USA Track & Field has announced it will bid to host the 2016 World Indoor Championships after submitting a bid to the IAAF.

TrackTown USA, cialis Inc., prostate would serve as local organizing committee for the 16th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics, ampoule which would be held in March, 2016, in Portland, Ore. The United States hosted the first IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1987, in Indianapolis. More than 600 athletes from up to 212 countries are expected to compete in 2016.

The bid application calls for the three-day meet to be held at the Oregon Convention Center in the city of Portland. A new 200-meter IAAF-certified track would be built and then repurposed afterward as a legacy of the event.

“As a member of the IAAF family, USATF considers it an honor as well as a duty to try to bring a world championship event back to U.S. soil,” USATF CEO Max Siegel said. “Having hosted two very successful Olympic Trials in 2008 and 2012, TrackTown USA has shown itself to be the premier host of world-class track events in this country. We look forward to presenting the bid and continuing to elevate the off-track profile of the United States in the international sports world.”

At the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Turkey, Team USA won a record 10 gold medals, adding three silver and five bronze. World Indoor gold-medal winners Ashton Eaton, Sanya Richards-Ross, Brittney Reese and Aries Merritt went on to win gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

In addition to hosting the last two Olympic Trials, TrackTown USA also serves as local organizing committee for the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, to be contested this July in Eugene, Ore., and the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.

“We want to partner with USA Track & Field and the IAAF in bringing our sport to a new generation of athletes and fans,” said Vin Lananna, president of TrackTown USA, Inc. “Portland is a young, vibrant and beautiful city with a culture that fosters innovation and embraces active lifestyles. We believe the city of Portland, the state of Oregon and the entire U.S. would embrace the athletes, officials and media from around the world.”

USATF and TrackTown USA will present the bid to the IAAF in person on November 15 in Monaco.

The British Judo Association have announced that Glasgow, therapy Scotland has been selected as the host city for the 2015 European Judo Championships.

The European Judo Union’s (EJU) premier event is to return to the UK for the first time in 20 years and will be Scotland’s biggest ever judo event at the £113 million Emirates Arena, buy hosted by Glasgow Life and supported by EventScotland and UK Sport.

The European Judo Championships 2015 in Glasgow is part of UK Sport’s £27million National Lottery funded Gold Event Series which aims to bring 70 major championships to home soil to build a strong sporting legacy for the UK.

In the build-up to 2015, Glasgow will host the 2013 and 2014 European Open with judo also featuring at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, giving fans a taste of what to expect.

The bid enjoyed strong support by both UK and Scottish governments including Glasgow Life, EventScotland and is also part of UK Sport’s Lottery Funded Gold Event Series.

Chair of Glasgow Life and the Executive Member for the Commonwealth Games, Councillor Archie Graham, said: “As one of the world’s top sporting cities Glasgow has a proud track record of delivering some of the biggest and best sporting events. That reputation has grown since the opening of the Emirates Arena last year and we are delighted to be adding judo to our events portfolio. As we look beyond the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games it will be fantastic to welcome some of the world’s top judo stars to the Emirates Arena for the 2015 European Judo Championships.”

Scottish Sport Minister Shona Robison said: “Securing the 2015 European Judo Championships is a fantastic achievement. Judo is going from strength to strength, with JudoScotland continuing to grow its membership and the National Training Centre at Ratho supporting more athletes and development programmes. Scotland is the perfect stage for events – judokas and spectators coming to Glasgow will receive a great welcome and an experience that will surprise and delight. The European Judo Championships now join other major championships, such as world gymnastics and orienteering events, coming to Scotland after next year’s Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup.”

Simon Morton Director of Major Events at UK Sport said: “Through our Gold Event Series, we’ve been working with partners to bid for World and European Championships that build an enduring legacy from London 2012 and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. The European Judo Championships 2015 is the 25th major event we have secured for the period after the Games, and will make use of the wonderful Emirates Arena in Glasgow.”

British Judo Chairman Kerrith Brown commented: “It’s an honour to have been selected by the EJU to host their flagship event and I’m extremely proud of what our bid team and partners have achieved.

“We’re confident that this event will be something special and provide a showcase for European judo to the world, creating a legacy for Great Britain sitting on a par in judo terms with London 2012 and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.”

British Judo Chief Executive Officer Andrew Scoular added: “I’m thrilled that we’ve been awarded the 2015 European Championships and as we highlighted in our bid, I’m sure that we can deliver the best European Championships ever, working with our partners Glasgow Life, EventScotland and UK Sport.

“There’s been great interest in the sport following London 2012 and this event gives us a chance to keep the momentum through the 2014 Commonwealth to 2015 and beyond, continuing to grow the sport in the UK.”

