The Canadian Cycling Association (CCA) has initiatied the bid process to host the 2015 UCI Road World Championships to eligible candidates.

Held annually, remedy the UCI Road World Championships represent the most important road cycling event in the World for National Cycling Associations.

Eligible organising committees have until November 7th, anabolics 2010 to present in writing their intent to present a candidature for consideration to the CCA. The deadline to file candidatures, drug which must be inclusive of the majority of the UCI candidature file requirements, has been set as December 7th.

The CCA will publicly inform the selected candidate on December 15th, and will then proceed to file the international candidature. The successful international candidate will be announced by the UCI at the 2011 Road World Championships.

Canada has hosted the UCI Road World Championships twice in the history of the event.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today revealed that the 2015 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships will next season be held in Sardinia, medstore Italy in the town of Orosei. 

“Sardinia offers up both spectacular views and a challenging course for the Cross Triathlon World Championships,” said Marisol Casado, ITU President and IOC Member. “The multisport discipline of cross triathlon has grown immensely in the last few years. We look forward to continuing to develop this exciting format.” 

In just its fifth edition, the Cross Triathlon World Championships will travel to Sardinia for the first time and will be coordinated in association with TNatura. Orosei this year hosted the European Cross Triathlon Championships over a 1.5km swim, 30km bike that traversed across sandy terrain followed by a 10km cross country run. 

Exact dates for the World Championship race is yet to be confirmed.

Dove Men+Care have announced a new marketing campaign throughout the 2014 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship. 

The new campaign from the brand will shine a spotlight on basketball’s top decision makers to show sports fans that Dove Men+Care is an easy decision for men’s grooming routines (during game day and beyond).

The new ‘Easy Decision’ campaign includes a video series featuring seasoned basketball decision makers and coaches Frank Vogel and Jay Wright. As top professional and NCAA head coaches Vogel and Wright decide team line-ups and high-pressure plays almost daily. The ‘Easy Decision’ campaign will highlight how Dove Men+Care body wash and bar offer more care for men’s skin1. The videos will air throughout March Madness programming as part of Unilever’s multi-year NCAA Corporate Partnership with CBS Sports and Turner Sports.

“Vogel and Wright are experienced decision makers who have to make incredibly tough choices under pressure and while on the clock,” said Rob Candelino, Vice President for Unilever Skincare. “Dove Men+Care has partnered with these top decision makers to show guys everywhere that no matter what type of tough every day choices they face, choosing products with more care for your skin is an easy decision.”

Branding agency Icon has expanded their offices and market to South East Asia. 

The agency, store which is part of the sport and entertainment marketing group CSM Sport and Entertainment, ailment has established their new office in Singapore. 

ICON have worked on a number of globally recognised events including the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the UEFA Euros in 2004, 2008 and 2012; the FIFA World Cups during 2006 and 2010, and are currently working on the 2014 World Cup in Rio, Brazil. 

Their new office in Singapore aims to bring them one step closer to conquering the South East Asian market as they will be the only specialist signage and branding agency in Singapore. 

They also will benefit from Singapore’s Vision 2030 ‘live better through sports’ as they will give their knowledge and expertise to upcoming events like the WTA Tennis Championships, Southeast Asia Games and the ASEAN Para Games 2015. 

John Francis, CEO of ICON said: ““Our sector leading expertise in live event production and branding has enabled us to work with a number of leading organisations including FIFA, adidas, Hugo Boss and Barclays Bank; bringing the brand to life and creating an unforgettable brand experience. Our original success in Qatar led to further expansion into the UAE, and more recently Oman, with the long term intention that Singapore becomes ICON’s regional hub for the Asian market following the same successful method adopted already in the Middle East.”

Local news reports in Brazil have suggested construction workers have left their jobs at the World Cup stadium, Arena Amazones in the city of Manaus after a worker fell 115 feet to his death.

A construction worker died at the site on Saturday, prompting a labour court to order a halt to all work being conducted high above ground until they were satisfied that conditions are safe.

The G1 Internet portal said the stoppage has brought all work on the stadium to a halt.

The G1 report cited a labor union representing construction workers as saying the stadium’s estimated 1,800 workers walked off the job early Monday to protest safety conditions and what they described as pressure to speed up the project. Amazonas state government officials have denied applying pressure to accelerate the work.

