JDG Media Ltd is looking for a sports-mad content producer to join their team. You will produce content for their in-house publications, including Love Rugby League and British Ice Hockey, as well as helping with the social media management.
This is a unique opportunity for a passionate writer and sports fan to gain a foothold in the industry without the requirement of a university degree.
Snooker player Judd Trump caused a stir over the weekend by tweeting during his World Championship match.
For sports like squash, social media and digital content gives the ability to reach out to a significant audience. With Premier League football dominating the traditional media, most have resigned themselves away from competing for that space.
With Oldham rightly grabbing the headlines for their terrific win at Hull KR, two other results went slightly under the radar. Catalans re-affirmed their title credentials with an away win at St Helens, their fifth on the road already this season, and perhaps more significantly, Toulouse saw off Leigh 10-8 in the Challenge Cup.
As a sell out 15,008 crowd settled in to watch Super League’s top two battle it out on Good Friday, it was hard to believe that this derby has been missing from more than half of Super League’s 21 seasons to date.
Widnes’ lengthy stints in the second tier, from 1996 to 2001 and more recently 2006 to 2011, has meant Warrington’s local rivalry focus has shifted towards St Helens and Wigan, particularly in the last five years or so as they’ve fought for honours at the top table.
But this year, the “Cheshire derby” was arguably the most hotly anticipated of the whole weekend.
The decision to bring a Canadian team in to League One is an absolute nonsense. There, I’ve said it. Billed as a pioneering first for sport, a trans-atlantic competition, further details are set to be announced this week. It’s pioneering because no other sport is stupid enough to do it.
An interesting infographic showing the world’s most popular sports – determined by which is the leading sport in each individual country in the world.
It’s sometimes easy to forget the life lessons that you can get from working in sport.
It only occurred to me recently when someone asked me what makes a successful sports team, and how those theories could be applied to my own life – both personally and in business.
