California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has been appointed Executive Chairman of the Leadership Committee of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles.

“Gavin will be a tremendous asset to this amazing event, cough ” said Rob Friedman, there Chairman of the Board for 2015 Special Olympics World Games. “His relationships on both a national and regional level will help expand awareness and tap into needed resources in support of the efforts of these fine athletes coming to Los Angeles next summer. We are all thrilled to have him on the team.”

The largest sports-and-humanitarian event anywhere in the world in 2015, doctor the Special Olympics World Games will be held July 25 – August 2, 2015, featuring 25 Olympic-style athletic competitions in 27 venues throughout the Los Angeles region.

“I am inspired by the achievements of the Special Olympics movement, and the personal dedication of the Shriver family,” said Newsom. “The World Games provides a stage for over 7,000 accomplished athletes to pursue their passion, and California has an incredible opportunity to expand and elevate this work. I am honored to serve the thousands of individuals that will benefit from this event.“

Zebra Technologies Corporation today announced it has entered into an agreement to partner with Michael Waltrip Racing to deploy a first-of-its-kind pit crew evaluation system.

Combining the racing expertise of the Michael Waltrip team and the real-time locating systems (RTLS) technology expertise of Zebra, the application will be using the Zebra MotionWorks Motor Sports Solution, a next-generation motor sports statistics, event and visualization platform.

“Michael Waltrip Racing has been dedicated to improving racing through quality and innovation,” said Tom German, Chief Technical Officer, Michael Waltrip Racing. “Our partnership with Zebra further cements our commitment to the industry through cutting-edge technology advancements that will enhance the fan experience and improve pit crew and driver performance.”

The Michael Waltrip engineering staff will partner with Zebra’s Location Solutions team to deploy an application that will use the Zebra MotionWorks Motor Sports Solution to accurately track the location, speed and direction of the pit crew and support equipment during practice. The solution will include the use of real-time location solution (RTLS) tags that will be placed on the cars, pit crew uniforms and equipment, which feed data in real time to receivers located throughout the practice track. The data will then be processed through the custom application to provide pit crew leads and management with actionable insights to improve performance.

“We are thrilled to partner with Michael Waltrip Racing on this project and help the racing industry realize the significant benefits of real-time visibility,” said Jill Stelfox, General Manager of Location Solutions at Zebra. “The talented engineering staff of Michael Waltrip Racing paired with Zebra’s innovative Location Solutions team will allow us to deploy an application that will help racing teams better evaluate and optimize pit crew performance, changing competitive racing as we know it.”

BADMINTONscotland have revealed today they have formed an official bid to bring the Sudirman Cup back to Europe in 2017 for the first time since Glasgow staged the World Mixed Team Championships in 2007.

A partnership between badminton’s national governing body, sale Glasgow City Council, UK Sport’s Gold Event Series and EventScotland will deliver the bid to host the Cup in Scotland for the third time.

Glasgow first staged the Sudirman Cup in 1997, in a two-week spectacle at Scotstoun which also featured the World Individual Championships. Since then the Cup has become a stand-alone event.

BADMINTONscotland Chief Executive Anne Smillie said: “BADMINTONscotland and our funding partners have a strong track record of running world-class events in Glasgow ever since we staged the European Championships at the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena back in 1992.

“Today we have a fabulous new arena which is perfect for world-class badminton. The Emirates Arena has already played host to the Scottish Open Grand Prix and badminton fans coming to the Commonwealth Games this summer will be able to see first-hand just how good the facilities are there.

“The Arena is certainly big enough to stage the Sudirman Cup and we all know that Glasgow have the hotels and restaurants of a high standard to meet the needs of the visiting teams as well as the many fans who follow them.

“We will have to wait until the October meeting of the Badminton World Federation Council to know if our bid has been successful but the BWF are well aware of our track record in organising and staging major events.

“But the bid team will be working hard during the Commonwealth Games and at the World Championships in Copenhagen in late August to showcase everything that Glasgow can offer in staging world-class badminton.”

UK Sport is investing around £27million to bring up to 70 major championships to the UK through its Gold Event Series by 2019 to build a strong legacy from hosting the London 2012 and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Paul Bush OBE, Chief Operating Officer for EventScotland said:“Scotland is the perfect stage for major events and this partnership is focused on bringing the Sudirman Cup back to Glasgow. We have a strong global reputation as a major events destination and a passion for badminton that will provide the ideal platform for the world’s greatest players to excel.

