Lotus F1 have announced the appointment of Federico Gastaldi as the new Deputy Team Principal.

Promoted from within the team, denture | Gastaldi has worked for Lotus F1 Team since 2010 as Director of Business Development as the most recent role in a long relationship with Enstone.

The Argentinian starts his new position immediately at this weekend’s opening Grand Prix of the 2014 F1 season in Melbourne.

Gerard Lopez, pills Co-Chairman & Team Principal: “We are pleased to announce our new Deputy Team Principal.

“His Enstone history dates back to the Benetton days. He also works with Genii on a number of projects in South America. For Lotus F1 Team, Federico was instrumental in nurturing our relationship with PDVSA and he continues to be a vital link for us with Venezuela.

“In the paddock, Federico’s contact base is exceptional. As a figurehead, no-one better embodies the Lotus F1 Team spirit. His understanding of the sport as a whole is impressive. Federico will work closely with myself and the rest of the Genii and Enstone family and we’re confident of a very positive future for all.”

Gastaldi added: “It’s a great honour and I’m looking forward to it. I have a long history with Enstone with my previous role of Director of Business Development and then before that in the Benetton days. The team is an exceptional place to be and the depth of talent is amazing. My approach will be to ensure we get the most out of every aspect of Enstone and harness every talent housed there.”

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation have announced that they will stage the 10th World Junior Games at Stoke Mandeville Sports Stadium in the UK between the 3rd to the 8th August 2014.

It is anticipated that 500 athletes from 50 countries will compete in Athletics, buy Table Tennis, ailment Powerlifting and Archery.

The Age group is under 23 and the Games will provide valuable competition for all up and coming youngsters and 2016 Rio Paralympic prospects and will take place just before the IPC European Athletic Championships that will be staged in Swansea, UK.

“IWAS is pleased that we can return to Stoke Mandeville in 2014 where the 10th IWAS World Junior Games will revive the ‘Spirit’ of the International Stoke Mandeville Games.” was the statement from IWAS Games Committee Chairperson, Dina Sotiriadi.

The success of the Stoke Mandeville bid means that some of the World’s best young athletes will have the opportunity to compete at an elite level of sport at the home of the Paralympic movement and will take place nine years after the first ever World Junior Games held at Stoke Mandeville.

A number of current London 2012 Paralympians will be expected to compete and past youngsters including Marcel Hug (SUI), Nathan Stephens (GBR) and Madison De Rozario (AUS) first major competition was at previous World Junior Games.

It will also provide the British public with an opportunity once again to show their support to some of the World best Paralympic athletes. In his response the IWAS President Paul DePace said “IWAS is fortunate to be able to build on the legacy of London 2012 by the renewed interest and especially so in Buckinghamshire – the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement.”

This year in Puerto Rico the 9th World Junior Games will take place between 6th to 15th August and sports will include Athletics, Swimming, Archery and Paratriathlon (which will be a new sport at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio).

The first junior games were held here at Stoke in July 2005.

Sport Ngin announced today that it has been selected by USA Hockey to develop and manage all USA Hockey online properties and that it will also become the “Preferred Technology Provider of USA Hockey”.

Sport Ngin is currently in the process of a complete redesign of USAHockey.com, sickness which is anticipated to be completed in full by the end of August. In addition to design, allergy maintenance and on-going technology development and enhancement, pills Sport Ngin will also handle all customer service related to the website for USA Hockey.

“Sport Ngin provides us an opportunity to seamlessly connect our online and mobile properties,” said Dave Ogrean, executive director of at USA Hockey. “In the end, the Sport Ngin platform will provide greater capability for those throughout our organization and also help to better serve our fans and marketing partners.”

“We’re extremely pleased that USA Hockey has entrusted us as its preferred technology provider” said Justin Kaufenberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Sport Ngin. “We’re confident that our platform will help USA Hockey in its efforts to deliver the best possible service to its members, and will help attract more players and fans to the sport.”

A world-class technology innovator, Minneapolis-based Sport Ngin specializes in the execution of digital sports content strategy, design, and marketing. With more than 200,000 sports organizations, teams, leagues, clubs, associations, and tournaments currently using its proprietary software platform, also known as Sport Ngin, the company is one of the largest privately held sports technology companies in North America. Sport Ngin is used by hockey teams, leagues, clubs, associations and tournamentsacross the United States and Canada.

“We’re excited about this partnership with Sport Ngin for many reasons,” said Mike Bertsch, assistant executive director of marketing, communications and events for USA Hockey. “Not only do they provide a robust platform with cutting-edge technology, but they’re also committed to assisting us in generating new revenue to support initiatives throughout our organization.”

