Our friends at Sports Betting Online have put together an interesting infographic which looks into the odds of becoming a sports star in the UK.
Misc
A selection of articles that don’t fit anywhere else.
Celebrity Friendships in Sports – A Marketing Opportunity?
Even if you have all the money in the world, drive the most luxurious cars, and are known to have the most expensive fashion sense, you need someone to share these things with – everyone does!
Gaming Apps Comparison: Which Ones You Enjoy the Most
The genre of video gaming and online slots have come a long way to becoming a leading source of enjoyment and releasing tension, so much that they have been upgraded to the status of online gaming and mobile gaming apps presently where they are vastly approachable to the masses who just download the apps and enjoy playing offline as well.
New TV deal makes Premier League clubs takeover targets
When an American consortium bought a 60% stake of Swansea City, they became the latest Premier League club to be sold to outside investment and it is a trend that doesn’t look like stopping.
All of the traditional big clubs are bankrolled by some foreign investors and now, given the wealth of Premier League clubs, the smaller sides are becoming equally as attractive.
The world’s most popular sports
An interesting infographic showing the world’s most popular sports – determined by which is the leading sport in each individual country in the world.
Harlequins RFC to host Leading Sports Performance, Injury & Coaching Summit
The Rugby Innovation Summit 2016 in partnership with Harlequins Rugby and Rugby World Magazine takes place at Twickenham Stoop Stadium, London, on 24th and 25th May 2016 and is truly the first event of its kind.
Shirt sponsorship in the Premier League
Shirt sponsorship in the Premier League can be a lucrative source of income, and with Sky TV’s new £5.136bn broadcast rights deal set to kick in at the start of next season clubs could find themselves inundated with offers from companies looking to promote their name.
ITV snatches horse racing television rights from Channel 4
Channel 4 has lost the television rights to broadcast some of the biggest horse racing after over three decades. On the first day of 2016 it was announced that this would be the channel’s last year broadcasting horse racing before ITV take over in 2017. The four year deal is thought to be worth around 30 million pounds to the sport.
It’s reported that Sky offered more money to take the sport off of terrestrial television, but the heads of the sport hope the sport will attract a bigger audience on ITV.
