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Firms ride on upward cycle of demand for nutrition
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The rising popularity of competitive and leisure cycling has seen doors open for the sports nutrition market.
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Karting beginning to build up speed in the race to hit on its own winning formula
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Small-engine racing where it all began for Hamilton and Rosberg.
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No quick fix in global bid to beat the game's cheats
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Match-fixing usually manifests itself in instances where sportsmen are 'underpaid', or their level of remuneration is considered 'unjust'.
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Money talks as England look set for more misery
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Although England has "the best facilities", we remain unable to produce a sufficient volume of talented footballers capable of competing at the very highest level
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'Motorsport Valley' still attracting Formula one business to the Midlands
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This concentration of high-performance engineering firms, located primarily in the Midlands, had emerged relatively unscathed from the recession.
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It's time for one venue to play host to all future World Cups
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If the footballing public is less bullish about England's chances than at any point during the last thirty years, the Brazilian hosts face an almost impossible quandary.
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World Cup or Western League - integrity is a key factor for sponsors
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A litany of back-handers, bribes and lavish junkets merely confirmed that many senior officials involved in the management and administration of international football are little more than crooks.
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A European-wide ban on alcohol advertising would put skids under Formula One...
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Teams face a huge loss of income if EU states agree to French demands.
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Clubs must think hard about how to replace key people
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Considerable damage can be done to any business if the wrong person takes the reins of a successful operation
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From pets to pizzas - World Cup will give retailers a £2bn boost
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Whether England's performances can justify their supporters' significant investment is, unfortunately, another matter altogether.
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Amateurs face a bleak future with sport sector now worth $1 trillion
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Demand for top professional operators soaring say experts.
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Great deal for Trump - but many golf club futures are less certain
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Golf club memberships are falling while Donald Trump dreams of hosting The Open.
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Manchester United need to keep an eye on share prices as well as league position
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Anything capable of impairing a commercial organisation of such magnitude, or jeopardising an operation which grew commercial revenues by 65% between June 2011 and June 2013 could not continue.
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Get rid of Champions League and financial fair play has chance
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Irrespective of how protracted the appeal process might prove, however, it looks as though UEFA is finally addressing a burgeoning problem first highlighted in this column in May 2008.
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Broadcast giants face challenge to get kids fit for purpose
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What will it take to encourage our youngsters to get involved in sport, or simply play in parks, or even just walk to school?
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Clamour to get on board big earners' bandwagon
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European rugby's re-organisation has come about with one thing in mind...getting a slice of the riches enjoyed for so long by their footballing cousins
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How budget pension plan could leave racing in the doldrums...
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Bookies asked to foot the bill might withdraw vital funding
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Bookies are flat to the boards in the race for your cash
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Big guns line up for battle... but who are the winners and losers?
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Sport looks increasingly to Asia for big-money opportunity
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Formula 1 and tennis latest to cash in on a growing demand
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FA is now paying the price of an expensive own-goal
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UEFA decision will see even fewer fans heading down Wembley way.
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The lack of financial fair play is threatening to kill game
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The depressing downgrading of the FA Cup offers a foretaste of what could happen to the domestic English game.
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What will become of Sochi when big-money sponsors leave town?
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Although the Games will be over soon, these things always leave a legacy – whether good or bad – and it will be interesting to see the aftermath of Sochi.
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Do not lay blame for Ashes flop at doors of counties
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Shaking up domestic game yet again will not solve England's ills.
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Pitch battle with pubs over games is still live and kicking
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Premier League fights back with plans to bring 100 prosecutions.
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