The Charlton vs Chelsea clash in the third round of the 2025/26 FA Cup should be a really enticing battle between two teams from separate divisions of the English football pyramid, but it should be a pretty eventful match-up when the two teams meet at The Valley on…
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January 9 – FIFA has appointed TikTok as its first ever ‘Preferred Platform’ for the 2026 World Cup in an agreement that will see live broadcast of match segments, as well as access to press conferences and training sessions to a select group of creators for fan content.…
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CES functioned less as a turning point than a temperature check for the ad industry. Behind the stage demos and glossy AI announcements, the advertising industry arrived in Las Vegas with a quieter set of questions than previous years. Q4 held up better than feared but not well enough…
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The first of the midweek Premier League fixtures saw West Ham vs Nottingham Forest end 1-2 in a pivotal tie to avoid relegation. The end result saw Nottingham Forest climb seven points clear of the relegation zone, but what does this mean for West Ham? West Ham vs…
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January 7 – Defending champions Ivory Coast into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco with a 3-0 win over Burkina Faso in Marrakech. Algeria needed extra time to squeeze past Congo as the last two spots in the last eight were filled.…
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Nearly a decade after it began acquiring agencies, Accenture’s marketing arm is now comparable to the largest ad agency holdcos — and is still aggressively expanding — while sitting outside many of the structural constraints that define them. Accenture Song generated roughly $20 billion in revenue over its…
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The Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest game saw the hosts dominate, and win the game 3-1. A fourth consecutive defeat for Nottingham Forest sees them well beaten by the title-challenging Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins’ fine finish and John McGinn’s first Villa double since 2019 saw the Villans continue…
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January 1 – Chelsea have parted ways with manager Enzo Maresca ahead of Sunday’s game against Manchester City. Maresca leaves after 18 months at Stamford Bridge and after a run of one win in seven Premier League games that see the club fifth in the table. Maresca delivered two…
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The ad industry’s job market has ended 2025 on a low note, following job cuts at the market’s largest employers. Jobs in the U.S. ad industry fell by 3,700 year-on-year, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ad agencies are still hiring — but…
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Football is often described as the world’s game, but at its core, it is a sport shaped by its supporters. Tactics, transfers, and trophies matter, yet the emotional force that drives football forward comes from the stands, the streets, and the millions of fans watching from around the…
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