Category: sport

house News conflict A number of senior Britons are sounding the alarm to ensure their citizens are prepared for the coming years. The reason for this remarkable call? The unstable geopolitical situation and the memory of the recent global pandemic. According to the Daily Mail, Oliver Dowden, the UK’s…

New football The Netherlands play England in the semi-finals of the European Football Championship. It would make more sense if Great Britain were the next opponents. How? picture during Europeana / Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum England and Scotland have qualified for the European Football Championship. Scotland did not qualify…

The 2024 Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in Paris later this summer. Darts is still not part of the Olympic programme, but isn’t it time to add the sport to a future edition of the world’s biggest sporting event? During the recent Polish Darts Championships, Michael van Gerwen…

Recently published “International exploration of the best sports and media”, conducted by Ecorys on behalf of the Department of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), looks in detail at the interaction between major media and sport in five countries. The report, which analyzes the situation in the US, UK, Germany, Sweden…

“I’ve been in the sport for 20 years, and professional cycling is the worst business model ever,” says Graham Bartlett, CEO of Velon. “It’s not working. To do something about it, we created Velon.” Why does professional cycling produce so little? Worldwide, commercial cycling revenues are only $600 millionReverse 8.2…

house sports Other sports US President Donald Trump is in Davos to attend the World Economic Forum. He spoke there with British Prime Minister Theresa May, among others. The relationship between Trump and May came under pressure after the US president declined an invitation to visit London to open the…

house sports Other sports Britons began the Brexit process this week. Negotiations could begin between the UK and the EU. This could also have consequences for EU players in the Premier League, including several Belgians. If there is a ‘hard’ Brexit and the UK leaves the ETA, all players…

Photo: Pixels/Andrea Piacudio It doesn’t matter what time you exercise, right? Well, there seems to be a difference. For example, according to research, there is the best time of day when exercise can provide the most benefits. It is suggested that exercising between 7am and 9am could be key to…

Horse racing is a popular sport all over the world. From Japan to the Middle East, some of the fastest and strongest horses are bred for racing purposes. With the advent of live television, watching these events has become easier than ever. Below we list three of the biggest horse…

Facts and figures · Updated: 01-24-2020 · Publication date: 12-23-2019 · 7 minutes The SROI (social return on investment) for sport and exercise shows whether investments provide added value to the municipality from a social perspective. There are significant differences in SROI results between municipalities. Explaining the SROI provides interesting…