On the eve of the Olympics, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for a greater emphasis on grassroots as opposed to just elite sport and urged sports governing bodies to direct resource in that direction.
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There are many reasons for business to develop a relationship with sport but few can be as powerful as the emotional affinity it generates. This reaction of fans to a sporting rival showed this recently in the GAA.
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Katie Taylor will carry the irish flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on Friday night. Find out what she will do next and when she will step into the ring with the hopes of a nation on her shoulders.
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The Paralympic Games are enjoying a higher profile than ever before, aided by stars like Mark Rohan and by promotion like the ‘Superhuman’ video trailing Channel 4’s TV coverage of the Games.
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The Morton Games have attracted 60 athletes from overseas, many en route to the Olympics. We look at a chance for youth, an opportunity for smaller companies and how one athlete is bucking commercial restrictions.
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There is no official betting partner of the London 2012 Olympics but Paddy Power is sponsoring an egg and spoon race in London, France and claiming it to be the biggest athletics event of the year (in London, France)
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The ascent of Jessica Ennis has been down as much to hard work off the track as on it. She missed Beijing but has not missed a beat since in how she has been promoted as the Golden Girl of Team GB.
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The athletes are gathering, the stories of logistics are fading and the Olympic Games is only three days away. We look at how RTE is shaping up to deliver coverage, and at how this first ‘Socialympics’ will be viewed.
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Irish Rugby produced a financial surplus of €7.8 million last season. The AGM was therefore a quiet affair but their was one strange sponsorship issue concerning the front cover of the annual report…
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The AGM of the FAI in Letterkenny has heard that a debt of €50 million remains on the books over the development of the Aviva Stadium and that interest only payments of €4.8 million were paid in the last financial year.
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