Can pro rugby take off in the US? NRFL’s Michael Clements thinks so
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Every January Google Search sees huge spikes in searches for "gym membership" as people look to shift the excesses of the Christmas period.
However, beyond this yearly spike, the fitness industry is now worth a record $100 billion as people increasingly look to become healthier and a gym membership/class pass is now part…
At 23.07pm on Tuesday 27th August, for all intensive purposes, with the announcement that the club had been demoted from the English Football League (EFL), effectively signaled the extinction of Bury FC.
Bury FC was dead as it had, effectively, run out of money.
With the English Football Association (FA) moving the game…
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A game reckoned to be created in the UK, but by 1856 was being referred to as America's "national game".
Meet baseball.
A European game, but can baseball become popular in Europe?
It comes to the UK this weekend when two of Major League Baseball's (MLB) franchises face off at the Olympic…
The glitz, the glamour, the vast riches on offer can attract families and guardians to push young people into careers in sports.
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Yesterday's EFL Championship Playoff Final between Aston Villa and Derby County was portrayed as the "richest game in sport". How much is the yearly playoff worth to the victor, Villa?
According to ESPN, the game is worth £170 million (!) across three seasons (even if a team is relegated after just one season…
It would seem that British fans, regardless of their wider circumstances, have a deep love of attending live sporting events. What has also helped boost attendance is the plethora of newer sports that have taken off or sports which are suddenly back in fashion.
“No rules! no judges’ scores! No time limits!” bellowed an enthusiastic voice-over for the start of UFC 1, in November 1993. It was set up to answer one of the most inriguing questions in all combat sports, who was the best fighter? Was it a boxer? A wrestler? Who was the ultimate fighter?
In truth, it looks fantastic, with extremely high production values that rival a Hollywood blockbuster. But behind this, little, if anything of substance is revealed. We get an insight into players’ lives, (for example Miralem Pjanic in particular), but it is a very sanitised version, with little if any real insight given to fans.