Malmsten AB, Official FINA Supplier of racing lane lines and water polo equipment, has continued its Top Partnership with the 3rd FINA World Aquatics Convention, 29 November-1 December 2014 at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Doha. 

“We are delighted to welcome back Malmsten as a Top Partner of the World Aquatics Concention,” said Dr. Julioc C. Maglione, FINA President.

“A long-term supporter of both FINA and the Convention, Malmsten is very passionate in their on-going commitment to improving the Aquatic environment.”

“The partnership is a perfect fit for the Convention, which is driven by a mission to advance Aquatics and provide a platform for business leaders to share best practices with the global Aquatics family.”

In their role as Top Partner, Malmsten will share extensive research into water movement and turbulence with the Convention’s delegates.

“We are proud to be a Top Partner of the 3RD FINA World Aquatics Convention,” said Tommy Malmsten, Owner of Malmsten AB.

“Being part of the Convention helps us to meet our business objectives because it is the ideal opportunity to exhibit our products to the aquatic leaders of the world.

“Our investments into research and development are essential in understanding our offerings and keeping them at the forefront of Aquatics. In the last few years we have worked with two well-known Swedish Universities and doctorates to further develop our industry-leading product, Competitor Racing Line Lanes.”

Malmsten’s innovations can be found in Aquatic venues across the world. The Competitor Racing Lines Lanes are used at many of FINA’s major competitions, including the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) which follows the Convention, 3-7 December at the Hamad Aquatic Centre, Doha.

Sporting goods manufacturer STX, recipe LLC, ed has agreed a sponsorship deal with two English Premier League field hockey clubs, doctor Wimbledon Hockey Club and East Grinstead Hockey Club.

Both clubs signed three-year contracts, making STX their official kit and stick sponsor beginning with the 2014-15 season.

STX will be sponsoring both the men’s and women’s sides of the clubs, providing funding, product and grassroots activation in an effort to grow the game on a local and global scale. In addition to custom equipment and uniforms, STX’s presence will be seen on the field and at camps, clinics, and other playing opportunities.

“We are proud to be a part of the STX family,” said East Grinstead Hockey Club Chairman, Simon Longhurst. “This partnership will bring more exposure to the sport and provide us with the opportunity to equip our athletes with the best gear possible.”

Both Wimbledon and East Grinstead have been successful at the national and international levels. Wimbledon Hockey Club, one of England’s premier clubs, is the third-largest club in the country, with 18 adult teams and a thriving junior team. East Grinstead Hockey Club, located in Sussex, England, is the reigning Men’s English Indoor Club Champion.

“These clubs have a long, rich history in this sport and we are excited to align our visions to grow the game of hockey around the world, on and off the pitch,” said Ed Saunders, Director of Marketing for STX. “The sponsorship also helps STX further execute on our vision to grow as a global brand and leader in all of our product categories.”

Dentsu Inc. has announced that it has concluded an exclusive domestic Japanese media rights sales agency contract with the Union des Associations Européennes de Football (Uefa).

The deal covers all four competitions operated by Uefa – namely the Uefa European Football Championship 2012 (Uefa Euro 2012) to be held in Poland and the Ukraine, unhealthy the Uefa Women’s Euro 2013, viagra 100mg the Uefa European Under-21 Championship 2011 and the Uefa European Under-21 Championship 2013.

The Uefa European Football Championship, a national team competition that is held once every four years, is Europe’s largest sporting event, and is reportedly watched by over 1.4 billion individual viewers worldwide. Along with Poland and Ukraine, the two host nations, the 14 teams who qualify will take part in the final round of Uefa Euro 2012.

“By concluding this contract, Dentsu Inc. has gained the exclusive rights to sell television broadcasting rights, Internet distribution rights and mobile distribution rights within Japan,” the company said in a statement.

“Dentsu Inc. was already designated as a marketing agent in certain territories including Japan for the Uefa European Football Championship, and has been deeply involved with this competition through sponsorship sales activities since the 1984 Championship.”

ESPN Star Sports, the official broadcaster for the upcomign ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, has roped in big bang sponsors for the cricket’s marquee event, according to sportzpower.com, India’s leading sports business portal.

Sony, Pepsi, Maruti Suzuki, Nokia and Philips are some of the sponsors who have come on-board as the broadcast sponsors.

Sources say that ESS is looking at 10 sponsors with three co-presenting and seven associate sponsors.

The broadcaster has also launched the marketing campaign for the event with “One Billion Hearts. One Wish” being the theme of the campaign.

When contacted an ESS spokesperson remained tight lipped about the developments.

Souce: sportzpower.com

The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) has announced a three-year partnership with SINGHA Beer who have become the new title sponsors of the Grand Slam of Darts, which will take place from November 8-16 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. 

The cross-code tournament sees 32 players from both the PDC and BDO/WDF systems come together under one roof to compete across nine days for the prestigious title.

The 2014 SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts will see 16-time World Champion Phil Taylor defending the title he claimed his Wolverhampton last November against a field including current PDC World Champion Michael van Gerwen and Lakeside Champion Stephen Bunting.

Other competitors will include reigning UK Open champion Adrian Lewis, 2014 Premier League Darts champion Raymond van Barneveld – who took the Grand Slam of Darts title in 2012 – and the 2010 Wolverhampton winner, Scott Waites.

This year’s tournament will be sponsored by Singha Beer, the original Thai beer and leading lager brand who have also agreed a deal to be the Official Beer of the PDC until 2016.

The deal will see Singha Beer being exclusively available at the Wolves Civic throughout November’s event and at future tournaments throughout the next three years.

Jaturon Zane Himathongkom, International Sports Marketing Director at Singha Beer, said: “We are delighted to be a title sponsor for the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts and also an Official Beer partner of the PDC during 2014-2016.

“This is a fantastic event and also a splendid opportunity for us to be involved. I hope everyone will enjoy Singha Beer during the event.”

PDC Chairman Barry Hearn said: “It gives me great pleasure to welcome Singha Beer into the PDC family as our new sponsors for the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts and an Official Partner for the next three years.

“Their brand is recognised worldwide as a beer of leading quality, and with this sponsorship they’ll be associated with the leading players in world darts, including a host of World Champions and other major tournament winners.”

Hearn added: “This sponsorship is a further boost for the tournament as we prepare to welcome a record number of fans to the Wolves Civic throughout the nine days of play.

“With just under two months still to go until the SINGHA Beer Grand Slam of Darts kicks off, we’ve already sold more tickets at this stage than in the previous seven years of the event, showing the amazing appetite of darts fans for seeing the world’s greatest players in this unique tournament.”

For 34 seasons, Dave Niehaus narrated baseball in the Pacific Northwest.

The golden Midwestern tones and trademark “My Oh My” and “It will fly away” tags of Seattle’s first baseball icon were silenced Wednesday.

Niehaus, who called the first pitch in Seattle Mariners history and described more than three decades of occasionally good and mostly bad baseball, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at his suburban Bellevue home, according to his family. He was 75.

“He was one of the great broadcast voices of our generation, a true gentleman, and a credit to baseball,” commissioner Bud Selig said. “He was a good friend and I will miss him. But he will be sorely missed, not only in the Pacific Northwest, where he had called Mariners games since the club’s inception in 1977, but wherever the game is played.”

From Diego Segui’s first pitch on April 6, 1977, through the end of the 2010 season, Niehaus called 5,284 of the Mariners’ 5,385 games. He was the instructor for a region void of the major league game sans the Seattle Pilots’ one-year experiment in 1969. Adults and kids regularly tuned in on summer evenings to hear Niehaus try and put his best spin on what were among the worst teams in baseball during much of the club’s history.