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Can this man make Twenty20 cricket the most popular team game in the world?
Texan Billionaire Sir Allen Stanford (as a 'Sir', I imagine that he's not really Texan) believes that he can turn Twenty20 cricket into the biggest team sport in the World and is putting his money where his mouth is.I can only imagine that his calculations are based on the popularity of the game in India and the increasing wealth of that country, rather than the likelihood of converting non-cricketing nations. Maybe the popularity of the Indian Premier league (IPL) hs got him all excited.
Has he overestimated the popularity of the game?
Has he underestimated the challenge he's set?
Is he a visionary?
Is he a marketing genius?
Or is he raving mad?
Here's the story on the BBC website.
What do you think?
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New Coaching Framework Announced by Sports Coach UK
This week Sports Coach UK announced their new UK Coaching Framework, which is designed "to create a cohesive, ethical, inclusive and valued coaching system where skilled coaches support children, adults, players and athletes at all stages of their development in sport, and that is world-leading by 2016".The emphasis appears to be not only on elite sport, but on helping create coaches that can build participation at grass-roots level too. The framework will also create a clearer career structure for sports coaches, "within a professionally regulated vocation".
I'd be particularly interested to find out if anyone knows more about this. I was only able to find the executive summary of the framework. The rest of the story is here.
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Do we have a Gladiator in our midst?
Did you know that Gladiators is returning to our screens in the UK - on Sky One?Well, have a look at this Gladiator , and then Shirely Webb from Red Sky Management's profile. Definitely some commonality there.....
Look out for (former Olympic Hammer thrower) Shirley. I hear she's a bit of a battleaxe ;)
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