Career management consultancy, Roar Global has branched out into the field of sporting clients after agreeing the acquisition of SJ Dent and Co. sports management.

Roar Global currently represents entertainment industry celebrities such as Myleene Klass, Russel Watson and Kelly Brook but with the takeover of SJ Dent will add the likes of Irish rugby star Brian O’Driscoll and former sporting icons such as Martin ‘Chariots’ Offiah, John Barnes and Neil Ruddock to their client roster.

The ex-sports management company was founded by lawyer Simon Dent and also specialise in the management of young 2012 hopefuls.

Jonathan Shalit of Roar Global stated: “Sport today is an integral part of entertainment across the world and, as such, holds huge a huge attraction for global brands to who want to be associated with sporting heroes.”

Die USA sind wirtschaftlich und nun auch wieder sportlich das Maß aller Dinge in der Welt. Die Sportler aus den USA, prostate der größten Volkswirtschaft der Welt, buy konnten in London die meisten goldenen (46) und auch die meisten Medaillen insgesamt (104) gewinnen. China musste sich nach eindrucksvollen Leistungen 2008 dieses Mal mit dem zweiten Platz zufriedengeben. Damit sind die USA und China sowohl sportlich als auch wirtschaftlich tonangebend, doctor das ergab eine Analyse des Wirtschaftsinformationsdienstes D&B Deutschland zum Vergleich der sportlichen Leistungen in London 2012 mit den wirtschaftlichen Leistungen der Teilnehmerländer in Hinblick auf das D&B Länderrating.

Jedoch beim Blick auf die Länderratings ergibt sich ein anderes Bild. Die USA liegen mit DB2b zwar noch im oberen Drittel, aber China liegt mit DB4a in der unteren Hälfte. Australien ist mit DB1d das einzige Land der Top-20-Sportnationen von London mit einem Einser-Rating. Leider klappte es dafür sportlich gesehen nicht so wie erwartet. Australien verlor im Medaillenspiegel mit Rang 10 vier Plätze gegenüber den Spielen in Peking 2008. Auch die Ratings der restlichen Top 20 sind sehr gemischt. Deutschland liegt mit DB2a auf Platz 2, gefolgt von Großbritannien, Frankreich und den Niederlanden mit DB2b.

Die einzigen Länder unten den Top-20-Nationen, die sich sportlich verbesserten und ihr Länderrating behalten, sind Kasachstan, Neuseeland und Südkorea. Kasachstan erreichte bei diesen Spielen Platz 12 und damit eine Verbesserung um 17 Plätze im Medaillenspiegel, verglichen mit der Platzierung 2008 bei den Spielen in Peking. Neuseeland liegt um zehn Plätze verbessert auf Rang 15 und Südkorea schaffte es zwei Plätze nach oben auf Rang 5. Jedoch gibt es kein Land unter den Top 20, das D&B in den vergangenen vier Jahren heraufgestuft hat.

Ansonsten ist der Trend beim Länderrating unter den Top-20-Nationen der Spiele von London negativ im Vergleich zu den Ergebnissen von vor vier Jahren. Bei 15 Ländern hat D&B das Rating in dieser Zeit gesenkt. Hier sieht man sehr eindrücklich die Nachwirkungen der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise 2008/09. Noch sind Folgen in den meisten Ländern spürbar. Oder wie in Europa – dort sind neue Krisenherde wie Spanien und Italien hinzugekommen. Am härtesten traf es bei den Herabstufungen Ungarn (von DB2d auf DB4d), Italien (von DB2d auf DB3d) und den Iran (von DB5c auf DB6c). Wenn es wirtschaftlich und auch politisch schon nicht passt, so konnten doch wenigstens der Iran und Ungarn sportlich gesehen auftrumpfen. Der Iran verbesserte sich gleich um 34 Plätze im Medaillenspiegel, Ungarn um elf und selbst Italien auch um einen Platz.

Wirtschaftlich gesehen ist Brasilien, das Gastgeberland der nächsten Olympischen Spiele 2016, mittlerweile in der Weltspitze angelangt und auch etabliert. Die brasilianische Wirtschaft belegt derzeit den 6. Platz auf der Liste der größten Volkswirtschaften weltweit – noch vor Großbritannien und Italien. Sportlich liegen die Brasilianer noch außerhalb der Top-20-Sportnationen. Bei den Spielen in London erreichten sie Platz 22 im Medaillenspiegel nach Platz 23 in Peking 2008. Wenn der sportliche Erfolg der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung folgt (erwartetes Wachstum 2012 2,8 Prozent und 2013 4,5 Prozent), dann wird es Brasilien 2016 auch unter die Top 20 schaffen.

The PGA TOUR and Mitsubishi Electric announced that Mitsubishi Electric is building 12 new Diamond Vision boards for the Champions Tour.

With this announcement, Mitsubishi Electric further increases its involvement with the PGA TOUR while improving the fan experience. Mitsubishi Electric will showcase a full array of Diamond Vision boards on the Champions Tour on June 28 at the Constellation SENIOR PLAYERS Championship. The tournament takes place outside of Pittsburgh, Pa. near Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision Systems headquarters.

