Durchschnittlich 7, medicine 52 Millionen Zuschauer (Marktanteil 24, advice 8 Prozent) verfolgten am Mittwochabend, cialis 7. November 2012, im ZDF den 6:1-Sieg des FC Bayern München gegen OSC Lille in der Gruppenphase der Champions League. In der Spitze saßen bis zu 8,20 Millionen vor den Bildschirmen.

Auch die anschließenden Zusammenfassungen weiterer Champions League-Begegnungen erbrachten bis zu 25,4 Prozent Marktanteil. Das “heute-journal” um 21.30 Uhr sahen 6,76 Millionen (21,4 Prozent).

Mit 18,8 beziehungsweise 15,5 Prozent lag das ZDF in der Primetime und am gesamten Tag auf Platz 1 in der Zuschauergunst.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Eva Loeffler OBE, medstore daughter of the founder of the Paralympic Games, Ludwig Guttman as Mayor of the London 2012 Paralympic Village.

Her duties commence immediately as the first team officials start arriving in the Village ahead of athletes’ arrival from 22 August.

Having been a volunteer at the first wheelchair Games in 1948 Loeffler has been involved in the Paralympic movement since its outset. She was one of the original Directors of the British Paralympic Association, Chairman of British Wheelchair Sports Foundation, a member of the 1989 Colin Moyniham Review into sport for the disabled and Vice President of Wheelpower.

Loeffler will be supported by a wider Mayoral team including Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Culture, Olympics, Media & Sport Parliamentary Committee and Olympic Board member, Rt. Hon. Don Foster MP and politician and Olympian Rt. Hon. Ming Campbell MP.

Loeffler spoke of her pride at being appointed in the role and said: “The development of Paralympic sport and the Paralympic Games has played a significant role in my life and I’m thrilled to be appointed Paralympic Village Mayor as the Games return to the UK.

“I’m really looking forward to working with the whole team to deliver an outstanding and memorable experience for Village residents and visitors this summer.”

LOCOG Chair Sir Seb Coe added: “Eva has a longstanding association with the Paralympic Games having been involved since its inception. I’m delighted to appoint her as Paralympic Village Mayor.”

The role of Village Mayor is to act as the ‘figurehead’ of the Paralympic Village. It is a requirement of the International Paralympic Committee and key responsibilities include welcoming and hosting international and domestic guests and dignitaries, attending and speaking at Village events and maintaining a visible and accessible presence throughout the Games for both residents and Games Makers.

IMG-Reliance and Chelsea FC have reportedly launched preliminary talks about the possibility of partnering  to develop a world-class football academy in India.

Reliance CEO ,Mukesh Ambani, reportedly, met Chelsea FC Chief Executive, Ron Gourlay, in London recently for the first round of discussions.

For Chelsea, partnering with an established player – IMG-Reliance is the commercial partner of football’s governing body All India Football Federation (AIFF) – could provide a way into the fast-growing Indian football market.

An alliance with Chelsea will boost the struggling football activities of IMG-Reliance and provide expertise.

IMG-Reliance signed a 15-year deal with AIFF in 2010 that it has yet to profit from financially.

A deal between IMG Reliance and Chelsea, would be a great step forward for Indian football, said Prashant Singh, general manager, Octagon India, a sports consultancy.

“A football academy is the easiest path to a new market and Chelsea could not have landed a better partner than Reliance because of the Indian company’s ability to absorb initial losses, according to him. For IMG-Reliance, the deal could signify that things are finally falling into place,” he said.

In an interview in September, Gourlay said the club is looking for long-term grassroots programmes in India to engage with its growing fan base.{jcomments on}

The Big East confeence has hired CBS executive vice president Mike Aresco to be commissioner of a conference.

Aresco has been a vice president in charge of programming for CBS since 1996. He’s handled the network’s contract negotiations with the NCAA for the rights to the men’s basketball tournament. He also negotiated CBS’s 15-year deal with the Southeastern Conference. 

Aresco, a Connecticut native who resides in Southport, Conn., has never worked for a conference or university, but his experience lies in the field where the Big East needs the most help. 

“I’m not daunted by it all. I embrace the challenge,” Aresco told the AP in a telephone interview. “I would not be on the sidelines. I believe the reconstituted conference really has vast potential.”

The conference is in transition and will begin crucial negotiations on a new television contract in September. The defections of longtime members West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse cost former Commissioner John Marinatto his job earlier this year.

“It would be hard to overstate it,” Aresco said of the importance of the next TV contract. “I consider it job one. All eyes are going to be on it. I’m not making any predictions, but I’m very confident our value is going to be recognized and maximized.”

Six new members are scheduled to join the Big East next year, including Boise State and San Diego State for football only, to create a coast-to-coast, 12-team football conference. 

