In less than two days the world cup is starting. The expectations are high and everyone is expecting to see there team fight for the World Cup or at least getting as high as possible. Nevertheless no isn’t really telling the effect that the tournament will have in various economies around the world and how it will boost small businesses in various countries, especially those that there team is participating.

Im watching in the past few days-weeks news coming around all the time regarding MUST the voluntary organisation looking to force a change of ownership at Manchester United. Apparently they are waiting the end of the season in order to make an official offer to take over the club. In the mean time they are [...]

Today Manchester United won the League Cup by defining goal from Wayne Rooney in the second half. Sir Alex Ferguson and his players have still hopes for a treble this season that will increase the silverware in Old Trafford but also increase the revenues and…decrease the debt of the team. According to the report of UEFA “The European Cub Football Landscape” the English Premier League clubs have a total debt of £3.5 billions and Liverpool together with Manchester United is responsible for more than the half of it.

Almost a month after the end of the African Cup of Nations there is still a feeling of disbelief about the success of the tournament. The terrorist attack at the team of Togo left a bitter taste to everyone and I believe that a lot of fans/journalists around the world were happy that it was over.

One of the interesting stories that I have noticed in the last few days was the fact that Roman Abramovich wiped off Chelsea’s debt to him to nil brining the club one step closer to presenting profits for the first time after the billionaire bought the club. This could be achieved by this summer if…. they win some titles!

I just read some articles regarding the report of Simon Chadwick for the increasing revenues of Champions League. According to the report all the remaining teams in the knock out stage of the competition have earned an average of £45m. That’s a large amount if you consider the economic situation of the world today. In [...]

Mixing business with sports can often lead to catastrophic results, especially when you have to do with football clubs. I believe that most of the times the owners act as entrepreneurs or like fans than like club presidents. The owner of Newcastle -Mike Ashley- decided to “sell” the name of St.James Park , the ground [...]