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The SRA also conducted a poll last month of more than 1,000 people, 75 per cent of who agreed grassroots sport should receive more funding from Government. However, with Chancellor George Osborne close to finalising a comprehensive spending review that will be published on November 25, the campaign may have come too late to make a difference. That could mean tens of millions of pounds being lost to sport just…

Inside sports business The thing about marketing in sports versus all other industries is that nobody dons a Heinz ketchup jacket hoping to look cool. That’s what two-dozen attendees were told at the start of a sports marketing workshop last week at Seattle’s downtown School of Visual Concepts. Not only will consumers avoid jackets, jerseys or caps of favored household products as opposed to, say, donning Seahawks gear, they also…

Mixed martial arts has produced its fair share of superstars over the years, but none has garnered the kind of celebrity support that Ronda Rousey enjoys before, during and after all of her fights in the UFC. Everybody loves Rousey these days and the only things in pop culture that get as much attention either come with a Kardashian attached to their name or they are fighting zombies — of…

The IAAF is set to learn the findings of an independent report into claims of doping cover-ups, extortion and money-laundering in athletics. An independent commission, set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency, will publish its findings later on Monday. Co-author Richard McLaren has already said his report will reveal “a whole different scale of corruption”, even compared to Fifa. IAAF president Lord Coe has…

Athletics faces a “long road to redemption” over allegations of bribery to cover up doping violations, says IAAF president Lord Coe. An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency will report its findings on Monday. The report into claims of cover-ups and money-laundering will show “a different scale of corruption” even compared to Fifa, says co-author Richard McLaren. “These are…

Athletics faces a “long road to redemption” over allegations of bribery to cover up doping violations, says IAAF president Lord Coe. An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency will report its findings on Monday. The report into claims of cover-ups and money-laundering will show “a different scale of corruption” even compared to Fifa, says co-author Richard McLaren. “These are…

FOOTBALL GOSSIP Manager Ronny Deila has admitted his squad lack European experience in the wake of their latest defeat and reiterated a desire to re-sign a former Celtic star, such as Aiden McGeady or Shaun Maloney, although he refused to name a specific player. (Sunday Herald)  Ronny Deila says he has coached four clubs and made every one of them better as he…

For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Chelsea have a shortlist of three potential interim managers – former bosses Roberto Di Matteo and Guus Hiddink, and ex-Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers – if Jose Mourinho is sacked. (Sunday Express)  The Blues are also “on red alert” as Argentine coach Diego Simeone, 45, is set to quit…

London 2012 medallists are among suspected Russian drugs cheats who escaped bans when bribes were allegedly paid to the heads of world athletics. The Sunday Times  claims it has obtained a list of eight athletes who officials recommended should be banned in 2011. But it is alleged Lamine Diack, then head of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF, and Dr Gabriel Dolle, the…

Britain’s first sports strategy in 13 years will aim to get physically inactive people involved in support roles, such as preparing pitches, and help disaffected young people by highlighting initiatives such as police running football clubs.  A New Strategy for Sport is about to be drafted and will be published before Christmas. A consultation, launched in August, has attracted more than 3,000 submissions.  The previous strategy, from 2002, has been…

James Harrod was taken aback when he learned York High was instituting a $100 activity fee for each of its sports seasons. “It was not like I was going to say, ‘No, my kids can’t participate,’ but I was somewhat annoyed by how it just sort of happened,” said Harrod, whose daughter, Julia, is a three-sport athlete. “Why am I paying extra money to have my children participate in activities,…

On Super Bowl Sunday of 1985, the FBI raided 43 locations across 16 states in an attempt to take down the Computer Group, maybe the most successful gambling syndicate of all-time. A round of follow-up indictments based on some off-kilter assumptions was all it took for the bane of sportsbooks everywhere to close up shop. Anyone with any money tied to the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry—especially the people implicated…

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For a list of all the latest deals, check out the transfers page. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was “a bit angry” when he discovered the club had let Tottenham striker Harry Kane, 22, leave as an 11-year-old. (Independent)  Liverpool and Arsenal face competition from Serie A club Napoli for the signature of Real Madrid forward Jese, 22. (AS…

Sam Keller is one of several former athletes who spearheaded a lawsuit against the NCAA, EA Sports and a college licensing company.(Photo: Matthew Stockman, Getty Images) A legal agreement reached late Friday night means current and former college athletes who are entitled to shares of the $60 million in settlements related to use of their names, images and likenesses in video games could begin seeing checks within about 60 days,…

ENLARGE Moscow In the late 1970s, in the American state of Connecticut, a hockey official got fired, took out a $9,000 cash advance on his credit card and convinced an oil company to help him launch a sports network called ESPN. By contrast, Russia’s new 24-hour sports network had a quintessentially Russian origin: Kremlin Decree Number 365. President Vladimir Putin signed that decree in mid-July, laying the groundwork for a…

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Lottery is considering developing a daily fantasy sports game as the online competitions have exploded in popularity — and faced increased scrutiny about their legality. Michael Sweeney, the lottery’s executive director, said exploring options amid such games’ legal ambiguity is necessary if state lotteries are to remain viable in a changing gambling landscape. “Until such time as it becomes absolutely clear that this is illegal, we…

David L Ryan/Globe Staff Brendan Greally (left) and Brendan Pedersen with son Jack Pedersen at the City Sports in Dedham on Friday. DEDHAM — The liquidation of the City Sports chain drew a line of exactly two shoppers Friday morning outside the store at the Legacy Place mall — which may explain why the retailer is closing in the first place. “I’m kind of shocked there aren’t more people here,…

ENLARGE Moscow In the late 1970s, in the American state of Connecticut, a hockey official got fired, took out a $9,000 cash advance on his credit card and convinced an oil company to help him launch a sports network called ESPN. By contrast, Russia’s new 24-hour sports network had a quintessentially Russian origin: Kremlin Decree Number 365. President Vladimir Putin signed that decree in mid-July, laying the groundwork for a…

As far back as he can remember, soccer has been part of Shafaq Ayobi’s life. As a 7-year-old shepherd in eastern Afghanistan’s Laghman province, he kicked around a ball that he and his friends formed from scraps of cloth. Each day, as he made the seven-mile journey from home to the grazing area for his family’s livestock, he carried the ersatz ball. “While the animals would graze and drink water,”…