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The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) will this month stage the inaugural edition of its Premier12 tournament. Andy Fry reports.

With the help of experts such as NetResult and Copyright Integrity International, Kevin Roberts gets an inside look at the challenges facing the internet police in the digital world.

Kevin Roberts looks at the increasingly influential role of the internet police and how they are equipping themselves to take on new enemies in the shape of Vine, Periscope and Meerkat in order to protect the lucrative deals of their broadcaster clients.

Giants are emerging in the sports marketing landscape with multi-billion dollar agencies coming to the fore. Frank Dunne looks at how the arrival of the newly merged forces has affected the balance of power in the sports industry.

Owen Evans travelled to Singapore to ask Seamus O’Brien and Andrew Georgiou, executive chairman and COO, respectively, of Lagardère Sports and Entertainment, about how they hope a corporate facelift will banish an ugly few years for the sports marketing giant.

Later this month the destiny of rugby’s world cup will be decided at Twickenham, the home of the Rugby Football Union in West London.

President Tamas Ajan speaks about the growth of his IWF (International Weightlifting Federation) World Championships, as well as his crackdown on the sport’s biggest setback, doping.

European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) president Antonio Urso flexes his political muscles, following his fallout with the sport’s international governance.

The media glare burns brightest in the 24 hours after a scandal breaks, and the wrong word at the wrong time can lead to heads rolling at the highest positions. The protectors-in-chief are the in-house communications team. They can usually be found sitting just off the shoulder of a disgraced leader – or in the case of Fifa president Sepp Blatter – out on the front-line to take the bullets from the press pack looking for an exclusive line. Any aspiring communications specialist has to be prepared for the day when the news breaks on their doorstep.

Has the Olympic Movement sold its own public short by signing up with Eurosport?

Future Olympic stars could find themselves promoting a lot more than their natural talents, as the Olympic Movement considers loosening its commercial grip on athlete endorsement. 

Frank Dunne asked the major sports betting operators whether the live video streaming market has reached saturation point for sport’s biggest bookmakers, and what the future holds.

As sports lobby relentlessly for a place on the 2020 Olympic programme, it is little wonder that those fortunate enough have a spot at the Games can ill-afford to rest on their laurels. We ask Nenad Lalovic, president of UWW (United World Wrestling) to tell us why.

Emanuel Medeiros, CEO, International Centre for Sport Security Europe, on a bad year for sport integrity and the threats that lie in store for our industry. 

Formula E’s stakeholders analyse the successes and failures of its innaugural season.