Footballers are easily exposed for bad behaviour because of the advent of smartphones and social media with newspapers and websites often reporting of players getting in trouble like Jack Grealish.
Read MoreMo Farah is one of the most likeable men in sport – always smiling, he has been one of the great athletics successes in recent years with two Olympic gold medals and three world titles.
Read MoreThis was always going to be a momentous week for Fifa, which see incumbent President Sepp Blatter take on Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, who has the support of Uefa, the European football governing body.
Read MoreRaheem Sterling is a fine footballer for Liverpool and England, an exciting forward whose style has caught the eye and despite only being 20, he's already made almost 100 appearances for the club.
Read MoreAsk any business whether Corporate Social Responsibility matters to them and they will almost certainly say 'yes' but few have made the sort of commitment Mercedes-Benz has done in its partnership with Laureus.
Read MoreCalacus has just returned from the recent SportAccord Convention held in the magnificent surroundings of Sochi, venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics, but the ‘Where Sport Meets’ slogan seemed ill-fitting.
Read MoreThe rise and rise of AFC Bournemouth over the past few years has been fascinating – yet in recent years, twice the club has faced going out of existence, relying on the community to survive.
Read MoreFootball has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this week with legendary Italian coach Arrigo Saachi lamenting the number of black players in football and Chelsea fans goading a black fan.
Read MoreIn the 1970s and 1980s, the culture in football was very different to that we take for granted today but with the latest broadcast deal, clubs and administrators have a huge opportunity to make a real difference.
Read MoreWhoever is advising Lance Armstrong ahead of the rare interviews he gives must be having a tough time with the disgraced cyclist still talking as if he is little more than a passive victim in one of sports greatest scandals.
Read MoreIt takes years to build a solid, strong, respected reputation, but, as many sports clubs and athletes have had to come to terms with, a hard-earned reputation can be damaged much more quickly.
Read MoreWith this year’s Asian Football Cup and Cricket World Cup both taking place down under, there’s no denying that Australia is gaining a fantastic reputation for hosting world class events.
Read MoreFIFA needs to change as its reputation has taken a serious hit following controversy surrounding the voting for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, according to a survey undertaken by Calacus.
Read MoreLast summer’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil was a celebration of all that is good about the glorious game, but in so many other aspects, football undergoes a continual challenge with its own reputation.
Read MoreMonday’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.
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