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sport & selling

A collection of 411 issues

Gold Medal Learning

Yes, New Zealand men's international rugby team are often lauded as the world's most successful across all of sport. Right now though, they're in a dip. Albeit one where they sit No. 2 in the rankings and still with chance of World Cup glory

Sales Periodisation Model

Top-level football today swears by it. Yet it only entered the English game just over twenty years ago. There have been many credited with revolutionising the way the game is played and prepared for at certain points. One such example I read recently was of the self-styled Special One. Fresh

Turning Off Motor Racing Delta Time Display

He may well be overtaken and not win the title, but how Lando Norris has clawed his way back to the F1 driver championship lead since the Summer with four races left is impressive. After victory in Mexico, two reasons were cited for the turnaround. One being a different front

Minnows Cash In On What's Free

Here's a happy chap. Chairman of football club Mjallby. A 'fishing village' of just 800 souls. That now clinch an historic Swedish football league title. It is an astonishing tale. A lowly 47 in the hierarchy in 2016 to Number One today. From budget a mere

Privates Halfway Gateway

"Privates" is the insider term for private skills coach, from the world of professional football. They are apparently becoming all the rage. With even major nation international players retaining their own. It seems like other sports that have them have seen such personal aides come out of the

Team Golf Table Turning

Blimey, this biennial golfing clash has long been an incredible event. Nonpareil when close. And boy, did this edition somehow go down to the wire. Here's a couple of slides UK broadcaster Sky showed immediately after the Europeans secured the trophy. The red line highlights a record final

Don't Die By Your Ideas

Super-coach, and some might say super-ego, Jose Mourinho, football's self-styled 'Special One', enjoys another bumper pay-off after his latest sacking. Add it to the fifty-mil. As he slips straight into one more hot seat, quotes abound highlighting his apparent ossification. For once, he was at the

Beyond Baller Potential Talent

“I’m not a football expert. There’s definitely people better than me at spotting talent and I’ve got people very close to me who advise me on players. But what I am very good at is analysing the human side of the player, the mentality side. Talent’s

Golden Moments Frieze

At 2:08 from "Inside Training", notice how all the best moments from the current season had been captured and put on the wall of the training room. New tradition? 👀 pic.twitter.com/ZakRNX4tPp — The Anfield Buzz (@TheAnfieldBuzz) September 10, 2025 Football fan bantz. No sooner had the

Football Turnaround Building Blocks

At the heart of it is a ‘football first’ policy aimed at creating a world-class environment for the team to succeed in, of which the new [training ground] headquarters will be a shining example with its attention to detail for the players, even including a barbers. Manchester United football club,