FIFA and the National Organizing Committee have unveiled the Official Slogan for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015: TO A GREATER GOAL.

“The Official Slogan is a core part of the identity of a FIFA competition. TO A GREATER GOAL has a very strong meaning in terms of what the FIFA Women’s World Cup can achieve and leave as a legacy, click not only in Canada but also in general for the development of women’s football worldwide, viagra coupon ” said Tatjana Haenni, drugs FIFA Deputy Director of the Competitions Division and Head of Women’s Competitions.

”For sport, for women, for Canada: those are three qualities that highlight our ambitions in hosting a successful FIFA Women’s World Cup,” said Victor Montagliani, chairman of the National Organizing Committee and President of the Canadian Soccer Association. “In welcoming the world, the FIFA Women’s World Cup can serve TO A GREATER GOAL. Our Official Slogan serves a dual purpose for the sport and for humanity. It represents the best of on-field performance and a unique victory for all, beginning with girls and women.

”It is significant that our Official Slogan TO A GREATER GOAL is presented for the first time here in Winnipeg. Always one of Canada’s important football cities because of its central location, Winnipeg was the site of our first-ever women’s national team camp back on Canada Day 1 July 1986. Incidentally, Winnipeg also hosted our first-ever home women’s international friendly match four years later on 23 July 1990.

”For more than 100 years, soccer has been one of our most-beloved sports in Canada, boasting some of the country’s greatest athletes, ambassadors and heroes. More than 30 years ago when we launched our national competition in 1982, we were one of the few countries in the world that embraced women’s soccer. Today, more than 125 countries are participating in this one-of-a-kind sporting competition, with 24 finalists to reach the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals from 6 June to 5 July 2015.” 

The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 Official Slogan, TO A GREATER GOAL, will feature prominently in all promotional elements in the lead up to the competition and during the competition itself. The FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015 runs coast to coast across Canada in six Host Cities: Vancouver, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Ottawa, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; and Moncton, New Brunswick.

To help engage fans in Canada and abroad, FIFA and the National Organizing Committee will encourage fans to use digital media to share their own meanings of the slogan TO A GREATER GOAL. In following the lead on FIFA’s official handle @fifawwc, fans can also use the hashtag #GreaterGoal in English or #GrandBut in French.

The Club Managers Association of Europe (CMAE), rx whose members are club managers at a variety of golf and sports clubs throughout Europe, has elected Arnaldo Cocuzza CCM as its President at their recent Annual General Meeting in Rome, the first Italian club manager to be elected to the post.

48 year old Arnaldo Cocuzza is the General Manager of Golf Club Milano, one of Italy’s oldest and most prestigious golf clubs.  He achieved his CCM (Certified Club Manager) status in November 2011, again, the first Italian club manager to achieve this status.

On taking office, Arnaldo said: “I am deeply honoured to be elected to the post of CMAE President by my fellow club managers.  I hope that in the next few years,I will keep building on the good work of our previous presidents and boards in the development of club management education throughout Europe”.

He continued: “In the past two years, my predecessor, Jorgen Kjellgren presided over the launch of the CMAE’s Management Development Programme (MDP) series of educational courses, which have been very successful and very well received.  Feedback from club managers who have attended these courses has been very positive.  I hope that with the help of my colleagues on the CMAE Board of Directors, our corporate and MDP partners, we can continue to provide these courses to club managers is many countries of Europe and support our members with certification opportunities to increase their value to their club employers and to help them develop their careers as professional club managers”.

Prior to becoming the General Manager of Golf Club Milano, Arnaldo was the General Manager of Le Pavoneire Golf & Country Club and Club Manager of Golf Club Padova, both in Italy. He has spent over 22 years in various club management roles and is married with two children.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed that yesterday the 2 millionth ticketed spectator passed through the Olympic Park since the beginning of the Games. 

Olympic fever also continues to rise around the country, ambulance with venues and big screens across the UK attracting huge crowds as people cheer on the athletes. To date, order the London 2012 Live Sites have seen 2.7 million people attend, with the busiest day being Super Saturday (4^th August) – which saw an incredible 350,000 people turn out to support all athletes. An estimated 160,000 spectators also took to the streets of central London to witness Olympic history as Alistair Brownlee became the first British athlete to win gold in the Men’s Triathlon event (7^th August). 120,000 spectators lined the streets for the Women’s Marathon (5^th August) and 60,000 turned out for the Women’s Triathlon (4^th August).

LOCOG Chair, Seb Coe said: “The passion and spirit of the British public has been outstanding. The huge crowds have contributed to making the atmosphere at events in both the Olympic Park and venues around the country incredible. I am very proud of the performance of our athletes, of my team which has given its heart and soul to these Games over the last seven years as well as the brilliant volunteers who seem to be having an extraordinary impact on everyone they meet.”

Lotus F1 Team has agreed a partnership with rock band Linkin Park to launch its first iPad App.

help 255, 255, 0.917969);”>The app “Linkin Park GP” will launch as a free download on all iTunes stores worldwide from Thursday 24th May. Emanating from a unique creative collaboration between Lotus F1 Team and Linkin Park, “Linkin Park GP” allows iPad users to drive a Lotus E20 and interact with a 360 environment to create an original remix of Linkin Park’s latest worldwide hit single, ‘Burn It Down’.

Designed by Clicmobile, the app utilises an interactive user remix experience for the first time on iPad – with multiple audio tracks and live effects synchronised and mixed in real time in response to user actions on the accelerometer sensors and multitouch screen of the device. As a result, users are put closer to the music by zooming into sections of the song – even into individual instruments – to create a unique listening experience that is nonetheless recognizable as the hit song from the album.

