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World Cup afterthoughts

16 July 2010

The party is over and the World Cup has left South Africa, and generally the reviews have been very good. FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, praised South Africa’s efforts in hosting this year’s World Cup by giving them nine out of 10.[more]




The sportswear company World Cup

06 July 2010

The pensioner was talking himself into a rage. “Football is becoming too commercialized”, he scolded. “The young people today are too focused on money”. In his time, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira argues, everything was better. Back...[more]




How to legally ambush market

22 June 2010

The World Cup is the most watched sporting event in the world. With the event that only comes every four years come a slew of companies who step up and dish out millions of dollars to FIFA to be the official sponsors of the...[more]




Bavaria beer ambush

21 June 2010

By FIFA standards Bavaria beer participated in ambush marketing in a first round World Cup match up between the Netherlands and Denmark. According to Post Advertising, 36 ladies infiltrated the match each wearing matching orange...[more]




Ticket dealers: Up to 50 % of World Cup tickets sold under market value

17 June 2010

How much money is being spent in ‘Il Ritrovo Lounge’ each day? Nobody knows - but it is a lot. A striking number of stocky men gather at the bar, talking in rough northern English accents. They monitor the room, some fiddling...[more]




FIFA missing out on benefits of its own World Cup

16 June 2010

Tamar is a search and social conversion agency that just published its second sport index report. The report found that while many brands have associated themselves to the World Cup using tools like search engines and social...[more]




EU Ministers Agree on Illegal Gambling Definition

04 June 2010

The 25th of May, in Brussels marked the European Union’s preliminary steps in the process of creating a legal structure for gambling and betting.[more]




From shame to standard practice?

29 October 2007

If football is doing so well, why are so many English clubs going into administration? Play the Game took a fresh look at various aspects of the football business including the marketing of European clubs overseas and the search...[more]




An excess of riches and a lack of good sense

29 October 2007

The rewards have never been greater and the price of relegation never higher. But is English football’s financial model sustainable? Play the Game invited a number of experts to examine the state of professional game today.[more]




Jack Warner sows confusion about tax on World Cup appearance

03 February 2006

Trinidad Express reporter Lasana Liburd has continued his investigations into the affairs of FIFA vice president Jack Warner and has now uncovered evidence that Warner has not been telling the truth about the amount of money that...[more]




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