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how sport is
managed
worldwide

LATEST NEWS


Just published: Inventing the Boston Game: Football, Soccer, and the Origins of a National Myth
In less than eighteen months, the FIFA men’s World Cup will come to the USA and one of the host cities is Boston. The history of soccer and football…

The winner of the 2025 FIFA/CIES Network Prize is..
An international jury awarded the 2025 FIFA/CIES International University Network Prize at a meeting held on 13 February 2025.

SDA Bocconi School of Management
FIFA Master 25th Anniversary Conference - 'The Italian Legacy of Milano-Cortina 2026'
FIFA Master 25th Anniversary Conference - 'The Italian Legacy of Milano-Cortina 2026'
Registration is open to attend in person this special conference to mark the 25th anniversary edition of the FIFA Master.
RESEARCH

The research conducted by CIES examines sport from multiple angles (Law, Sociology, Geography, History and Economics). The projects undertaken are part of both pure and applied research.



research

Publications

& Webinars

EDUCATION

CIES offers top-level academic and executive programmes throughout the world at both national and international level. Moreover, CIES offers programmes for football executives, in collaboration with FIFA.
The CIES supports programmes for:
- Students wishing to deepen their educational background.
- Executives looking to further their education.
- Organisations wishing to hire a qualified graduate.
- Organisations or Universities wishing to offer training programmes in sport management or continuing education to their staff.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

International Master (MA) in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport

At the University of Neuchâtel
(Switzerland)

At the University of Neuchâtel
(Switzerland)

An innovative academic opportunity offered in 19 countries