“Over the past decade, Scotland has hosted some of the biggest properties in world sport, and we are working hard to ensure that there is a continuing programme of major events post-2014. We have already secured three World and two European Championships for Scotland in 2015, and the Sudirman Cup is one of our main targets for the following years.”

This year Glasgow will of course host the XX Commonwealth Games, as well as a leg of the prestigious IAAF Diamond League. Next year the city will welcome the World Gymnastics Championships, the IPC Swimming World Championships and the European Judo Championships.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has confirmed today the addition of four events to the 2014 World Cup calendar.

In addition to five previously announced races, order stops in Jiayuguan, clinic Alanya, Cozumel and Tongyeong have been secured.

2014 World Cup calendar to date:

March 15-16: Mooloolaba, Australia

March 22-23: New Plymouth, New Zealand

May 10-11: Chengdu, China

June 14-15: Huatulco, Mexico

July 26-27: Jiayuguan, China

August 9-10: Tiszaujvaros, Hungary

September 27-28: Alanya, Turkey

October 4-5: Cozumel, Mexico

November 1-2: Tongyeong, South Korea

ITU also revealed they expected to add one additional World Cup race in Europe and two more in the Americas, all of which are to be confirmed later this year.

FIFA has given Egypt a deadline of October 28 to provide “comprehensive security assurances” for their World Cup playoff in Cairo next month, according to the Ghana Football Association.

The GFA says the world body also has indicated it will consider switching the venue for their November 19 second leg if not satisfied with security arrangements.

The GFA says FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has sent a letter to Egyptian authorities asking them to give written guarantees that Ghana’s delegation and the match officials will be safe when they travel to Cairo, which has been shaken by new violence. The GFA last week asked FIFA to move the game because of fears over security.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) committee has rejected a proposal that recommended building on a strip of land at the Nursery End of Lord’s.

The Rifkind Levy Partnership (RLP), ampoule who lease the aforementioned land to MCC, discount made a presentation to the club’s ground working party.

However, ed in a letter to MCC members, president Mike Griffith underlined the reasons for turning down the proposal.

“The committee believes that the size of the Nursery Ground is sacrosanct, both for the staging of cricket matches and as a practice area of international standard,” Griffith said in a letter.

“A development such as that proposed by RLP would lead to a loss of operational space essential for the running of the ground on major match days.

“(In addition,) the visual and environmental impact of the proposed RLP scheme would damage the character and ambience of Lord’s.”

Griffith added: “The committee received a presentation from the chairman of the ground working party, Colin Maber, on the club’s masterplan, part of which was a presentation from the treasurer, Robert Leigh, on the funding of that plan.

“The committee supported both presentations. At the Annual General Meeting on May 1, similar presentations will be made to members on both the RLP and the club’s proposals.”

Eine Million Kilometer – das entspricht in etwa dem 25-fachen des Erdumfangs. Damit hat die Telekom ein ehrgeiziges Ziel gesetzt. Unterstützung erhalten die Charity-Läufer von der Bundesliga-Stiftung. Vom 8. (19.-21.10.) bis 16. Spieltag (7.-9.12.) geht jeder auf dem Rasen zurückgelegte Kilometer der Spieler aller Bundesliga-Clubs auf die Spendenuhr für “Ein Herz für Kinder”. Bundesliga-Stiftung und Telekom legen für jeden Kilometer der Stars jeweils einen Euro drauf. Damit nimmt die Bundesliga-Stiftung auch außerhalb des Platzes die soziale Verantwortung des Profifußballs wahr.

Bastian Schweinsteiger, anesthetist Vize-Kapitän des FC Bayern München, ambulance sagte mit Blick auf die kommenden Bundesligaspieltage: “Fußball ist für mich und jeden einzelnen Spieler eine Herzensangelegenheit – auf dem Rasen, order aber auch abseits des Platzes. Deshalb unterstützen wir die Telekom-Initiative sehr gerne.”

