How much money is being spent in ‘Il Ritrovo Lounge’ each day? Nobody knows - but it is a lot. A striking number of stocky men gather at the bar, talking in rough northern English accents. These men are ticket dealers.

Tamar is a search and social conversion agency that just published its second sport index report.

The 25th of May, in Brussels marked the European Union’s preliminary steps in the process of creating a legal structure for gambling and betting.

If football is doing so well, why are so many English clubs going into administration? Play the Game took a fresh look at various aspects of the football business including the marketing of European clubs overseas and the search for the “holy grail” of profitability.

The rewards have never been greater and the price of relegation never higher. But is English football’s financial model sustainable? Play the Game invited a number of experts to examine the state of professional game today.

Trinidad Express reporter Lasana Liburd has continued his investigations into the affairs of FIFA vice president Jack Warner and has now uncovered evidence that Warner has not been telling the truth about the amount of money that the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF) will receive from FIFA for appearing in the World Cup.

Knowledge bank: Marie-Hélène Pedneau speaks at Play the Game 2005 about the thirld world muscle drain, also known as ‘brawn drain’. 

Knowledge bank: In this conference presentation paper, Raymond Boyle from the University of Stirling, examins the increasingly complex relationship between sports, media and public relations.