original and ground-breaking decisions in the sports business in 2015? Discover the 20 figures our expert panel selected here.
Vorsprung durch football
Exclusive interview with Christian Seifert, president of German football's DFL, on Fifa’s dysfunctional football family, maintaining the Bundesliga's social functions in a competitive global market, and why he’s using clichéd stereotypes about Germans to succeed in China.
Out of Africa
Owen Evans spoke to Hicham El-Amrani, general secretary of the Confederation of African Football about building bridges with his home country and his billion dollar vision for African football.
Two Minds, One Vision
Owen Evans travelled to Singapore to ask Seamus O’Brien and Andrew Georgiou, executive chairman and COO, respectively, of Lagardère Sports and Entertainment, about how they hope a corporate facelift will banish an ugly few years for the sports marketing giant.
The Revolutionary
Antony Marcou, managing director of sports media and rights agency Sports Revolution, talks about his role in bringing sport into the digital era.
Scala reveals blueprint for Fifa reform
Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa’s Audit and Compliance Committee, has today (Thursday) unveiled an eight-point plan for the comprehensive reform of football’s global governing body.
Betting Blind
Elisha Chauhan asks the leading experts helping China’s crackdown on illegal sports betting and match-fixing if this is a game that can be won.
Good Housekeeping
The media glare burns brightest in the 24 hours after a scandal breaks, and the wrong word at the wrong time can lead to heads rolling at the highest positions. The protectors-in-chief are the in-house communications team. They can usually be found sitting just off the shoulder of a disgraced leader – or in the case of Fifa president Sepp Blatter – out on the front-line to take the bullets from the press pack looking for an exclusive line. Any aspiring communications specialist has to be prepared for the day when the news breaks on their doorstep.
The City life | Tom Glick on CFG’s New York City plans
Following New York City FC’s first ever game in Major League Soccer (MLS) earlier this year, Frank Dunne caught up with the soccer franchise’s president Tom Glick about his future plans.
Fifa subsidiary partners with Perform in integrity drive
Digital sports content and media supplier Perform has agreed a partnership with Fifa subsidiary Early Warning System (EWS) with the goal of enhancing the integrity of football events.
Starting Eleven
Former Eurosport managing director and Infostrada CEO Danny Menken reveals why he became group managing director of Eleven Sports Network – the up-and-coming sports broadcaster launched by MP & Silva cofounder Andrea Radrizzani.
The Leader
Emanuel Medeiros, CEO, International Centre for Sport Security Europe, on a bad year for sport integrity and the threats that lie in store for our industry.
Reign in Spain
Frank Dunne spoke to Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish football league (LFP), about his attempts to reform his country’s football media rights landscape and why Fifa must not abolish third-party ownership.
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The Leader: Heather Rabbatts
English Football Association (FA) director and ex-FIFA Task Force Member, Heather Rabbatts, on the future of world football’s governing body and how women’s sport is entering the commercial mainstream.
Road Runner
Elisha Chauhan finds out about the fast-paced career moves of former AEG senior executive, Mike Tomon, who became president of north American sports and events for fan engagement agency, Legends.
2015 Rankings: The Final Countdown
Ohio University made it a hat-trick of wins after its Master of Sports Administration programme was named the best postgraduate sports course in the world for 2015. Owen Evans looks at why a world outside the classroom has made it happen.