IMG Worldwide, adiposity | the global sports, stuff fashion and media company, and The Color Run, LLC, a unique 5K paint race event series, today officially announced a multi-year partnership agreement for the expansion of The Color Run into dozens of countries across Europe and Asia.

Utilizing IMG’s worldwide network of offices and personnel, this move will fast track The Color Run globally.

“It was clear from the beginning that The Color Run had hidden magic,” said The Color Run Founder and CEO Travis Snyder. “The Color Run Tour has quickly spiraled into the largest 5K series in history. We are thrilled to be working with IMG to share this wonderful and surprising global sensation with the entire world.”

Color Runners of all shapes, sizes and speeds start each race wearing white clothing that is transformed like a canvas into a colorful work of art. At each kilometer mark, a different color of paint powder fills the air and covers participants creating an ever-increasing spectrum of color and beauty. This unique experience is less focused on speed and more on crazy color fun with friends and family. At the finish line, the Color Festival kicks off and the air is filled with music and endless color combinations as participants get in on the color throwing fun.

“The Color Run is a happening and a chance for people to get together and have fun,” added Snyder. “Sure, it’s about fitness and living a healthy lifestyle, but it’s also about sharing that experience with friends; on-site and digitally through social networks.”

This event series kicked off in the United States in 2011 with 50 original events, and now has more than 100 in the U.S. and Canada, as well as several successful events in Australia and Brazil. IMG’s plan is aggressive, confident and targets dozens of cities in Europe and Asia.

“The Color Run is the definitive brand in the space and has grown tremendously in a very short time in the United States and Canada,” said SVP of IMG Action Sports James Leitz. “It is our intention to take this excitement and unique business opportunity to countries around the world.”

Dennis Hone, the newly announced permanent chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), has revealed the Olympic stadium will not be reopened until August 2015.

He confirmed that a 2014 reopening is “completely out, it would be August 2015” at the earliest.

There are currently four bids to take over the venue, with West Ham United one of them, but Hone rejected reports that an American Football organisation was among them.

Hone, said: “We have no formal bids outside of the competition or otherwise by American Football to go in to the stadium. We are running a competition and we have four bidders. There are no bids outside that.”

Hone told the London Assembly’s budget and performance committee that the amount of work needed to fine tune the bids would make August 2015 or even August 2016 the most likely reopening date.

Whichever bid wins, the venue could have multiple uses and the stadium will host the World Athletics Championships in 2017.

A venue with a capacity of around 50,000 seats might be needed for those championships.

No date has been set for when a new tenant will be announced, with no decision expected before December.

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The event taking place in London on the morning of 4^th October 2012 will examine a selection of innovative campaigns, exploring the thinking and activation behind the successful projects. It will also review the social media/digital impact from the 2012 Olympic Games and focus on new trends.

iSportconnect Marketing & Partnership Manager Xavier Cureau said: “It is fantastic to be working with The European Sponsorship Association and a perfect fit for iSportconnect. We hope to work a lot closer with the ESA team over the coming year”.

iSportconnect offers an exclusive online platform that brings together thousands of sports business professionals worldwide. With a wide range of applications, iSportconnect combines business and social networking, detailed insights into the latest sports business news and market data, listings of business events and executive jobs, as well as market analysis to provide a one-stop shop for the sports business community. Existing LinkedIn and Twitter profiles can be synchronised and updated from iSportconnect, which also has iPhone and BlackBerry applications. iSportconnect has no introductory fees, and has no limit on communication.

Matt Rogan, Managing Director of Two Circles and ESA Director responsible for Education and Training, said: “We are very pleased to have the support of iSportconnect, an organisation that uses social media so well and is a complementary partner.

“Creating digital impact is now a pre-requisite of engaging customers on a personal level through sponsorship. Our experts Craig Edmondson, Head of Marketing, Premier League and Richard Ayers, Head of Digital Business Development at the British Film Institute, will give insights into the ever-changing opportunities of digital and social marketing”.

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The Olympic Stadium could host matches at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, according to tournament organisers.

Organisers would like to build on the success of the London Games as they prepare for England’s next major sporting event, which will take place in three years’ time.

“You would be mad not to include it as part of your thinking,” said Ross Young, Chief Operating Officer of England’s organising committee.

If a tenant for the stadium is found before the list of 10 to 12 Rugby World Cup stadiums are chosen at the start of next year, the iconic arena could feature in 2015.

Football stadiums like Old Trafford, Anfield and Wembley are expected to host matches, alongside Twickenham and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.

Leicester Tigers’ home, Welford Road, and Gloucester Rugby’s Kingsholm are the only club rugby venues that have expressed an interest in staging games.

