Events

MindShare and Global Sportnet appointed Sean Jefferson as the chief executive officer of their sports and entertainment company, Performance. Nick Walford, the current managing director will take over as chief operating officer for Europe.

South Korean city Daegu officially submitted its Bid File to the IAAF in marking the start of campaigning to host the 13th World Athletics Championships in 2011.

English Premier League club Chelsea’s chief executive Peter Kenyon told a workshop at the international Soccerex forum that “the market place for football talent is now a truly global one” and praised the work of the Doha based Academy for Sports Excellence.

The ATP, governing body of the men’s professional tennis appointed Andy Anson as chief executive of ATP Europe.

Max Mosley, President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motor sport’s world governing body, will deliver a Keynote address at the 2006 Motor Sport Business Forum.

TSE Consulting and JAPPO (Dakar, Senegal) announced an agreement of mutual support for the African International Sports Convention (CISA) to be held in Dakar, Senegal from 1-3 February 2007.

English Premier League Chelsea is drawing up plans to leave its Stamford Bridge stadium in a bid to rival Manchester United and become the biggest club in the world.

The International Rugby Board said that funding in the form of Development Grants, Strategic Initiative Grants and Tournament Grants across all 115 Member Unions will increase to an unprecedented £22 million in 2007.

Vietnamese top-flight team Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will play friendly matches against three Premier League clubs in December.

Mark Zimmer has been appointed as the British Olympic Association’s (BOA) Director of Corporate Partnerships.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is to sign a marketing and broadcast rights contract with the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the African Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008.

The WTA said that a major overhaul of women's tennis will be completed by 2009.

Total Sports Asia - Asia’s leading sports marketing agency announced the appointment of Chai Peng, TSA China’s new Managing Director. Chai Peng will oversee TSA’s operations in China and will be responsible for the division’s overall performance.

Olympics minister Tessa Jowell said she would announce the revised cost of hosting the 2012 Games in London early in the New Year.

The French Professional League “LFP” has set up an Official Delegation to attend the international football convention of Soccerex 2006 in Dubai for the first time.

There are still a disproportionate number of Formula One races staged in Europe according to FIA president Max Mosley.