Author Archives: Jose Gigante

@BBLofficial Basketball has always been dominated by the US and has struggled to make the transition to the UK, what could be improved to make the game more successful? Basketball in the US is booming with an estimated 80 million American basketball fans, and more importantly many of them are millennials. Interestingly, 9.6 million basketballContinueContinue reading “British Basketball League Looking to Learn from Bigger Organisations”

@premierleague Football is a global sport, uniting people form all backgrounds. Could the Premier League do more to make games and stadiums more accessible to disabled fans? Premier League football clubs are really different now compared to 20 years ago. Millions of pounds are going from fans and sponsors to privately-owned Premier League clubs, footballContinueContinue reading “Is The Premier League doing enough to accommodate Disabled Football Fans?”

@WePlayCo In a recent interview with ESPN sportscaster Bram Weinstein, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban stated that “analytics in sports are overrated, and artificial intelligence (AI) and its derivatives underrated”. In January 2017, I had my first face-to-face encounter with AI technology, and this was with the Pepper humanoid robot developed by Aldebran Softbank Robotics atContinueContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the 24/7 Fan Experience”

Technology can be a double-edged sword when looking at the global issue of betting-related corruption and match fixing in football. Betting and Technology On one hand, the advancements in technology including e-commerce, live online betting or in-play betting are used by unscrupulous criminals based in unregulated betting markets like Asia to place bets anonymously fromContinueContinue reading “Technology on Football Betting-related Corruption and Match Fixing”

The Context and Purpose of the Match On Saturday 21st of April, I attended a special charity match at the Stade de Genève – the “Match for Solidarity” with men’s football legends Andrea Pirlo, Raul, Luís Figo, Ronaldinho, Robbie Keane, Henrik Larsson, Cafú, Rio Ferdinand and Christian Karembeu, together with three women’s football legends Kelly Smith, Casey Stoney and Célia Šašić.ContinueContinue reading “The Fan Experience at the Match for Solidarity”

While football, basketball, tennis or Olympic fans are consuming sport on their mobile devices or streaming live content, sport administrators and athletes have to adapt to modern times and communicate using social media channels, posting images from key sporting moments to engage with fans, sponsors and the general public. On the other hand diplomats needContinueContinue reading “Sport and Digital Diplomacy A Vision For The Future”