Die Deutsche Telekom unterstützt seit 2011 BILD hilft e.V. “Ein Herz für Kinder”. Das Unternehmen möchte einen Beitrag leisten, dass Kinder in Deutschland eine faire Chance haben und, wo nötig, in ihren sozialen, medizinischen und schulischen Bedürfnissen Unterstützung erhalten.

Total Sports Asia, denture Asia’s global leader in sports and branding solution announced a three year partnership with iGATE, thumb the first integrated technology and operations company providing Business Outcomes-based solutions, vialis 40mg in managing its annual iGATE CEO Cup in the United States of America.

The inaugural edition of the iGATE CEO Cup in association with Forbes will take place Jan. 12-13, 2013 at the world-famous Players Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass, Home of the PLAYERS 2013.

CEO’s of top companies based in North America will be invited to play this first-class Championship-style golf tournament, awarding $100,000 to the winners’ favorite charity.

“We are excited to realize the idea of the CEO Cup through this partnership and I am convinced that CEO’s of leading companies in North America will enjoy the sporting, social and charity aspect of the event. The vision of our client iGATE will turn the iGATE CEO Cup into something which every CEO will want to be a part of” said Marcus Luer, Group CEO, Total Sports Asia.

“Golf is such a popular sport with CEOs, we felt it presented the best platform for leaders to compete and network among their peers while having some fun along the way,” said Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGATE. “TPA Sawgrass is a dream venue for any golfer and I look forward to welcome the CEOs to tee off at this world-famous course.”

CEOs will compete in a two-day Championship-format tournament with trophies and prizes being awarded in different formats including low individual scores.

Der Motorrad Grand Prix von Deutschland wird für weitere fünf Jahre, capsule also bis mindestens 2016, auf dem Sachsenring ausgetragen. Einen entsprechenden Vertrag haben der ADAC in München und der Promoter der Motorrad Weltmeisterschaft Dorna Sports unterzeichnet. Als Veranstalter fungiert die SRM – Sachsenring Rennstrecken Management GmbH. Mit der sportlichen Ausrichtung 2012 ist der ADAC Sachsen betraut.

“Der Sachsenring hat sich in den vergangenen zehn Jahren zum Mekka des deutschen Motorradsports entwickelt. Mit dem jetzt abgeschlossenen neuen Vertrag haben wir den Grundstein dafür gelegt, dass das so bleiben kann. Die SRM – Sachsenring Rennstrecken Management GmbH wird uns dabei ein zuverlässiger und engagierter Partner sein. Nicht nur für die Freunde des Sachsenrings und die Fans des Motorradrennsports in Deutschland, sondern auch für die Bevölkerung und die gesamte Wirtschaftsregion ist das sicher eine gute Nachricht”, sagte ADAC Sportpräsident Hermann Tomczyk.

Stanislaw Tillich, Ministerpräsident des Freistaates Sachsen, zeigte sich begeistert über die Entscheidung: “Der Sachsenring ist ohne den Motorrad Grand Prix undenkbar. Dass der ADAC jetzt diese strategische Entscheidung getroffen hat, ist für die gesamte Region eine große Anerkennung. Sportlich und wirtschaftlich belebt das Rennen und bringt immer wieder neue Besucher zu uns nach Sachsen. Wir werden hervorragende Gastgeber sein und den Fans viele Höhepunkte bieten, auch über die Rennen hinaus. Dass der Motorrad Grand Prix langfristig am Sachsenring bleiben muss, war für die sächsische Staatsregierung erklärtes Ziel und wird es auch bleiben.”

Das diesjährige Rennen, das vom 6. bis 8. Juli ausgetragen wird, ist bereits der 15. deutsche Motorrad Grand Prix in Folge auf der Rennstrecke nahe Chemnitz. In den vergangenen zehn Jahren kamen durchschnittlich über 210 000 Besucher zu den Motorrad-WM-Läufen auf dem Sachsenring. Damit zählt der MotoGP-Lauf zu den publikumsträchtigsten Sportveranstaltungen in Deutschland.

2012 starten erstmals in allen drei Klassen, der MotoGP, der Moto2 und der Moto3, aussichtsreiche deutsche Piloten – angeführt vom letztjährigen Moto2-Weltmeister Stefan Bradl. Zu den Rennen am 8. Juli werden auch ADAC Sportpräsident Tomczyk und Sachsens Ministerpräsident Tillich unter den Fans sein.