England are set to kick off their Group D campaign at the stadium on June 14 against Italy and the tragedy is the latest in a series of setbacks for organisers.

The venue will also host three other matches including Cameroon/Croatia, USA/Portugal and Honduras/Switzerland.

The death in Manaus brings the number of workers killed during construction of World Cup venues to five, including two who died last month when a crane collapsed at the Itaquera Arena in Sao Paulo, which is to hold the opening ceremony and first match of the finals between Brazil and Croatia.

Latvia will host a round of the FIA European Rally Championship for a three-year period from 2014 following the signing of a major agreement between the organisers of Rally Liepaja and ERC promoter Eurosport Events, viagra it was announced recently.

The Baltic nation joined the ERC for the first time in 2013 with the all-new Rally Liepaja-Ventspils, an exciting winter event that took place between the two cities in the west of the country.

Subject to FIA World Motor Sport Council approval, Rally Liepaja will form round two of the 2014 ERC schedule with the event based entirely around the city of Liepaja from 31 January-2 February next year.

Francois Ribeiro, Motorsport Development Director, Eurosport Events, said: “We are delighted to have concluded a three-year agreement with Rally Liepaja to form part of the FIA European Rally Championship from 2014 onwards. It gives the event stability and a long period to build up something even bigger.”

Italian Basketball club, Acea Virtus Rome have announced they will not participate in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball next season after they failed to meet the minimum requirements of the tournament including a sufficiently sized arena.

In a statement Euroleague Basketball said: “Prior to the finalization of the list of teams that will be proposed for participation in the 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague, one club that had earned the right to register for the regular season, Acea Virtus Rome of Italy, has announced that it will relinquish those rights to a B-license due to an inability to meet the competition’s minimum requirements.”

Officials of the club said they had not expected to qualify for the Euroleague so soon after having launched a long-term project last season and does not expect to be able to meet several requirements of the competition bylaws, in particular the standard regarding minimum arena capacity.

“For that reason, they said it is preferable now to pursue a step-by-step plan whose goal is to participate in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague in the future, when the club is better prepared,” the statement added.

Acea Virtus Rome finished as runner-up in the just-completed Italian League championship, thus earning the right for a B-license according to the 2013-14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague license allocation criteria. The competition bylaws allow for the renunciation of a B-license to be replaced by a wild card that will be granted to the club that the General Assembly considers appropriate at its own discretion, exploring initially as a priority maintaining the license within the same country.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has revealed the Pro Bowl may be no more after the 2013 game because of the “lack of competition.”

Goodell said he had considered axing the All-star game this coming offseason, abortion but the players had asked him to give them another chance to make it better. That was just one of the topics Goodell discussed when he faced 15 fans Monday, vialis 40mg answering questions at SiriusXM radio studios in Manhattan as part of a town hall-style interview conducted by Michael Strahan.

“The players asked if they could take another crack at it to try to work to get the game more competitive, troche ” Goodell said. “Obviously, I support that. But if we can’t accomplish that kind of standard, I’m inclined not to play it any more.”

Lou Imbriano, former Chief Marketing Officer of the New England Patriots, believes the event should be used merely as a warm-up for the Super Bowl.

Speaking exclusively to iSportconnect, Imbriano said: “The NFL Pro Bowl should kick off Super Bowl festivities in the host city during the week prior to the game. It should be looked at more as a fan interactive event where the players showcase their skills, have a “mini game” and interact with fans in various ways.

The Asian Sailing Federation (ASAF) will table a submission supporting the reinstatement of windsurfing as an Olympic sport at the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) conference in Ireland in November.

Windsurfing was omitted in favour of kiteboarding for the 2016 Games at an Isaf council meeting in early May.

Asaf’s decision to back windsurfing was made at its general meeting (EOGM) in Singapore

Singapore Sailing Federation (SSF) president, Dr Ben Tan, said: “Singapore tabled the windsurfing issue for the EGM and Hong Kong provided strong and objective data to support windsurfing’s case at the meeting.

“All the Asian countries were unanimous in their support for windsurfing. Asaf will make a unified submission for the Isaf meeting in November, with member federations making individual submissions in support as well.

“I am optimistic that Isaf will be sensible enough to reverse the decision in favour of windsurfing, as the class meets all of the IOC’s (International Olympic Commitee) requirements to be an Olympic sport,” added Dr Tan.

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