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Portas Consulting recently launched their annual CEO review into the UK sports landscape. The review captures unique perspectives of c. 60 leaders across UK sport, including those from Clubs, Leagues, Investors, National and International Governing Bodies and Corporates. The review covers four main themes that require CEOs to ‘challenge the status quo’. An optimistic outlook, […]

By Tanya Heimlich-Ng Yuen When the BCW 2022 Ranking of Sports Cities was published a few weeks ago, it marked a welcomed return to a level of normality following almost two years of postponements, rescheduling, relocations, and modifications of sports events. The pandemic created chaos, the organisation of events became uncertain, and tourism and spectators were […]

Women’s sport is growing – fast. Revenue across the sector is estimated to grow to £1bn by 2030. However, despite this growth and increasing interest and optimism, women’s sport remains a blue ocean from an investment perceptive – with many revenue streams yet to be activated and all yet to be optimised. Men’s sport, conversely, […]

2022 Money League clubs DOWLOAD THE FULL REPORT Welcome to a milestone edition of the Deloitte Football Money League (‘DFML’). Every year, DFML profiles the financial performance of the highest revenue generating clubs in world football. This year’s edition is a landmark publication for more reasons than one, as it marks 25 years of DFML […]

A comparison of the net financial debt of FC Barcelona and Real Madrid C.F. – focusing only on the interest bearing loans and borrowings, net of the available cash. The Blaugrana’s debt situation has been on the spotlight over the past months and it has been one of the main reason for the departure of Leonel Messi. As of […]

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has revealed the results of the sixth edition of its Sports Survey, which addresses the arduous journey of sports organisations’ crisis recovery. Drawing on the views of nearly 800 sports industry leaders from around the world, the findings demonstrate that a host of internal and external forces continue to profoundly impact the sector […]

LAUSANNE, July 7th, 2021 – European Athletics has appointed the sports practice of global communications agency BCW as agency of record to enhance its engagement with future event host cities. The Lausanne-based sports practice of BCW will work alongside the European Athletics bidding team to refine the positioning of the various European Championships from a host city […]

Welcome to the 24th edition of the Deloitte Football Money League (‘DFML’), which profiles the financial performance of the highest revenue generating clubs in world football during the disrupted 2019/20 season. Published just six months after the end of the disrupted 2019/20 season, the Money League is the most contemporary and reliable independent analysis of […]