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Mike Whan, the former P&G executive who recently renewed his contract to lead the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) as Commissioner for another six years, reveals his career path and why he was initially reluctant to join the organisation.

Late last month industry veteran John Kristick saw four years of hard work come to fruition when ESP Properties, WPP’s new sports vehicle, fired a shot across the bows at established players in the agency space. He spoke to Matt Cutler.

Ohio University’s Master of Sports Administration programme has today been named the best postgraduate sports management course in the world by SportBusiness International for the third time.

Columbia University’s MSc in Sport Management is in the running to win the title of best course in the world in its debut appearance in SportBusiness International’s Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings. 

Columbia University’s MSc in Sport Management is in the running to win the title of best course in the world in its debut appearance in SportBusiness International’s Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings.

Sports management courses from Columbia University in the US, Northumbria University in the UK, and the UPF Barcelona School of Management have made it onto the shortlist of SportBusiness International’s Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings for the first time in 2015.

Zak Brown founded JMI in 1995, selling the motor sport agency to Chime Communications in October 2013. This March he was made Group CEO of Chime’s sports marketing division, CSM Sport & Entertainment.

Nike veteran Peter Ruppe is the man behind Brand Jordan, one of sport’s most iconic marketing campaigns. Now he has been charged by Under Armour to take on his former employers in the footwear space. He spoke to Matt Cutler.

Michael Johnson is one of history’s most decorated athletes, with four Olympic and eight World Championship gold medals. He now runs Michael Johnson Performance (MJP), and has launched a new line of travel bags with luxury goods brand Dom Reilly.

A new partnership between the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and DICK’s will see Team USA athletes working at the sporting goods retailer’s outlets across the country.

Sports lawyer Oliver Weingarten has tackled some of the most significant deals in sport, including Formula One’s Concorde Agreement and the English Premier League’s six-year battle against YouTube. He now represents teams in motor sport’s burgeoning Formula E.

Oli Slipper stepped down as joint-CEO of Perform at the end of January, having played an integral role building the digital sports business that now boasts 1,500 employees in 26 countries. He told Matt Cutler why he has taken the decision, how he helped mastermind Perform’s growth, and the details of his new start-up venture.

The Vladimir Potanin Foundation has today opened its Olympic Scholarships programme to the global sports community. The scholarships provide financial backing for ambitious young people wanting to start or further their careers in sports administration.
Successful applicants will be fully supported to study a Master of Sport Administration (MSA) during the 2015/2016 academic year at the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Donna Goldsmith has held senior executive positions at the NBA (National Basketball Association), WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and 2014 Super Bowl Host Committee. She reveals how she became one of the most influential women in the business of sport.

Andrea Radrizzani, co-founder of MP & Silva, has witnessed his company grow to become the number-one agency in sports media-rights distribution in the space of a decade. But now he has taken a more hands-off role within the company, and is looking further afield at strategic projects in sports media. 

The search has begun to find the industry's best sports management courses with the launch of the 2016 SportBusiness International Postgraduate Sports Course Rankings, the only guide to postgraduate-level courses in the business of sport.

The SportBusiness International Sports Innovator of the Year recognises the sports executives who have made the most original business decisions throughout the past 12 months.

As Bernie Ecclestone's tenure as the head of Formula 1 comes to an end, we revisit a piece from 2014 in which senior stakeholders in Formula One identify the 10 qualities that made him so successful