“To get as near as we can to the three million ticket sales, we have to engage with football clubs because they are the only ones who are going to give us the capacity to drive those numbers,” Young said.{jcomments on}

Insurance intermediary The Green Insurance Company has pledged to plant trees in exchange for boundaries after linking up with the Hampshire Royals cricket team for the 2012 Twenty20 season.

The eco-conscious insurance firm, stomach in conjunction with its parent company Ageas – partners of the club’s stadium – is supporting the Royals during home fixtures at The Ageas Bowl, order and will plant 10 trees for every boundary (four or six) the team scores throughout the Friends Life t20 Competition.

The aim is to capture the carbon dioxide emissions arising from  putting on t20 matches at The Ageas Bowl – a figure estimated to be roughly 250 tonnes. In order to capture this amount of carbon, 1,000 trees will have to be planted, so the club are hoping their team will hit 100 boundaries during home matches across the five matches.

June Lynch, Managing Director of The Green Insurance Company said: “It is a pleasure to team up with our colleagues at Ageas to work with a club which has fantastic traditions and a track record of high achievement – hopefully this year that will continue. The Green Insurance Company prides itself on supporting like-minded and environmentally aware organisations and individuals – we’ll certainly be rooting for the Royals.

“We wish the Hampshire Royals every success for the season ahead, and hope to see the players and supporters celebrating plenty of boundaries throughout the summer.”

Zac Toumazi, Group Commercial Director at The Ageas Bowl said: “We are really pleased to partner with The Green Insurance Company on this initiative. Our objective is to make The Ageas Bowl as environmentally efficient and carbon neutral as possible. The “Trees for Boundaries” campaign will help us meet that aim, engaging our cricket team in the process. We look forward to developing our ongoing relationship with The Green Insurance Company and Ageas, while seeing lots of trees being planted.”

According to reports revealed by Sky News, which is 39 per cent owned by News Corp, the company, owned by Rupert Murdoch, is in the early stages of talks to acquire control of Formula One motor racing.

It has been suggested that Murdoch is in discussions with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and a major car manufacturer about forming a consortium to take over F1 and any deal would be the first time that the media giants have taken over a whole sport and any bid is likely to face huge regulatory hurdles.

However, the company has not yet approached CVC, the private equity firm which has a majority shareholding, and Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed the reports, telling the Daily Telegraph: “It’s rubbish. The sport is not for sale”. He effectively is able to veto any bid.

Sky has never had the rights to the sport, currently held by the BBC currently until the end of 2014 on a £40m-a-year deal (US$65.5m).

Car manufacturers could oppose a Rupert Murdoch-driven takeover of F1 because current deals maximise their media exposure and a News Corp spokesman declined to comment on the report.

It is believed any bid is unlikely to be made before the end of the Concorde Agreement which states the terms the teams compete on next year.

A source told The Guardian: “News Corp going into this transaction now is premature. They are thinking about F1 and options they could take but that is all it is at this stage.

‘They will do nothing until after the next Concorde meeting, there is no way to possibly value or plan until after that.”

CVC bought F1 holding company SLEC in 2006 with Ecclestone remaining hands-on control of the business although a number of smaller companies also have shareholdings in the sport.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim – the world’s richest man – already has a relationship with the sport via the Telmex-backed Sauber team through his eldest son Carlos Slim Domit and a spokesman for Slim’s group of companies also declined to comment.

President of the FIA, motorsport’s world governing body, Jean Todt has outlined he will look to renegotiate the commercial agreement with Formula One – a deal that was brokered by his predecessor, Max Mosley.

Former Ferrari CEO Todt is seeking to make changes to an agreement signed back in 2001. Under Mosley’s stewardship the FIA had approved a 100-year deal with Bernie Ecclestone’s SLEC Holdings concerning the broadcasting and commercial rights to F1.

However, Todt has now stated that the current contract does not reflect F1’s place in today’s world, telling the Financial Times: “I will make sure that everybody realises that since the (100-year) agreement has been signed and now times have changed, technology has changed. Fifteen years ago you didn’t have all the sophisticated electronics you can enjoy today when you watch the TV. All that has a cost. Definitely we need to take that in consideration because I must make sure that the funding for the FIA is correct. Our costs are greater than they were 10 years ago. Evolution has a price.”

Meanwhile, Todt has refused to be drawn into a war of words with Ecclestone. The F1 supremo recently labelled the Frenchman as a “poor man’s Max”, in reference to his predecessor, while he also reportedly described the FIA as a “joke”.

However Todt stated: “It is important not to overreact. I feel with confrontation, unless it is necessary to achieve a result, you lose time. I prefer to achieve results with harmony rather than confrontation.”