Photos: Valentino Rossi, MotoGP’s famous no. 46 (source: Rossi’s official web site). Valentino Rossi turned out to be the first rider to accomplish 200 MotoGP podium endings when he came in third in Jerez last month. The Movistar-sponsored Yamaha rider and Italian multiple MotoGP World Champion stands out as the best motorcycle racer of all time […]
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FC Barcelona is on top of the football world once again – case of the UEFA Champions League Final and its impact on FC Barcelona’s reputational capital
By Kenneth Cortsen on June 8, 2015 in Sport & Events, Sport & Media Relations, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Photos: FC Barcelona players celebrating the ‘treble’ achievement (source: official Twitter accounts of FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu, Andrés Iniesta and Neymar Jr.) Both FC Barcelona and Juventus fought to claim the perfect season in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League Final as both teams played to win the ‘treble’. Italian and Spanish teams dominate the […]
The ongoing debate about who is the best man – Christiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi – sets the tone and marks the high sporting and commercial quality of this year’s semi-finals in the UEFA Champions League
By Kenneth Cortsen on May 6, 2015 in Sport & Events, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
In alignment with the events of Spanish football’s La Liga, the UEFA Champions League has FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Christiano Ronaldo in leading roles. Last night, Ronaldo scored his 76th goal in the Champions League tournament when his team Real Madrid faced Juventus in the first leg of semi-finals. He now moved […]
Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be the Super Bowl 2015 of boxing
By Kenneth Cortsen on May 3, 2015 in Sport & Events, Sport Economy, Sport Management, Sport Marketing
Photos: Manny Pacquiao’s official Twitter & Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s official Twitter accounts help to promote tonights fight. Tonight’s boxing fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao is a gigantic fight. The sport of boxing is notoriously known for its ability to ‘hype’ the competitive nature of ‘man vs. man’, in which ‘survival of the fittest’ is more visible […]
Mayweather Jr. og Pacquiao optræder i boksesportens Super Bowl anno 2015 – en case som forklarer toppen af den postmoderne sportsøkonomis enorme indtægtspotentiale
Photos: Manny Pacquiao’s officielle Twitter & Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s officielle Twitter konti hjælper til at brande kampen. Når boksesporten retter fokus på weekendens fight mellem Floyd Mayweather Jr. og Manny Pacquiao, er der med rette tale om en storkamp af dimensioner. Boksesporten er notorisk kendt for at forstå at ’hype’ konkurrenceelementet i relation til ’mand-mod-mand-elementet’, hvor ’survival of the […]