It’s reported the 43 year-old will become the highest-placed female working at the English Premier League club.
Roche is currently the executive director for Manchester Airports Group.
She will join a collection of just seven females in executive positions in the Football League and Premier League, including West Ham’s Karren Brady and Susan Whelan of Leicester.
Roche will be in charge of United’s day-to-day business as well as the club’s facilities, stadium and ticketing.
Leeds United have teamed up with Uber to help reduce ground congestion on matchdays.
The English Championship football club have joined forces with the taxi firm to encourage fans to leave their cars at home and grab a cab instead when travelling to Elland Road.
The partnership will kick off this weekend ahead of the Yorkshire derby with Barnsley.
Dedicated Uber pick up and drop off points will be in place for the clash.
Tom Elvidge, Uber’s UK General Manager, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Leeds United and have some very ambitious plans to help them create the best fan experience possible, while helping to reduce congestion and improve air quality.”
Leeds United Managing Director, Angus Kinnear, added: “This is a really exciting partnership for the club and we hope the fans will enjoy it. Getting to and from the stadium will now be a seamless experience and we’re exploring ways to make help fans travel for away games as well. Leaving the area after a game in private cars can lead to congestion and long wait times, so this deal will really help cut down congestion in the area.”
World Taekwondo has opened the bidding process for its events from 2021 to 2023 as it continues to engage with interested cities and deliver long-term awareness and certainty for the sport.
A total of 12 events are available to bidders including the World Taekwondo Championships, World Para Taekwondo Championships and World Taekwondo Junior Championships.
The governing body’s President, Chungwon Choue, said: “Taekwondo is a global sport and we want to take our events to more cities and countries to further increase taekwondo’s popularity.”
Interested parties need to complete their bid registration by mid-June, before submitting their bid file by 5th October. The host city selection will then be decided at the World Taekwondo Council Meeting in UAE on 21st November.
TalkSport has outbid the BBC to secure the cricket audio rights for England’s forthcoming overseas tours of Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
The new deal ends a 13-year association for the BBC, who last lost the rights to an overseas national cricket tour in 2005.
The free to air rights will cover all Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals from each tour.
TalkSport last broadcast live England overseas cricket rights more than a decade ago.
Wireless Group CEO Scott Taunton said: “Winning these prestigious rights is a great victory for TalkSport and its first-class coverage.
“England’s overseas tours are sure to lure large audiences of fans as we cement TalkSport’s position as the fans’ favourite for sporting news, analysis and live coverage.
“I’m delighted that we will be with England fans for every ball of the day throughout these winter tours, with our own expert line-up of cricketing stars.”
The first England game to be broadcast on the UK-based radio station will be England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka, starting on October 10th.
The 2018 SportAccord Summit is now underway in Bangkok, and you can watch it LIVE courtesy of iSportconnect.
This opportunity is only available to iSportconnect members.To become a member, please register on our website: dev.isportconnect.com.
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With the emergence of OTT platforms in recent years, and constant advances in consumer technology, one of the questions reverberating around sports media and broadcasting companies is this: What is the future for linear television?
Is the trusted service going the same way as VHS or Betamax videos, or can it continue to compliment OTT for years to come? And what ingredients would be necessary to launch a new, successful OTT platform?
iSportconnect spoke to some of the industry’s leading figures at its recent Broadcast Masterclass, to see if we’re really switching from a world of channels to a world of apps.
The groundbreaking ‘United Through Sport’ festival is underway on day three of the SportAccord Summit in Bangkok.
A strong line-up of high-calibre speakers will be taking centre stage to promote the initiative, with notable dignitaries Dr Thomas Bach, IOC President and Thailand’s Tourism & Sports Minister, Weerasak Kowsurat, due to attend the event’s official opening ceremony tomorrow.
SportAccord, which brings together key decision makers and representatives from sports organizations from around the world, runs until Friday.
Watch SportAccord LIVE (please note, Thailand is 6 hours ahead of GMT):
Innovation in sport is the focus of a pioneering new event launching in Lausanne, Switzerland next month.
THE SPOT aims to galvanise and foster innovation across all areas of sport. Representatives from various sporting disciplines including from new technologies, e-sports, equipment, governing bodies and nutrition will be attending the event, from 15-16 May.
Topics being covered at the two-day conference include Connected Sport, New Sports, Performance & Health and Media & Marketing.
An international Start Up Contest will also be taking place at THE SPOT, which is being held at the SwissTech Convention Centre.
Spark has acquired rights to the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
As part of the deal, the New Zealand telco giant has secured the rights to various other tournaments staged by the sport’s world governing body, World Rugby.
The agreement means New Zealanders will be able to stream World Cup matches from Japan and related content live or on-demand over their home broadband or mobile connection, using televisions, mobiles, tablets and laptops. The service will offer both free and paid content.
Spark has also entered into a sublicensing agreement with TVNZ, which will see the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, 2018 Under 20 Championship and selected matches from the 2019 World Cup screen free-to-air on the public-service broadcaster.
Spark has also acquired rights to the 2019 U20 Championship.
iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, is celebrating after hosting a successful 2018 Finance Masterclass in London.
Working in partnership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, the exclusive invitation-only event was held last week at Penningtons Manches LLP, in the heart of the City.
Guest speakers included Andrea Traverso, Managing Director – Financial Sustainability and Research at UEFA, Barry Hearn, Founder & Chairman of Matchroom Sport, Trevor Birch, Managing Director of Duff & Phelps Ltd and Keith Harris, of KHA Management.
Numerous key topics were discussed at the event including Financial Fair Play, The Valuation Of Club & Assets, GDPR and Cybersecurity.
Sree Varma, Founder and CEO at iSportconnect, said of the Masterclass: “It’s always a privilege and honour to bring together key executives and captains of the sporting industry. And the Finance Masterclass did just that. Together with our partners ICAEW and hosts Pennington Manches LLP, iSportconnect brought together some of the biggest names from sports finance to network and learn more about important, industry-related issues. I’m pleased to say that the event was a massive success and I’m looking forward to hosting further Finance Masterclasses in the future.”
iSportconnect will be hosting its next Masterclass, Data & Digital, in June of this year.
For more details on this exclusive event, please contact lovely@isportconnect.com