Monday’s Metro newspaper was bursting with technicolor advertisements supporting Rainbow Laces, the annual campaign encouraging footballers to don multi-coloured laces to support LGBT rights.
Read MoreGermany are always a huge draw for media during the FIFA World Cup and 2014 was no different so the task was rather to channel and structure huge public interest in the team looking to secure another world title…
Read MoreIf you looked at the news from Brazil after Germany won the World Cup final, everything looked rosy at FIFA but when I was in Rio I warned that we might be reaching a tipping point in sport’s relationship with sponsors.
Read MoreBoxing has long been considered to be the King of all sports, but it is fair to say that its reputation has been tarnished at times over the years before I took over the organisation and there is much to do.
Read MoreFour months and nine international games – that's the ban Luis Suarez is facing for biting Giorgio Chiellini during the FIFA World Cup earlier this week which prompted a global media storm.
Read MoreBBC economics editor Robert Peston, may have labelled them “the enemy” in his recent speech, but there is no question that in today’s media environment, journalists are dependent on PR contacts.
Read MoreThe world of journalism has changed dramatically since I was a cub reporter on local papers more than 20 years ago with news now on a 24-hour cycle and newsroom staff decimated by a series of cuts.
Read MoreIf you believe the UK newspapers, you may well get the impression that the FIFA World Cup is going to be a disaster, what with stadia delays, civil unrest, infrastructure issues and a rise in crime.
Read MoreIOC Member and IAAF Vice President Sergey Bubka has reiterated his belief that sport has the power to transform communities, bring people together and can be used as a means of positive change.
Read MoreWhen I arrived in Brazil years ago, friends in the UK were quick to recite stories of the lawlessness, corruption and chaos I would encounter in what I consider to be one of the most vibrant countries in the world.
Read MoreNelson Mandela said that "sport has the power to change the world" at the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco in 2000 and 15 years later in Kuala Lumpur, his legacy lives on.
Read MoreA mixed-race child in a predominantly white neighbourhood, I got plenty of verbal and physical abuse in the 1980s that was brushed aside by teachers and guardians in a way that would never happen today.
Read MoreI was a sports journalist for many years working at national and international level and the sporting moments that were shaped by great drama or skill that took one's breath away never ceased to inspire.
Read MoreLet’s face it, this hasn’t been the greatest start to the year, horrible weather, depressing news (well, isn’t it always?) and continuing financial pressures are not good for your mental, or physical health.
Read MoreI remember as a sports journalist at a training ground with the assembled media many years ago as rumours abounded that a French striker was going to sign for the club whose manager we were talking to.
Read MoreWhen journalists are expelled or barred from entry to a country, it usually prompts outrage about the freedom of the press and a discussion about democracy and inevitably leads to only one thing: bad publicity.
Read MoreCoca-Cola Ireland has faced backlash this week over the removal of a same-sex marriage clip from their new ‘Reasons to Believe’ advert in the Irish version after an outcry from the public.
Read MorePop queen Beyoncé released her new album last Friday without any prior warning and the entertainment world came to a halt –or so it seemed anyway judging by the chatter on social media channels.
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