With some of the top brands in sport in its client portfolio, Weber Shandwick Sport launched last week at a well-attended event in London and welcomed more than 100 influential sport-related media, companies, organisations and personalities to listen to a panel debate themed around “Sport in the Downturn” with Richard Caborn MP, the Prime Minister’s Ambassador for the England 2018 World Cup Bid; Professor Simon Chadwick, one of the UK’s most respected sport business experts; Jon Smith, CEO of First Artist Sport, the global player representation agency; and Mihir Bose, Sports Editor of the BBC.