Sports consulting newsletter

Sports consulting newsletter #10 | Sports and volunteering

June 2020

Volunteers and community involvement as a whole are valuable resources for the sports industry and will continue to play an integral part in its success—whether it is offering basic services like handing out water to athletes at events, or providing specific knowledge and expertise to organizers and sports clubs.

Sports consulting newsletter #9 | Sports and professional athletes in Luxembourg

May 2020

Luxembourg has produced some greatly talented athletes over recent years. With four of its athletes having qualified for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 so far, sport in Luxembourg celebrates yet more success.

Sports consulting newsletter #8 | Sport for all

April 2020

In 2019, the International Olympic Committee, along with its development arm, the Agitos Foundation, launched a worldwide educative project called “I’mPOSSIBLE”. Driven by the will to change how young people perceive people with impairments, this program aims at fostering the social inclusion of people with an impairment through sport and spreading Paralympic values. Luxembourg is one of the first European nations that decided to implement this project locally.

Sports consulting newsletter #7 | Sports and Sustainability

February 2020

In the famous words of Bill Shankly, legendary Liverpool FC coach during the 70s, “Football is not a matter of life and death. I can assure you, it’s much more important than that.”

Sports consulting newsletter #6 | Sports and health

November 2019

At the end of September 2019, the fifth edition of the European Week of Sport took place in over 40 countries around the world. Launched in 2015, the Week is a joint response to a worsening inactivity crisis: despite sports and physical activity having an important impact on the health and wellbeing of the population, the level of physical activity is stagnating, or even declining in some European countries.

Sports consulting newsletter #5 | Luxembourg and Sports

July 2019

2019 got off to a great start for the Luxembourg sports community. On Saturday 1 June, the Olympic Games of the Small States of Europe in Montenegro drew to close with Luxembourg at the top of the medal table.

Sports consulting newsletter #4 | Introduction of sports to the Olympics

May 2019

Great news for breakdancing, skateboarding, climbing, and surfing fans! As announced on 27 March 2019 by the Olympic committee in a press release, the committee approved the Paris 2024 proposal to include these sports in the 2024 Summer Olympics program.

Sports consulting newsletter #3 | Sports and digital

April 2019

On occasion, the sporting landscape has become the playing field for financial criminals through elaborate schemes and game fixing. Such news understandably makes headlines.

Sports consulting newsletter #2 | Sports and financial crime

March 2019

On occasion, the sporting landscape has become the playing field for financial criminals through elaborate schemes and game fixing. Such news understandably makes headlines.

Sports consulting newsletter #1 | eSports

February 2019

On 1 November 2018, it was announced that Paris would host the final of the Worlds 2019, the largest eSports event of its kind. This competition is devoted to League of Legends, the most played eSport game in the world.