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Female empowerment in sports requires the actions of male sports leaders
By Andreas Themistocleous, Contributor I recently attended a global summit on women’s football and was pleasantly surprised by the large participation of male professionals attending and participating on the subject. As I mentioned in one of my interventions, we...
A Decade in Comparison – Men and Women Football: Apples or Pears
By Mary Kok-Willemsen 2019 closed with a record beating fancrowd, media attention and commercial value at the Women World Cup in France. No doubt lots of boys, girls, men and women, got somehow inspired by watching their favourite teams and players perform...
The effects of female empowerment on girl athletes
By Niovie Constantinou, Contributor In the era of the female empowerment movement, gender inequality is still an issue in the world of sport, with female athletes experiencing gaps in sponsorships and prize money, gender-based violence and negative stereotypes....
The Gender Pay Gap in Sports
By Constantinos Massonos, Contributor For years, women as athletes, technical staff, game officials, team or league executives have been forging inroads through the sports industry, in their efforts to bridge a deep-rooted gender gap. Today, mainly because of...
Ways of empowering Women in Sports
By Anna Kyprianou, APC Sports Consulting Ltd “Attendances are growing for the women’s league, and we’re well placed to become a mainstream sport in the future. I did not think when I started, that within my career it would be possible to be a full-time pro in...
December 2019 Editorial: Female Empowerment in Sports
December 1, 2019 Empowerment is the process of increasing the capacity of individuals or groups to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes. Empowerment is a process. Through the process, an individual becomes an agent of...
Cross border Taxation – How Professional Athletes are taxed in the U.S.
Our guest blogger for November is Jonathan Miller, CPA (www.millerjcpa.com) and through an interview, he has given the Money Smart Athlete an overview and insights on how taxes work for athletes in the United States. Jonathan is the co-founder and president...
Athletes living and playing across borders – Immigration Pitfalls
By Andreas Themistocleous, Contributor With rising globalization and professionalization within sports, athletes are increasingly migrating across national borders to take up work. Depending on the sport of choice, migration destinations usually involve two...
What does an athlete need to plan for prior to moving to a new country for work?
By Constantinos Massonos, Contributor Few people can comprehend or experience the commitment an athlete’s lifestyle requires and the huge sacrifices athletes and their families have to make to reach a professional level and be able to enjoy the perks that come with...
Relocating an athlete’s family to a new country
By Niovie Constantinou, Contributor One of the sacrifices that professional athletes may be called to make is that of relocating to a new city or country. Many times, it is not just the athlete that has to move, but their entire family too, in which case relocation...
Athletes with International Sports Careers – A Tax Perspective
By Athena P. Constantinou, APC Sports Consulting Ltd In the last 25 years we have seen tremendous cross border movement in the world of sports; a number of NBA players moving to Europe near the end of their sports careers to play in the European Basketball League...
November 2019 Editorial: Cross Border Concerns of Money Smart Athletes
November 1, 2019 It is quite clear that nowadays many international borders are crossed in the pursuit of professional athletic careers. In the last 30 years we have witnessed a large movement of athletes crossing borders to play and live overseas. Professional...
How can athletes use social media effectively?
By Anna Kyprianou, APC Sports Consulting Limited “We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media; the question is how well we DO it.” – Eric Qualman Advancements in technology have brought a completely new world of possibilities. Our society has enjoyed...
Athletes Generating Additional Income through Social Media
By Lazaros Ioannou, APC Sports Consulting Limited It was less than a week ago that a news headline from the news website Business Insider caught my attention; ‘’Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly makes more money being an influencer on Instagram than he does playing...
Social Implications of Social Media Misuse in the Sports Industry
By Dr Antonis Alexopoulos, Ph.D. in Sport Sociology The relationship between Sports and Media is long-lasting, and symbiotic with mutual benefits on both sides. Arguably, the vast development and exposure of sports has been due to the role of traditional...
Recommended Social Media Platforms for Athletes
By Constantinos Massonos, Contributor The evolution of social media has changed the way we interact and communicate with each other. Nowadays social media are considered the most consumed medium of attention of fans among all other traditional medium outlets such...
Athletes and Social Media Mistakes
By Niovie Constantinou, Contributor As previously discussed, an athlete’s brand is a crucial pillar to post-sports career opportunities and if used wisely, the building block to creating a legacy. At the very core of an athlete’s brand is, of course, social media:...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Media
By Andreas T. Themistocleous, Contributor Browsing through twitter, on a brisk summer morning, I came across the news of the Toronto Raptors and their GM’s “Giants of Africa” documentary, part of an ongoing effort to improve the lives of youth in the continent....
