IN THIS ISSUE


ISSUE


2 2013


30 Digital legacy – ParalympicsGB making social media count


34 James Bulley interview


54 Swimming in the community – how CSL is making use of private pools


62 Introducing bike polo


3 EDITOR’S LETTER


6 THOUGHT LEADERS Industry comment from John Goodbody and Helen Griffiths


8-18 NEWS A look at the latest industry news: DCMS launches inquiry into women and sport; report shows grass roots sport worth £11.78bn to UK economy


19 NEWS REPORT French study – supporting a losing team could be bad for fans’ health


22 INTERVIEW – ROD CARR We speak to the newly appointed chair of high performance body UK Sport about Rio 2016 and increasing participa- tion through inspiration


26 RESEARCH – DELOITTE ANNUAL REVIEW OF FOOTBALL FINANCE The latest figures from the annual football research shows that broadcast revenue now accounts for 50 per cent of total Premier League revenue


30 DIGITAL LEGACY The huge increase in interest towards dis- ability sport after London 2012 prompted ParalympicsGB to appoint a digital agen- cy to help it harness the opportunity. On Twitter, #paralympics became the most popular sporting hashtag of the year in the UK – even beating #olympics


34 INTERVIEW – JAMES BULLEY As director of venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic Games, James Bulley had one of the most de- manding roles in sports events history


4 Read Sports Management online sportsmanagement.co.uk/digital


38 EU FUNDING Tim Lamb, chief executive of the Sport and Recreation Alliance talks European Union funding and how sport organ- isations could benefit from its new dedicated stream for sport in 2014


43 SUSTAINABILITY IN SPORT A look at a number of innovative sustain- able sport projects from across the world – from fish food golf balls in Vietnam to saving 13m litres of water a year at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey


50 GRASSROOTS – CLIMBING Climbing is one of the few sports to re- cord significant growth in participation numbers since the launch of the Active England study in 2006. We speak to the British Mountaineering Council about its plans to grow even further


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