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To Trondheim, where I come face to face with Rosenborg Ballklub's impressive young CEO Tore Bjørseth Berdal (and European Club Association (ECA) board member) to discuss the challenges of restoring one of European football's fallen dynasties back to glory. It is now six years since his club, Norway’s most successful, last lifted a league title (in the 1990s and 2000s they had a streak of 13 consecutive titles), and four since they last competed in the group stage of a European competition, income from which used to provide the bedrock of their dominance in the Eliteserien, Norway’s tops division. As well as slipping behind established rivals, such as Molde, more recently Rosenborg have fallen behind more nimble and focussed upstarts, such as Bodo/ Glimt, the tiny club from the Arctic, who have won three of the last four titles, and which Off The Pitch has named as one of Europe’s best-run clubs. Lack of on pitch success – Rosenborg finished last season ninth, their worst showing in 46 years – has fed a financial crisis at the Trondheim club. There have been player sales, staff redundancies and much soul searching. For Berdal the prognosis is simple. “To say it easily, our income has been lower than our expenses,” he says. “That's the easy answer. And then you can ask why.” How will he turn it around? Read on 👇

A Comparison of Physical and Technical Match Performance of a Team Competing in the English Championship League and Then the English Premier League Following Promotion #PhysicalandTechnical #MatchPerformance #Championship #PremierLeague The Premier League https://lnkd.in/erjriFc6

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#China is running ;) ‘4 runners disqualified after race in Beijing’ writes the The New York Times, 23.4.24 after three runners from Africa - shortly before the finish - became surprisingly slow and indicated to an athlete, from China :), that he could overtake. As DER #TRENDBEOBACHTER, I hope that we don't make it that easy for our competitors - at least in business. See you in this #future! #Zukunftsbegleitung #BeijingHalfMarathon #Running #Investitation #ChineseAthleticsAssocation #Competition #Ambition #Fairness #Values #Wettbewerb #Trendbeobachtung #Trendbeobachter #Trendforscher #Zukunftsforscher #Foresight #StrategicForesight #Futurist

“We MAKE our own LUCK!” “That’s right. And the more I PRACTICE , the luckier I get.” - 1961 book “The Devil to Pay” - “People MAKE their own LUCK by putting out everything they’ve got, and the more they put out, the more luck they have.” - Ethel Merman 1955 - “The MORE you KNOW, the more LUCK you have.“ - “The Burman: His Life and Notions” dated 1896 - “The HARDER he WORKS the LUCKIER he gets.” - Walter Winchell 1949 - https://lnkd.in/eDPvnJm6 ““The HARDER you WORK, the LUCKIER You Get.”” “This means that if you put in the effort, you're more likely to have things go your way. Not that luck isn't important, but hard work usually gets you to the point where luck can even come into play.” - “It turns out that luck plays a surprisingly big role in success. Some of the most successful people in the world are where they are because they’ve been lucky enough to have the right opportunities come their way. Of course, that’s not to say that hard work isn’t important. The fact is, the harder you work, the luckier you’re likely to get.” https://lnkd.in/ejHhqEbP Source- original post Read all my posts #MariusPreston

(S)painful Decision to be made? Following defeat in the European Championships 2024 Final to Spain last night, Gareth Southgate gave a pitch side interview to ITV’s Gabriele Marcotti where he said the following: "I think England are in a really good position in terms of the experiences they've got now. The age of the squad, you know, most of this squad are going to be around not only for the World Cup but the next Euros as well so, um, you know, there's a lot to look forward to but you know, that’s not, you know, at this moment, is not any consolation." Linguistic analysis can be applied to any aspect of life. What someone doesn’t say can often be more important than what someone does say. In this interview, notably absent is the pronoun, ‘we,’ which indicates unity and cooperation. Gareth Southgate had two key opportunities in which he linguistically distanced himself from this, once where he thinks ‘England’ are in a good place and secondly where he references the experiences ‘they’ve’ had. Conversely, the only commitment we see from the England Manager is via the pronoun ‘I’ in respect to that which he, ‘thinks.’    The shortest answer is the best combined with commitment.   Linguistically for now it appears that Gareth Southgate’s distancing from the squad has taken him a step closer towards the door. #England #FootballAssociation #EuropeanChampionships2024 #EnglandManager #GarethSouthgate

The global theme for 2024 is “Sport for the Promotion of Peaceful and Inclusive Societies”. How will honor international day of sport?

According to the latest updates, in the Australian Open final Sabalenka breaks Zheng in the first set radio & text #AustralianOpen #Sabalenka #Zheng #TennisNews #SetOne #SportsNews #SportsUpdates #OpenTennis #NewYork #Texas #CipherCase #Israel #MarchAgainstBalochGenocide

After the European Championships is before the Olympics! 🌍   While we in Germany are still looking back on the successful European Football Championships, the next major sporting event is casting its shadow ahead: the Olympic Games in the French capital Paris! The games start today and run until August 11. This will be the third time Paris has hosted the Games after 1900 and 1924, and the sixth time the Games have been held in France.   On behalf of our French sister company #KEBO France, we are also very much looking forward to the competitions. The Olympic spirit, the pursuit of excellence, teamwork in the respective disciplines - these are all values that we at KEBO also uphold every day! 🥇   #paris2024 #olympics #specialtychemicals #productionprocess #industrialcleaning #cleaningsolutions #chemicalindustry  

One of the jewels from Glenn Leifheit from yesterday's meeting: "You aren’t happy when you’re settled, and you aren’t happy when you’re stagnant, you’re happy when you grow." Think about that as you plan your #careerpath, and join us next (and every) Friday at 10:30 AM Pacific time at https://lnkd.in/gd9bFUBa! #mentorship #careermentorship #networking #jobsearch #mindset