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Hollow visions create empty stands

09 May 2012

COMMENT: International sport and local politicians are responsible for the waste of resources worth billions of dollars when demanding oversized stadiums that mainly serve the interests of the contractors who build and maintain...[more]




Financial Fair Play in the Premier League?

30 March 2012

In a session on Financial Management of Clubs at the Soccerex conference in Manchester, UK, Trevor Birch, a former chief executive of five top English clubs, argued that UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules would create a more level...[more]




London Olympics set to come in on - revised - budget

05 March 2012

After the latest accounts the London 2012 Olympics is said to come in on the revised budget. However, Sky News paints a less rosy picture reporting further expenses. With 150 days to go until the start of the London 2012...[more]




UEFA Euro 2012 – lasting legacy or a ‘New Portugal’?

20 February 2012

Despite major delays, new and spectacular stadiums in Poland and Ukraine will be ready to host this summer’s UEFA Euro 2012. But will there be a long lasting legacy justifying the massive investments?[more]




Rome scraps bid for 2020 Olympics

15 February 2012

Rome has scrapped its bid for the 2020 Olympics after Prime Minister Mario Monti decided that the Italian government would not provide the necessary financial backing at a time of financial crisis. Rome’s Olympic project...[more]




Police raid football body: World Cup players seize assets

10 February 2012

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) was subjected to a new low Wednesday morning as policemen swooped down on its Dundonald Street headquarters and seized removable assets.[more]




Brazil is set to repeat mistakes from previous mega-events in 2012 and 2014

05 October 2011

The next football World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games threaten to produce a catalogue of white elephants for Brazil, while restricting benefits to the business community, a panel of academics warned at today’s Play the Game.[more]




Financial Fair Play – a necessary evil?

21 June 2011

The new UEFA concept of Financial Fair Play is blurry and mounts the risk of court cases, according to leading sport economic, Professor Stefan Szymanski from the CASS Business School in London. Others do not see any good...[more]




Financial Fair Play rules not yet ‘set in stone’

31 March 2011

UEFA expressed concerns that club losses could rise by 50 per cent in 2010 when their regulation to stop clubs’ overspending, Financial Fair Play, was discussed at the SoccerEx Forum in Manchester.[more]




Team Handball on the brink of insolvency

17 March 2011

New in Knowledge Bank: Despite success for the Danish male national team at the 2011 World Championships in Sweden, the financial development in the Danish men’s and women’s League clubs is worse than ever. Analysis on the...[more]




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