Scout’s Overview
📡 🚨 Weekly Sports Radar: Korfball

Korfball is a mixed-gender ball sport similar to basketball and netball. Two teams of 8 (4 men and 4 women) compete to throw the ball into a high basket (the “korf”) mounted on a 3.5m (11.5 ft) pole with no backboard.

Teams are split into attack and defense zones, with players switching roles every 2 goals. Men defend men, women defend women. No dribbling or running with the ball, players must pass. The first team to reach the set score or with the most points at the end wins.

Korfball was invented in 1902 in the Netherlands by Nico Broekhuysen as an inclusive sport that men and women could play together. It quickly spread to Belgium and beyond. In 1933, the the International Korfball Federation (IKF) was founded to oversee the sport globally, and while Korfball is not in the Olympics, it has appeared in the World Games since 1985.

🏋 Athlete of the week: Derrick Rose

Derrick Rose is an American professional basketball player known for becoming the youngest MVP in NBA history at age 22 in 2011.

Recently, however, he’s taken a liking to chess. In an ongoing trend of professional athletes becoming active in the Chess world, Derrick Rose stands out because he’s directly collaborating with the world no.1 Magnus Carlsen in unique chess formats such as head and hand where the chess grand master chooses which piece to move and the other person chooses where to move it.

🏟️ Venue of the week: The Flat at Beverly Hills

The flats at beverly hills may just seem like houses at first, but it’s actually pretty much a sporting venue in of itself in the sense that every single house has a tennis court in it’s backyard. Take a look:

Let’s zoom in a bit:

Pretty cool, right?

🧤 Fit Check: Venezia FC Third Jersey 24/25

Hands down, I think Venezia FC has the best jerseys across global football. I’ve literally had to hold myself back from sharing their jerseys every other week.

This jersey draws inspiration from the beauty of Venice's iconic lagoon, which blends in the aquatic hues that define the city’s surroundings. The gradient on the shirt transitions from the delicate aqua tones at the top to the rich, deep blues toward the bottom of the shirt, evoking the changing colors of the Venetian landscape.

The gold accents perfectly elevate the jersey, highlighting the newly reimagined "Città di Venezia" logo emblazoned across the chest.

And of course, they’re attaching a cause to this: the Club donated €5 from the first 1,500 jerseys it sold on its website to support local projects led by Ocean Space, a Venice-based international cultural initiative led by TBA21 and Cultural Partner of the Club since 2023.

THIS IS WHY WE LOVE SPORTS JERSEYS.

From the bench
🗞️ In case you were injured:

• Continuing this month’s trend of world championships, check out the sports calendar for 13 more world championships that are going on right now. It’s also pretty nice to see that a lot of them involve their Paralympic counterparts.

• Kenya has been brilliant at the recent World Athletics Championships, finishing second in many medal tables. A lot of their success comes down to their golden generation of female track stars, some of whom are also mothers. Truly inspiring.

🎯 In overtime:

• New week, new reporting fail: an interviewer asked players whether their coach should be fired… in front of the coach

• A football manager recently said that not even the pope could make him change his tactics. Talk about confidence.

📊 Analyst’s Corner:

This week, let’s break down where the money goes when you purchase a $100 sports jersey:

1. 60% to manufacturers - the likes of Nike and Adidas command the majority share, capturing approximately 60% of each sale to cover design, production, marketing, and profit margins.

2. 20% to retailers - they claim the next largest portion covering their operational costs and markup.

3. 10% government taxation - through VAT accounts, governments claim almost the same as the CLUBS

4. 10% clubs - this leaves actual clubs with just the final 10% from each shirt

This varies sport to sport; in some sports, such as Basketball and American Football, players also get a commission. This is crazy, considering fan loyalty to the clubs and players are the reason the shirts get sold.

🏆 Sports Calendar

Here’s a look at the ongoing and upcoming sports events this week: