Sport is finding innovative ways to cash in on the $3bn Pokémon Go phenomenon. Greg Pitcher investigates the commercial opportunities in augmented reality.

Chile is renowned as one of the most stable and economically sophisticated countries in Latin America, but does such a reputation translate to the country's sports industry? SportBusiness International reports.

CHILE HAS A RELATIVELY small population in comparison with some of its Latin American neighbours, but about 78 per cent of them – or 14 million – are online, according to IWS.

Football is still the number one sport in Chile but there is now an increasing appetite for alternative forms of entertainment, particularly in the fitness industry and adventure sports. These emerging activities are causing an evolution in how brands engage with people in Chile.

Charlie Stillitano is the ebullient and divisive personality behind the International Champions Cup, the pre-season tournament that pitches the world’s most famous football club teams against each other. Here he speaks to Ben Cronin about Leicester City, the chances of a European Super League and that abandoned match in Beijing.

The cancellation of the recent pre-season friendly in Beijing between Manchester United and Manchester City highlighted a problem for Chinese football. For all the money sloshing around in the Chinese game, the country often fails to get the infrastructure right. Mark Dreyer reports.

The $200m pact between OTT operator Perform Group and the J.League is the largest deal in the history of Japanese sports. John Duerden looks at how it might help to transform the country’s football infrastructure and help the sport connect with millennials.

The formation of the Premier League in 1992 caused an identity crisis at the world’s oldest football league. However, as Kevin Roberts found out, rebranding as the English Football League and a new visual ID are intended to focus and reinvigorate the business.

Matt Bosworth, partner at Russell-Cooke looks at the legal ramifications of the Pat Hickey ticket scandal and examines the legislative infrastructure around the Olympic Games

Speaking at the Press Conference Centre in Rio’s Barra Olympic Park this morning, Balázs Fürjes, the Budapest 2024 Bid Chairman, and members of “Team Budapest”, gave a much anticipated press conference to a group of international journalists.
Fürjes opened by saying that Budapest’s Olympic bid approach was one of “athletic determination”, to achieve “one single goal”.

 Chemicals multinational AkzoNobel has become the first company to sign a team title sponsorship for the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, which starts in the fourth quarter of 2017 and ends in the second quarter of 2018.

The nominees for the 2nd annual TV Sports Awards (TVSA) 2016 have been announced today.  The awards recognise and celebrate excellence in the sports media industry across eight categories. The event includes a gala dinner and auction, and will be held on Monday, 24th October at the Fairmont Monte-Carlo, Monaco.

As the final members of the Hungarian Team prepare to depart for Rio they will do so in the knowledge that both the President of Hungary, Mr. János Áder, and Prime Minister Mr. Viktor Orbán support them as they compete in the world’s greatest sporting spectacle – in person.

A new integrity coalition has been set up to combat match-fixing and doping in esports. Callum McCarthy investigates its chances of being successful.