Mitsubishi Electric first debuted its Diamond Vision displays on the PGA TOUR in May 2007. The full rollout of the new boards on the Champions Tour will be completed by the 2013 Champions Tour season.

Mitsubishi Electric, Official Large Outdoor Video Display Provider of the PGA TOUR, will continue to provide the highly popular Diamond Vision LED scoreboards at virtually every PGA TOUR tournament. The 33 state-of-the-art scoreboards are divided into three traveling sets of 11 that rotate among tournaments. Since first being introduced, the Diamond Vision boards have significantly upgraded the onsite fan experience through a variety of videos, as well as an array of player and course information and graphics generated by the PGA TOUR’s ShotLink real-time scoring system.

“Feedback on the Diamond Vision scoreboards on the PGA TOUR has been tremendously positive,” says Mike Stevens, president of the Champions Tour. “We’re very pleased to bring Diamond Vision technology to our Tour, both for our fans and our players.”

The first Diamond Vision screen at Dodger Stadium (installed in 1980) established Mitsubishi Electric as a true pioneer in the development of large-scale video displays. Diamond Vision LED screen installations include Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Fenway Park, AT&T Park, the Consol Energy Center, the Air Canada Centre, the Washington Nationals Stadium, Times Square and Caesars Palace.

Mitsubishi Electric is an Official Sponsor of the PGA TOUR.

Managing director Ian Ayre Liverpool will not be pressured into making a premature call on whether to redevelop Anfield or move to a new stadium.

Ayre revealed on Sunday it was “increasingly unlikely” that the club would be able to redevelop the 45,000-capicity Anfield ground and instead suggested a move to a new stadium at nearby Stanley Park could be a more realistic option. However, speaking to the Barclays Premier League club’s official website during Liverpool’s pre-season tour of China, Ayre insisted that nothing had been ruled out.

He said: “No amount of pressure will force Liverpool Football Club to make a decision quickly for the wrong reasons. With regards the refurbishment, the type of work that’s been going on (in the last nine months) has been developing plans and drawings that look at what is possible with Anfield, and that has incorporated a study into the extension of the main stand and a study into the extension of the Anfield Road End. Both of these, if successful, could deliver a 60,000-plus seater, which would be great, but it comes with whole other challenges and whole other areas we have to investigate.”

The Liverpool managing director also said that naming rights would be crucial in “finding the right economic model” for a new 60,000-seat stadium.

He said: “What people don’t think of a lot of the time is that we don’t get 60,000 new seats when we build a stadium – we only get the difference between Anfield currently and whatever we build. The economics of that difference don’t really stack up in the medium term for a return for Liverpool. It would be a huge investment with very little financial gain.”

Ayre added: “On its own that doesn’t look like a viable proposition, so what we have to explore an opportunity for naming rights. Naming rights is something that’s been in the media recently for a number of reasons and it’s something we’re very actively looking at but it just takes time. Our deal with Standard Chartered, which was a groundbreaking deal, took over a year to put together, and other similar types of deals we’ve been involved in have taken time. The pressure is there with people wanting an answer, but it’s not an answer we can give right now.”

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba have secured a 50% stake in Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club for a reported 1.2 billion yuan ($192m)

Guangzhou Evergrande is one of China’s most successful football clubs and has one the Chinese Super League every year since 2011.

It was also the first Chinese team to win the Asian Football Confederation Champions League last year.

Alibaba’s purchase comes in the run up to its highly-anticipated US share sale, and marks the firm’s latest attempt to diversify its business.

Billionaire founder Jack Ma has made several acquisitions ahead of the internet giant’s initial public offering, which many predict will become the world’s largest tech listing.

Earlier this year, Alibaba bought a stake in Chinese online video company Youku Tudou and has started offering videogames on its mobile applications.

“We’re not investing in football, we’re investing in entertainment,” Mr Ma told a news conference on Thursday. “Alibaba’s future strategies are health and entertainment.”

Guangzhou-based Evergrande is owned by property developer Evergrande Group, which is controlled by Xu Jiayin. Mr. Xu has a net worth of $7.7 billion, according to the Hurun Report wealth-tracking service.

The FIA, impotent the governing body of motorsport, generic has elected Mohammed Ben Sulayem as the new FIA Vice President for Mobility for the Middle East region.

His appointment was confirmed at the FIA General Assembly in Paris on Monday where Sulayem was elected unanimously by the Middle East FIA Mobility clubs in attendance.

In the area of mobility, viagra the FIA represents the rights of 60 million road users from over 230 member clubs through campaigns and activities that defend their interests.

Sulayem had previously served two terms as Vice President for Sport since 2008 under current FIA President Jean Todt and his predecessor, Max Mosley.

“I am very proud of what I achieved for motor sport in recent years, and now I want to do the same for the FIA Mobility agenda,” explained Sulayem.

In his FIA role, Sulayem has pioneered research and knowledge transfer initiatives in motorsport. Last year, he instigated a scientific research programme into hydration and the health and safety issues of motorsport volunteers and officials working in high temperatures.

This culminated in a report earlier this year calling on national sporting authorities to take a lead role in countering risks to health and safety.

A second report commissioned by Sulayem delivered a six-point plan aimed at increasing the total number of competitors, officials and volunteers in the Middle East and North Africa, and the number of motorsports events in the region, by 20 % by 2015.