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Athlete Sponsorship Advice

We’ve covered some of these topics before but because it’s such an important aspect of an athletes career, we’re going to expand on a few points on targeting and getting athlete sponsorship. Social Media Puts The Power In Your Hands Since we are more likely to make a purchase from a company that we follow […]

18th June 2020 read full article

Michael Jordan initially preferred adidas over Nike

  Nike is considered the biggest sports brand and one of the most successful corporations in the entire world. No matter what part of the globe you are in, people have heard about and most likely love the Swoosh. From the wide range of products that they have to offer to their consumers, to the […]

17th June 2020 read full article

ÖTILLÖ – The Origin of SwimRun

ÖTILLÖ, which translates to English from Swedish as Island to Island, we heard about it through Jenny and Claire, a female Swimrun team from the Lake District in the UK, they fundraised for the WorldChampionship a few years back on PledgeSports. The race was created as a drunken bet between Anders Malm, his friend Janne […]

16th June 2020 read full article

The most successful Super Rugby Teams

The Super Rugby league is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the Champions Cup in Europe and is regarded as the toughest competition in rugby union. The Super Rugby series runs from February to July every year, (apart from 2020, due to the Corona Virus pandemic).  Every year the top teams from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, […]

16th June 2020 read full article

Choosing the right running gear

If you’re a runner or about to take running seriously you need to gear up!  There are a number of items to take into consideration from shoes and clothing to wearable technology. Footwear First things first, this is the single most important piece of equipment you need for running, so before you get out there […]

13th June 2020 read full article

Choosing A UK Bookmaker For Sports Betting

June will see the return of English professional football and UK racing which will delight sports fans around the world. Although fans will not be able to attend the fixtures due to them taking place behind closed doors, the fact that some of the countries top sporting events have resumed have brought some normality back […]

9th June 2020 read full article

The History of Rugby

To the best of our knowledge and after a little research, many believe that rugby was born in 1823 by William Webb Ellis.  However getting fact on the origins of rugby is hard, and this is strange give that this was the 1800’s where things were well documented, another interesting point is that the history […]

9th June 2020 read full article

They’ll Bet on Anything: Unusual Sports to Bet On

Accounted for 104.31 billion dollars in 2017, the global sports betting market is expected to reach a whopping 155.49 billion dollars by 2024, an impressive 50% rise in less than a decade. And while the lion’s share of the total revenue is extracted from the well-known sports – American football, soccer, tennis, horse racing, basketball, […]

3rd June 2020 read full article

The highest earning athletes in the world

Like any rich list, this one changes every year as bigger salary contracts and sponsorship deals get negotiated.  One that is very evident from the below is that individual athletes like golfers and tennis players are king when it comes to sponsorship, while football, NBA, NFL and MLB players earn the bulk of earnings through salary […]

3rd June 2020 read full article

Most followed rugby teams

All Blacks The All Blacks are by far the most popular rugby team globally.  New Zealand as a country only has a population of 4.8 million but the team has won the hearts of millions of rugby fans around the world.  New Zealand won the first ever Rugby World Cup in 1987 and also won […]

2nd June 2020 read full article