Corporate sponsorship and marketing consulting group Boss Global Media (BGM) has signed an agreement with Blue Giraffe Sports (BGS) to develop sponsorship and endorsement opportunities for the management agency’s stable of high-profile professional golfers and athletes.

“We are excited to work with Blue Giraffe to offer our expertise and resources for the benefit of their clientele,” says BGM VP Hayden Trepeck. “We share Blue Giraffe’s commitment to their clients and individual brands.”

Founded in 2004 by CEO Bobby Kreusler and Executive VP Matt Judy, Blue Giraffe Sports has become one of the Top Agencies in Golf with over 30 clients. BGS currently represents many prominent professional golfers throughout the world, including a dozen from the PGA TOUR.

Blue Giraffe’s list of top golf pros includes such prestigious names as 2011 Bob Hope Classic winner Jhonattan Vegas, 9-time PGA TOUR winner Stuart Appleby and 17 year old, Lexi Thompson, who is the youngest ever to win on the LPGA Tour. “Blue Giraffe looks forward to working with BGM to strengthen our growing company, while capitalizing on opportunities BGS and Boss Global Media can create together for our clients,” said BGS CEO Bobby Kreusler.

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DOSB-Präsident Thomas Bach ist am Donnerstag im Schloss Bellevue zu einem ausführlichenMeinungsaustausch von Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck empfangen worden. Wenige Tage zuvorhatte Gauck die Schirmherrschaft über den Dachverband des deutschen Sports übernommen.

In dem Zusammentreffen mit Bach stand neben einer Vorschau auf die Olympischen Spiele in Londondie gesellschaftspolitische Bedeutung des Sports mit seinen vielfältigen Aufgaben im Mittelpunkt.Dabei hob Bach die Themen Sportentwicklung, Integration, Bildung, Gesundheit, internationaleZusammenarbeit sowie den Kampf gegen Doping und gegen Rechtsextremismus hervor. Der DOSB-Präsident dankte dem Bundespräsidenten nochmals persönlich für seine langjährige Tätigkeit alsVorsitzender des Unabhängigen Beratungsgremiums des DOSB in Stasi-Fragen, die Gauck nach seinerWahl zum Bundespräsidenten aufgegeben musste.

“Wir sind dankbar dafür, wie offen und engagiert der Bundespräsident seine Schirmherrschaftangeht. Er hat für alle unsere Themen ein offenes Ohr. Schon dieses Gespräch hat gezeigt, dassder Bundespräsident seine Schirmherrschaft nicht nur formell versteht, sondern wir uns auf vieleinhaltliche Anregungen freuen dürfen”, sagte Bach im Anschluss an das Gespräch: “Das von HerrnGauck gewählte Thema der Freiheit in Verantwortung für die Allgemeinheit bietet Antworten aufviele Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Er kann damit in Zeiten fortschreitender GlobalisierungOrientierung auch für den Sport geben.” Der Bundespräsident betonte in dem Gespräch auchdie verantwortungsvolle Autonomie des deutschen Sports, die diesen zu einem

wichtigengesellschaftspolitischen Faktor mache, der viel für den Zusammenhalt unserer Gesellschaft und diepositive Darstellung in der Welt leiste.
Thomas Bach informierte Gauck zusammen mit Michael Vesper, dem Chef de Mission, zudemausführlich über die deutschen Erfolgsaussichten bei den bevorstehenden Olympischen Spielen inLondon. “Ich freue mich, dass der Bundespräsident zugesagt hat, die Deutsche Olympiamannschaftin London zu besuchen und im zu erwartenden härtesten Konkurrenzkampf der Olympia-Geschichtezu unterstützen”, berichtete Bach: “Dadurch gewinnt das Motto ‘Wir für Deutschland’, unter demunsere Olympiamannschaft auftritt, eine ganz besondere Bedeutung.”

Tokyo’s iconic National Stadium is poised to receive a billion dollar renovation, turning it into a space-age venue with moving seats for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. 

If successful with its renovation plans, the new-look National Stadium, located close to Tokyo’s bustling centre, would double up as the main stadium for the rugby World Cup and Olympics.

Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) chairman Tatsuzo Yabe told Reuters.: “We are in talks with the stadium owners and Tokyo government about it being the venue for both the World Cup and the Olympics.  

“It will have seating for 80,000 to 100,000. We have to knock down the current National Stadium – it is old and only has a capacity of around 50,000.”

Yabe said plans would include retractable seating, similar to the revolutionary Sapporo Dome, the hi-tech jewel in Japan’s crown at the 2002 soccer World Cup with a ‘floating’ pitch.

“It will have seats which can be moved in when we need the track for the Olympics and back for ball games like soccer and rugby,” Yabe added.