Also set to join the Big East in 2013 are Memphis, Central Florida, Houston and SMU. 

Navy has committed to join the conference in 2015, and the Big East will eventually be in the market for another school to give it 14 football members when the Midshipmen join. 

On Monday, the Big East hired the sports media firm Bevilacqua Helfant Ventures, led by Chris Bevilacqua, who helped negotiate the Pac-12’s deal. 

The league followed that up by hiring Aresco, who has made a long successful career of negotiating some of the biggest television deals in college sports.

Nigel Payne is to become the chairman at the Professional Jockeys Association.

Payne, Aintree’s former press officer and current chief executive of the Horseracing Sponsors Association, will succeed Rod Street who stepped down last year.

PJA chief executive Paul Struthers said: “The Board of the PJA has been seeking to appoint a new chairman and we are delighted that Nigel Payne has agreed to fill this important position.

“I have personally worked closely with Nigel for many years and have always valued his opinions, advice and wisdom which he has gained during a career in the betting and horseracing industries spanning almost four decades.

“I know that he will offer the PJA, its Board and our members the soundest of guidance.”

Payne, who was instrumental in the inception of the PJA ‘Lesters’ awards and formed the syndicate that owned subsequent Grand National winner Earth Summit, said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been asked to join the Board of the Professional Jockeys Association and to become its new chairman from October.

“I am looking forward very much to working with PJA chief executive Paul Struthers and the entire Board of the Association and utilising the knowledge and experience that I have gained over many years in the horseracing industry for the benefit of all jockeys.”

Soccerex are pleased to announce that the Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) will be holding a special half day workshop, medic which will focus on the player transfer system, generic at the Soccerex European Forum, remedy 28-29 March, Manchester.

Taking place on the morning of the first day of Europe’s Premier Football Business Event, the workshop will be opened by EPFL CEO Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros and will be followed by sessions covering the football transfer market, a round-table on FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players, the current realities and new challenges of the International transfer market and third party ownership.

Speakers for these sessions include the likes of Holger Hieronymus, COO DFL Bundesliga, José Luis Astiazarán, President Spanish League, Jane Purdon, Director of Governance English Premier League, Philippe Kern, Managing Director KEA European Affairs, Raffaele Poli, Head of CIES Football Observatory, Paul Rawnsley, Director Deloitte Sports Business Group, Gaudenz Koprio, Senior Group Leader for Players’ Status, Legal Affairs Division – FIFA, Michele Centenaro, General Secretary ECA, Theo Van Seggelen, General Secretary FIFPro, Paulo Gonçalves, Legal Director SL Benfica, Maurice Watkins, Senior Partner Brabners Chaffe Street, Daniel Lorenz, Legal Director FC Porto and Daniel Cravo, Associate Partner Campos Advocacia Empresarial (Brazil).

Founded in 2005, the EPFL comprises of 30 Member Leagues and Associate members across Europe including all of the top European Leagues such as the English Premier League, Lega Seria A, the Scottish Premier League, the Russian Football Premier League, La Liga, the DFL Bundesliga, the French LFP and Eredivisie, among others.

Over 1500 delegates are expected to attend this year’s Soccerex European Forum where they will benefit from exclusive business opportunities via a packed exhibition and a number of formal and informal networking events.  There will also be a packed conference programme addressing some the key issues affecting the industry including sessions on UEFA’s move to centralise media rights, player and coach development, the art of management – a master-class with Rafael Benitez, betting, the tricky business of managing England with Terry Venables, financial management of clubs in the wake of financial fair play, the relationship between football and the media, and the Soccerex Supplement, a session with some of football’s biggest names. There will also be workshops on emerging markets, the stadia industry and the commercial opportunities for clubs.

Brazil and football’s world governing body FIFA on Thursday confirmed that the 2013 Confederations Cup will be held in six host cities, as initially planned.

“The host cities for the Confederations Cup will be Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador,” the president of the local organizing committee for the World Cup, Jose Maria Marin, told reporters.

“For the first time, this competition will be organized in six cities of the same country,” he added.

Last month, FIFA said four stadiums would be enough for Brazil to stage the event in view of delays in readying the six arenas initially planned.

There was particular concern about the stadiums in the northeastern cities of Recife and Salvador, where preparations have been running behind schedule.

FIFA has said that it requires that stadiums be ready at least one month ahead of time to conduct tests on security, telecommunications and other areas before the competition gets under way.

The Confederations Cup, to be held June 15-30, 2013, will be contested by Spain, who won the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, host Brazil, as well as Mexico, winner of the golden cup of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), and Uruguay, winner of the America Cup.

Other participants include Italy, the beaten Euro 2012 finalists, Tahiti representing Oceania, and the winner of the 2013 African nations cup, which takes place in January next year.

The draw for the tournament will take place in Sao Paulo on December 1.