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Lessons learnt from the top sports crises of 2023

Planning and transparency can alleviate many of the crises we have seen in sport during 2023, but again it has been a year where foolhardy responses have done more harm than good.

international comms, media relations, media training, leadership, leadership comms, public relations, reputation management, Crisis Communications, Sports CrisesCalacus PR19 December 2023sports crisis, sports crisis communications, crisis pr, Jordan Henderson, Rugby, Welsh rugby, Rugby Union, UEFA Champions League, UEFA, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Real Madrid, Paris, Aleksander Ceferin, Javier Tebas, Vinicius, Vini, Vinicius Jr, Vinicius Junior, Vini Jr, La Liga, Brazil, Brazil football, Spanish Federation, Spanish football, cnosf, Olympic Games, olympics, Olympics, Paris 2024, Jay Monahan, LIV Golf, Liv Golf, PGA Tour, DP World Tour, Saudi Arabia, saudi pro league, PIF, Greg Norman, jon rahm, Amnesty International, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, victoria, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games Federation, Australia, Luis Rubiales, rubiales, vilda, Jorge Vilda, Lionesses, Spain, Women in Football, Womens World Cup, womens football, Women's World Cup, World Cup, FIFA World Cup, RFEF, jenni hermoso, seacabo, henderson, Steven Gerrard, rainbow laces, Rainbow laces, LGBTQ+, Stonewall, The Athletic, kop outs, Al Ettifaq, Manchester United, man utd, Sir Alex Ferguson, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, richard arnold, Mason Greenwood, antony, Erik ten Hag, sir jim ratcliffe, INEOS, Glazer, Glazers, Glazernomics, Jadon Sancho, PGMOL, howard webb, VAR, mike riley, Mike Dean, Mikel Arteta, gary o'neil, anthony taylor, luis diaz, offside

Golden girl Fraser-Pryce going for glory again

A decade and a half after her Olympic debut, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shows no signs of slowing down as she goes for gold again at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest this summer.

public relations, athleticsDavid Alexander27 July 2023Laureus, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Lionel Messi, Nelson Mandela, Olympic Games, World Athletics, World Athletics Championships, Jamaica Athletics, Olympic sprinter, Paris 2024

Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Sponsor rebels & the Houlihan case

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport from the previous week as Coca-Cola addresses Cristiano Ronaldo snub and Shelby Houlihan tries to blame doping ban on junk food.

Calacus Weekly Hit & Miss – Paris 2024 & Crewe Alexandra

We look at the best and worst communicators in sport as Paris 2024 commit to climate sustainability and Crewe Alexandra show a disaster class in child abuse crisis communications.

crisis management, football, olympicsDavid Alexander22 March 2021Paris 2024, Crewe Alexandra, Barry Bennell, FootbalL Association, QPR, Dario Gradi, Offside Trust, sustainability in sport, Mark Bullingham, Sheldon Report, Manchester City, IOC, Olympic bidding

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