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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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Fifa has to take some blame for World Cup uncertainty
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It will not reflect well on Blatter and Co if Brazil festival is marred.
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Bolton debt must serve as warning to Premier spendthrifts
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Worst-case scenario should be built into plans of all top Premier League football clubs.
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Even rich football club owners can't ignore the fans
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Rich investors pump their money into clubs (and are often welcomed for doing so) but then think they have a plaything that they can do with what they want.
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Magpies hit wrong note with new charges for newspapers
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Newcastle United Football Club plans to demand payment for access to manager and stars.
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Will changes to the rules really make a big difference to Formula One season?
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The ‘if it ain’t broke’ mantra seems to have disappeared from the world of sport.
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Politicians must help stamp out spectre of fixing
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Latest furore cannot be ignored or sponsors and fans will be lost.
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Power struggle could prove costly for European rugby
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The proposal to replace the current Heineken Cup with the Rugby Champions Cup came from English and French clubs that wanted greater autonomy when it came to the allocation of revenue.
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Fergie time is over but Red Devils still raking in the cash
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New TV and sponsorship deals keep United on top of the pile.
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