From Classroom to Global Football: GIS Opens New Career Path

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The Global Institute of Sport (GIS) has opened new opportunities for students who want to build careers in football. GIS has partnered with the World Football Summit (WFS). The partnership offers two exclusive scholarship and internship opportunities.

Students can gain practical experience while studying. They can also build industry contacts and learn how the global football business works.

Two Football Industry Roles

The first opportunity focuses on partnerships and commercial development. Students in the Partnership Executive Intern role will support WFS commercial activity. They will learn how football organisations build and manage partnerships.

The second role focuses on clubs, leagues and federations. The Club, League & Federation Relations Intern will support WFS relationships with football organisations. This includes key stakeholders inside football.

Both roles give students direct exposure to the business side of the sport.

International Experience

The placements also offer flexibility. Full-time students can complete a six-month internship or placement. WFS will tailor the experience to each student’s profile and availability.

Part-time students can complete two six-month placements. This gives them exposure to different areas of the WFS business. Students may work remotely or at the WFS headquarters in Madrid. The final setup will depend on the student and WFS requirements.

A Global Football Network

WFS has built a major international football network since its launch in 2016. The organisation has hosted events across 11 countries. More than 44,600 people have attended its events. Its network now includes more than 153,000 football industry professionals.

WFS events have also featured major football figures. These include FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Ronaldo Nazário, Rio Ferdinand, Didier Drogba and Javier Tebas. The partnership gives GIS students access to this wider football ecosystem. It also connects academic study with real industry work.

Applications Open for 2026

Applications opened on 18 August 2026. New and existing GIS students can apply. The deadline is 14 September 2026.

For students targeting careers in football business, the opportunities offer a direct route into the industry. They can develop commercial skills and can build professional networks. They can also gain experience with the relationships that drive modern football.

To learn more about the GIS scholarship program click the link here.

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LaLiga and CANAL+ strengthen anti-piracy alliance across nearly 50 countries

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LaLiga and CANAL+ have strengthened their partnership with a new anti-piracy agreement covering almost 50 countries. The deal spans Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti. It brings together the league’s anti-piracy capabilities with CANAL+’s technology, intelligence and enforcement resources. The move reflects a growing commercial priority for sports rights holders. Protecting live content has become essential to protecting the value of broadcasting deals.

LaLiga and CANAL+ will share intelligence and coordinate their response to illegal distribution networks. They will also work on joint investigations and enforcement activity. The partnership builds on an existing relationship between the two organisations. CANAL+ distributes LaLiga content across multiple international markets. The new agreement now takes their relationship beyond broadcasting.

The partnership creates a joint focus on protecting the underlying value of the rights being sold. While broadcasters invest heavily in football rights, illegal streaming undermines revenue and weakens the commercial proposition of legitimate broadcasters.

LaLiga’s latest figures highlight the importance of audiovisual income to professional clubs. Broadcast revenue across Spanish professional football fell 5.2% to $2.3 billion (1.43 billion Euros) in the 2024/25 season. Commercial revenue reached $2.4 billion (1.58 billion Euros) and became the largest revenue source.

Piracy therefore represents a direct business risk. Illegal access can reduce the value broadcasters place on future rights packages, ultimately affecting the money flowing back into clubs and competitions.

LaLiga and CANAL+ are responding by pooling resources. For CANAL+, the agreement also protects its investment in international sports rights. The broadcaster operates in nearly 70 countries and has expanded its relationship with LaLiga alongside its international growth. For LaLiga, stronger enforcement can help protect the value of its global media proposition.

The partnership also carries implications for the wider sports industry. Rights holders increasingly need technology, legal expertise and cross-border cooperation to tackle illegal distribution. The message is clear. Winning a rights deal is only part of the commercial battle. Sports organisations and broadcasters must also protect the content once it reaches the market.

LaLiga and CANAL+ are betting that closer cooperation can make that protection more effective. This agreement may provide a model for other leagues and broadcasters facing the same challenge.

Stan Sport Publicly Celebrates Premier League Rights Extension – But The Australian Indicates Otherwise

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Nine Entertainment last week celebrated the extension of its broadcast rights to screen the English Premier League in Australia until the end of the 2033/34 season, but further examination has revealed that privately, they may be counting the cost.

On Monday, The Australian revealed not only have subscribers to Stan Sport – Nine’s over-the-top sports streaming service which shows the Premier League – been dropping over the past twelve months, but that the company ‘bet on itself’ in the self-driven process of negotiating its new deal.

While Nine would not reveal the price it paid for its six-year extension, The Australian believes it to be approximately $810million. Given there was no tender process, there report outlays the possibility they’ve significantly overpaid on what rival broadcasters may have valued the rights.

The Australian is published by News Corp Australia, a significant and long-time media rival of Nine.

Stan Sport has recently commenced its second season as Australia’s home of the Premier League, following its 2025 acquisition of the rights from the now-defunct Optus Sport. Under the terms of that acquisition agreement – which runs until the end of 2027/28 – Nine pays a relative bargain of $60million per season.

But from 2028/29, they’ll be investing considerably more into what they already hold, and at a point when subscriptions are declining. The Australian made further revelations that subscriptions had fallen from a high of 800,000 last September (roughly coinciding with the start of their Premier League coverage) to 730,000 earlier this month.

The company’s share price has also hit an all-time low of 77c on Friday, down 15.85 per cent for the week.

In addition to the English Premier League, Stan Sport is also the Australian home of the Champions League and other UEFA competitions, England’s Women’s Super League, and select matches of the FA Cup and a diverse offering of tennis – including the three non-Australian Grand Slams – and Rugby Union.

Nine has also recently paid $145million to retain the rights to three live NRL matches per round.

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