Why did the Russians start cheering World Cup victory before FIFA’s Sepp...
I heard this first on the radio and there was definitely an outbreak of Beatles-type screaming before FIFA boss Sepp Blatter had actually announced the winner of the competition to host the 2018 World...
View ArticleUK supermarket Morrisons threatens to sue FIFA over ‘unfair’ World Cup bid...
But what’s it got to do with them? Well UK supermarket group William Morrison was one of the sponsors of the unsuccessful England 2018 World Cup bid, investing £1m in a process costing £18m that gained...
View ArticleAnother cop-out from the Football Association as they snub David Dein for...
It’s hard to find anybody with a bad word to say about David Bernstein, the former Manchester City chairman and FCUK director, who has been elected chairman of the Football Association. But nobody has...
View ArticleBruiser Simon Greenberg takes on the ultimate PR challenge at News International
Simon Greenberg, who has just been appointed head of corporate affairs at News International, is used to stiff challenges. From 2004 to 2009 he was comms head at Chelsea Football Club, battling a...
View ArticleIs Visa’s Team 2012 Olympics tie-up with News international really such a...
Well it’s no doubt worth lots of money to someone or other (the media broker presumably) but card giant Visa must have a few worries about its decision to team with News International for exclusive...
View ArticleSponsors Coca-Cola and Adidas whack FIFA boss Sepp Blatter
That’s ‘whack’ in the sense of a Mafia hit, it’s going to be very hard for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to recover from the assault launched on him yesterday by Coca-Cola and Adidas, two of FIFA’s and...
View ArticleFA boss Bernstein should keep up the fight against Sepp Blatter and FIFA old...
David Bernstein is no stranger to controversy. He was non-executive chairman of French Connection during its “f.c.u.k” ad campaign in 1997, created by the mercurial Trevor Beattie at TBWA and banned...
View ArticleSponsorship row brews as All Blacks prepare for World Cup final (and a brand...
World rugby’s governing body the International Rugby board rules with an iron hand, far more so than football bodies FIFA and UEFA, but the success of the Rugby World Cup (in TV viewing terms if not...
View ArticleWorld’s two biggest sports have scandal-hit Blatter and Ecclestone – but do...
Well, what a week of wasted moral outrage that was, even if it did produce one of The Sun’s finest headlines for a very long time. Make no mistake. “Splatter Blatter” will have sold extra copies of the...
View ArticleTBWA Paris to launch Al Jazeera’s new Be In Sport channel and Euro finals...
There’s a new kid on the sports block, Qatar-based Al Jazeera’s Be In Sport channel (or beIN SPORT as it styles itself) and it has chosen TBWA Paris to handle its imminent launch in France alongside...
View ArticleGuardian tilts at FIFA in BBH World Cup campaign
With a week to go to the World Cup in Brazil the international game is mired in scandal – again – thanks to the machinations of world governing body FIFA and the Qataris who appear to have bent the...
View ArticleQatar corruption row forces Adidas, Sony and Visa to question top line World...
Sponsors trying to call the shots about the events they support is always a cause for unease – just as it is when advertisers try to influence editorial content. But football’s world government body...
View ArticleDid the big money Fifa sponsors nix Sepp Blatter?
Fifa boss Sepp Blatter (left) is resigning, even as we write this, which surely testifies to the belated realisation on the part of its big money sponsors – who include Adidas, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s,...
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Is Visa’s Team 2012 Olympics tie-up with News international really such a...
Well it’s no doubt worth lots of money to someone or other (the media broker presumably) but card giant Visa must have a few worries about its decision to team with News International for exclusive...
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Sponsors Coca-Cola and Adidas whack FIFA boss Sepp Blatter
That’s ‘whack’ in the sense of a Mafia hit, it’s going to be very hard for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to recover from the assault launched on him yesterday by Coca-Cola and Adidas, two of FIFA’s and...
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FA boss Bernstein should keep up the fight against Sepp Blatter and FIFA old...
David Bernstein is no stranger to controversy. He was non-executive chairman of French Connection during its “f.c.u.k” ad campaign in 1997, created by the mercurial Trevor Beattie at TBWA and banned...
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Sponsorship row brews as All Blacks prepare for World Cup final (and a brand...
World rugby’s governing body the International Rugby board rules with an iron hand, far more so than football bodies FIFA and UEFA, but the success of the Rugby World Cup (in TV viewing terms if not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
World’s two biggest sports have scandal-hit Blatter and Ecclestone – but do...
Well, what a week of wasted moral outrage that was, even if it did produce one of The Sun’s finest headlines for a very long time. Make no mistake. “Splatter Blatter” will have sold extra copies of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TBWA Paris to launch Al Jazeera’s new Be In Sport channel and Euro finals...
There’s a new kid on the sports block, Qatar-based Al Jazeera’s Be In Sport channel (or beIN SPORT as it styles itself) and it has chosen TBWA Paris to handle its imminent launch in France alongside...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guardian tilts at FIFA in BBH World Cup campaign
With a week to go to the World Cup in Brazil the international game is mired in scandal – again – thanks to the machinations of world governing body FIFA and the Qataris who appear to have bent the...
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