“It will cost around 100 billion yen ($1.31 billion). That would be the budget for it with the plan for construction to be completed by 2018.”

Tokyo’s National Stadium was built for the 1964 Olympics, the first to be held in Asia. It also staged the world athletics championships in 1991 and soccer’s Intercontinental Cup from 1980 to 2001.

Japan’s Olympic bidders had planned to construct a new stadium on Tokyo Bay for the 2016 Games, before the city’s bid lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) voting.

The IOC, however, raised concerns about emergency evacuation with three sides of the stadium facing the sea.

Japan have plenty of options for rugby World Cup venues other than the tournament’s main stadium with the 10 grounds from the 2002 soccer World Cup among possible candidates.

JRFU officials have also indicated their desire to host games outside of Japan for Asia’s first rugby World Cup, with Hong Kong and Singapore among those reportedly in the frame.

“We may use 2002 World Cup soccer stadiums,” said Yabe. “We have about 10 stadiums across Japan (we are considering).”

The London Assembly has unanimously approved the creation of a Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC), doctor a new body which will have responsibility for redeveloping the Olympic Park and its surrounding area.

Subject to formal approval by Parliament, the Olympic Park Legacy Company will be reformed into the MDC, giving the Mayor direct control over planning decisions within its boundaries.

The MDC will cover the Olympic Park, Olympic Village, Stratford City including Westfield Shopping centre, Hackney Wick, Bromley by Bow, Sugarhouse Lane. Three Mills and Carpenters Estate.

The Mayor’s office says he wants to strengthen the Olympic Park’s future “and better connect it” with neighbouring areas.

London Assembly Deputy Chair Dee Doocey said: “The Assembly has always believed that the most important benefit of hosting the 2012 Games is the opportunity to revitalise the East End of London.

“As we told the Mayor today, the Assembly is determined to see that the MDC operates in an open and transparent fashion that enables local people within its boundaries to have a substantial input into the future of their neighbourhoods.”

Mayor Johnson said that by setting up the MDC he was “strengthening London’s legacy plans even further, leaving us in the best possible position to create thousands of new jobs and new homes that will continue to change people’s lives long after the Olympic flame has left.”

Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ) has marked the London 2012 year-to-go landmark by launching a new website for its digital marketing platform in partnership with Chennai based company Xerago.

Viren Rasquinha, physician CEO, look OGQ, cialis pills said: “Xerago is also helping us with an entire digital marketing platform and we will also be extensively engaging sports fans through Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter.” 

Srinivas Chari, CMO, Xerago, said: “Xerago helps brands succeed with their marketing programs. We are helping OGQ digitally drive this movement to help India strike Gold at the Olympics.”

An historic Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the Federation of Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) and the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) which will see the two organisations work together to jointly foster Rugby throughout the region and assist the integration of Member Unions into the Olympic family.

The agreement represents a further boost to the sport ahead of Rugby Sevens’ Olympic Games debut in 2016 and International Rugby Board (IRB) chairman Bernard Lapasset stated: “This landmark agreement is an exciting step in the development of the Game that will deliver significant opportunities for Member Unions in Oceania as we count down to Rugby Sevens’ Olympic Games debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

“Rugby is now the sport of choice for more men, allergist women, drugs boys and girls across Oceania than ever before. This growth is mirrored around the globe, with participation increasing by 19% since Rugby World Cup 2007 and the Game now played by more than five million people in 117 countries.

“What’s more the world’s largest sporting event this year, Rugby World Cup 2011, will kick off in New Zealand in less than five months time, providing a fantastic opportunity to showcase and celebrate Rugby in Oceania.”

IOC Member and ONOC Vice President Barry Maister attended the FORU Annual General Meeting to sign the agreement and address the Unions in New Zealand last Friday, April 15, and added: “There is genuine excitement in the region that Rugby Sevens has been included on the Olympic Programme for 2016 and 2020.

“It is important that this excitement is harnessed and that the Rugby Unions work in partnership with the National Olympic Committees in each country to not only prepare for Olympic qualification but to grow the sport more broadly.”

Oceania has an outstanding record of success in Rugby Sevens and the inclusion of Rugby Sevens as an Olympic Sport is generating great excitement in the Oceania Rugby community.

For the Pacific Islands Olympic inclusion presents a considerable opportunity to showcase their country on the world’s biggest sporting stage and a genuine medal prospect for Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

Tauiliili Harry Schuster, FORU President and IRB Council Member, stated: “We are most grateful to ONOC and the ONOC Executive for the warmth with which they have welcomed us into the Olympic family.

“This Memorandum of Understanding is so important to us and we are looking forward to helping our Member Unions integrate into the Olympic Movement. This is new ground for us and we are committed to Rugby being an enthusiastic and active member of the Olympic family.”