“We are really happy to be able to collaborate with Lotus F1 Team to create a first-of-its-kind game that combines the thrill of Formula 1 with our song. Our fans love Formula 1 and this is a very fun way for them to be able to interact with our music,” said Linkin Park co-lead vocalist Mike Shinoda.

Lotus F1 Team’s app will be promoted to Linkin Park’s fans – including 42 million on Facebook – and Lotus F1 Team’s growing social networks. It will also benefit from Warner Bros Records’ and Universal Music Publishing’s support worldwide.

In order to celebrate the launch of this app, both E20s will feature a Linkin Park logo in Monaco this weekend.

Patrick Louis, CEO, Lotus F1 Team: “People who follow our team know that we’ve always been close to the music world – our music compilation launched in Australia being one example. Now we go a step further by creating our joint app with one of the biggest bands in the world. Linkin Park have millions of fans across the globe. We are happy to reach out to them and show that once again Lotus F1 Team is doing something creative and different in our communications approach. I would like to thank Warner Bros Records, Universal Music and the band’s management, The Collective, for their enthusiasm and contribution to this unique project.”

The home of the National Football League’s (NFL) Seattle Seahawks and Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit Seattle Sounders has a new name following the acquisition of Qwest by CenturyLink.

The 67,000 seater stadium has been known as Qwest Field since 2004, but will become CenturyLink Field as part of a rebranding exercise that has accelerated since CenturyLink’s takeover in April.

The naming rights agreement was actually negotiated seven years ago, though the terms are believed to be unchanged, with CenturyLink taking over the US$75m ten year contract. The deal is due to expire at the end of 2014, with a five year renewal option option according to The Seattle Times.

The stadium opened in 2002 and was originally known as Seahawks Stadium, until a naming rights deal was agreed, construction cost some US$430m.

Qwest was purchased by fellow telecommunications company CenturyLink in April for a total of US$22.4bn, including some US$11.8bn of debt.

Britain’s newly elected FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce has urged English soccer executives to “move on” from the disappointment of missing out on hosting the 2018 World Cup after he replaced Englishman Geoff Thompson at the recent June 1 Congress.

England’s Football Association (FA) led a late attempt to postpone Blatter’s re-coronation, but the move gained little support and was criticised by vociferous supporters of the incumbent chief.

Boyce told The Telegraph: “Some people think there is an element of arrogance among the English footballing family. I was disappointed when England was not awarded the World Cup but it’s time to get over it.

“I will obviously try to help them in any way I can (in the new role) but they need to move on from their disappointment at the World Cup bid. There seems to be an attitude that English football is owed something ever since ’66. That started to wear thin 20 years ago.”

He added: “We need to rebuild bridges and strengthen existing relations. I will be doing everything I can to help achieve that and will represent all four British nations.”

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has renewed its exclusive advisory contract with RCS Sport to handle the sponsorship rights of all Italian national football teams for the next four years

FIGC sponsorship projects, including “Casa Azzurri” 2008 and 2010, turned over more than 60 million Euros over the previous four year agreement – the most significant sum from sponsorship in the history of the Italian Football Federation.

“Having at our side for another four years a prestigious and experienced company such as RCS Sport is a guarantee that reassures us and will give further impetus and new enthusiasm to Club Italia, to our teams on the field, and to the FIGC ethical and social commitment,” said FIGC General Manager Antonello Valentini

Giacomo Catano, chief executive of RCS Sport, said, “The trust that FIGC decided to give us for another four years represents for us a source of pride and sense of responsibility. Thanks to consolidated synergies and the strong bond over the years with FIGC partner companies, we are counting on our commitment in order to deliver an important contribution to the world of football and the success of the Italian national teams in the next four years.”

RCS Sport is a company under the RCS MediaGroup umbrella and is best–known as the organiser of the most important cycling events in Italy, including the Giro d’Italia and some of the most prestigious ‘Classics’. Since 2008, it has also been a partner of the Italy national rugby league team.

The Centennial Edition of the Copa America will be played in the United States in 2016, health the Confederation of North, sale Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

The Centennial Cup America will mark the first time the historic South American championship has been played outside of that region, asthma and represents the most important sporting event to come to North American shores in decades – rivaling the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1996 Olympic Games in grandeur and relevance to the world of sport.

“I congratulate CONMEBOL for inspiring players and fans throughout a century of fantastic football, and thank them for extending the legacy of this hugely successful event to CONCACAF territory,” said CONCACAF President Jeffrey Webb. “The American continent may have been discovered in 1492, but I can’t imagine a better way to unite this continent than with football and an exceptional celebration of talent in 2016.”

“We are proud to play a leading role in the celebration of the centennial of a tournament born to unite all America. Year after year the Cup has gained prestige, which has allowed the opening of doors to the football of an entire continent. Now, CONCACAF and the United States will play host to the world’s oldest national team competition,” said Eugenio Figueredo, CONMEBOL President.

The Centennial Cup America will be held in cities across the United States in the summer of 2016, kicking off on June 3 and culminating with the Final on Sunday, June 26.

In a sixteen team field, CONMEBOL’s ten Member Associations – Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela – will be joined by six competitors from CONCACAF, including host and 2013 Gold Cup champion United States, and six-time Gold Cup champion Mexico.

The Centennial Cup America falls between the 2015 and 2017 editions of the biannual CONCACAF Gold Cup, which decides the regional champion of North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The previous edition of Copa America was celebrated in Argentina in 2011, with Uruguay claiming a record fifteenth title. The next edition of the tournament is set to be played in Chile in 2015.