Events
A1GP targets South American race
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has received influential backing of Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for the series to hold its first race in South America.
Leaders in Football 2008 set for a sell out
A list of highly influential speakers from world football has ensured that this year's Leaders in Football 2008 conference is already close to a sell out.
PGA Tour will feature $1m ‘Kodak Challenge’
The Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) and the PGA Tour have announced a new competition, the Kodak Challenge, taking place during the 2009 season, which will see one player walk away with a $1 million prize.
NBC Universal names new VP of Business
US network, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics, have promoted Wendy Bass to Vice President of Business Affairs.
Golf’s World Matchplay to move to Spain
Golf's World Match Play Championship is to move from Wentworth to Spain.
French GP looks set to remain at Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours looks set to host the French Grand Prix again in 2009 and possibly for longer, Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone has said.
Birmingham Alabama to bid for 2020 Olympic Games
The Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama has said that he is putting together a committee to bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
SPORTCEL appointed agency for ‘Stanford Twenty20 for 20’
UK sports and event marketing consultancy SPORTCEL has been appointed by Stanford 20/20 cricket as exclusive marketing and commercial rights agency in the UK for the new Stanford 20/20 for 20 West Indies-England cricket series.
EBU to cut coverage if sports flout doping rules
European broadcasters will cut down their coverage of sports events if federations do not offer maximum guarantees in the fight against doping, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said today.
Sportfive appoint new managing director
Phillip Hasenbein was appointed the new managing director of sports marketing agency, SPORTFIVE.
AFL considers possibility of twilight Grand Final
The Australian Football League said that a twilight Grand Final could take place as soon as next year.
Filiol appointed MD of Eurosport Events
The Eurosport Group announced today that Jacques Béhar has left his role as Chairman and CEO, Eurosport Events, the group's event organisation and promotion subsidiary. Géraldine Filiol, currently Deputy Managing Director in charge of Rights Acquisitions, succeeds Jacques Béhar at the helm of Eurosport Events as Managing Director.
ASO to announce AEG marketing partnership
The Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the owner and organiser of the Tour de France, is set to announce a marketing partnership with AEG, the organiser of the Amgen Tour of California later today.
UAE minister joins sports peace initiative
HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, has become the first Founding Partner of Generations for Peace, a global initiative which runs peace programmes using sport to bring together young people from communities divided by conflict.
Total Sports Asia appoint Suvrangsu Mukherjee as MD for India
Suvrangsu Mukherjee joined Total Sports & Entertainment India Pte Ltd (TSEIPL) a 100% subsidiary of Total Sports Asia (TSA) as Managing Director for the Indian subcontinent and will set up an additional office in New Delhi.
VERO appoints St-Laurent to senior team
VERO, the sport business communications consultancy, appointed Catherine St-Laurent as Senior Consultant, specialising in international communications.
Ernst & Young to be consultant partner of Sochi 2014
The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee appointed international audit and consulting company Ernst & Young as consultant partner for the selection of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour appoints Global Head of Sponsorship Sales
The Sony Ericsson WTA Tour appointed Scott MacLeod as Senior VP Business Development for the Tour. The 20-Year international sales veteran will lead the Tour’s continued partnerships growth strategy.