Marcus Höfl has been in the sports business for over 20 years and is the founder of Marcus Höfl Management – MHM Majors. He markets personalities and events in an international environment and manages the global activation of sponsorship partnerships and sports investments. The main areas of activity are the areas of Olympic summer / […]
Former Walt Disney Co-Executive Rob Thompson : “We have our eyes on how athletes are leveraging social channels to build a community”
The Playknox spoke with Rob Thompson, Founder of a non-profit association GamePlanU connecting early-mid stage sports innovators, industry executives, future leaders and Angel investors. He has also authored books “Land A Dream Job If Dad Doesn’t Own The Team” an Amazon #1 New Book release in 2018, and published ” Sports Dream Job Playbook” helping […]
Amrit Kumar of Zilliqa: “Our co-created NFT collection featuring James Rodríguez, Diego Costa among others with Polaris will bring footballers monetisation opportunities for their own personal brands”
NFT (Non-Fungible Token) have become the latest rage globally. NFTs are digital assets that serves as a secure record of ownership for an item or collection of items, stored on select blockchain. Zilliqa is a public blockchain platform best known for its early implementation of sharding, a scaling solution that breaks transaction validating nodes in […]
iWorkinSport founder Joao Frigerio: “Make sure you acquire the right skills for the type of job you’d like to have”
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the globe and sports is one of the worst affected industry. However, things are slowly improving as the world is opening up. We spoke with founder of iWorkinSport founder Joao Frigerio to find out the challenges of the sports job sector, diversity among other things. What promoted you to […]
Indian Stand-Up Comedian Aravind SA on his recent gigs, being a Leeds United fan and mental health
Aravind Subramaniam, known by his stage name Aravind SA, is an Indian stand-up comedian. He initially worked as an assistant director in the film Arrambam (2013). He was voted one of the most desirable men in Chennai by the Times of India in 2018. His most recent stand-up comedy tour, I Was Not Ready Da, […]
Paris Saint-Germain footballer Arianna Criscione on women’s football sponsorship and equal pay
Arianna Criscione began her career in the United States, playing university football for the UCLA Bruins and the Boston College Eagles, before moving to Europe to begin her professional career. She joined Torres Calcio in Italy and really made her mark there, winning three Italian titles, an Italian cup and three Supercups, as well as […]
Former England cricketer Jeremy Snape on his role as a sports psychologist and how to tackle racism
Jeremy Snape is a former England cricketer with an MSc in sport psychology. He has worked with some of the biggest names in world sport as well as being a sought after keynote speaker and corporate coach. The Playknox spoke with him about the importance of mental health, how to tackle racism among other things. […]
Arjuna Awardee Paralympian Varun Singh Bhati: “It is heartwrenching that brands don’t want to sponsor para-athletes”
Arjuna Awardee para high-jumper Varun Singh Bhati was afflicted by poliomyelitis at young age but that didn’t deter him from achieving greater heights in life. Bhati won the bronze medal in the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when he jumped 1.86 m, his personal best. He won the bronze in the […]
Fnatic India lead Nimish Raut on why India needs to build a robust esports ecosystem
British organisation Fnatic is bolstering its presence in India and leading the charge is Nimish Raut. Fnatic made its first move into the Indian esports scene in October 2019, when it acquired a local PUBG Mobile team. The aggregate revenue of esports startups and companies in India reached $68 Million in FY2020 and is projected […]
Manchester United presenter Sam Homewood on his broadcast journey and being resilient
Sam Homewood presents HOW on ITV, as well as MUTV and the UTD podcast, available to download now from Apple, Spotify and all good streaming services. The Playknox spoke with him about his journey so far. Excerpts: Tell us about your journey in the journalism realm so far It started at ITN, I was […]