Frederic Vasseur has left his role as Team Principal of Renault’s Formula One team after just one campaign.
A Renault statement said there had been a mutual agreement for the two parties to separate, with the decision effectively immediately.
The French F1 side have undertaken a substantial restructure in recent weeks, with the team enduring a challenging first season back in F1, finishing ninth in the Constructors’ Championship.
Renault are planning to substantially staff numbers from 400 to 600 for the 2017 season.
Russia has lost three more winter sports events in 2017, buy cialis with the International Skating Union (ISU) and International Biathlon Union (IBU) both opting to steer clear of the country in the wake of the publication of the second part of the McLaren Report into doping amongst the nation’s athletes.
The ISU Council, cialis which noted the report’s “alarming findings,” has decided to move the ISU World Cup Speed Skating event, scheduled for Chelyabinsk from March 10-12, and said that another host in a different country would be confirmed shortly.
Meanwhile the Russian Biathlon Union has informed the sport’s global governing body that the Youth and Junior World Championships in Ostrov and the IBU World Cup 8 event in Tyumen were to be “given back to the IBU.” The IBU said that the relocation of the two events would be “decided upon later.”
Heinz von Heiden construction company have extended their sponsorship with German football club Hannover 96 for another three years.
They started their sponsorship in 2014.
“It is very important to make it clear now that we are fully behind Hannover 96 and this partnership, pills ” says Heinz von Heiden CEO Andreas Klass.
Dr. Helge Mensching, therapy a Heinz von Heiden shareholder, added: “For us, the partnership with Hannover 96 is not only a classic form of branding. The partnership with Hannover 96 is for us much more than that, it is a clear commitment to our home region and to our club. ”
Martin Kind, Managing Director of Hannover 96: “Heinz von Heiden has been a reliable and strong partner for two and a half years. The cooperation is characterized by great confidence and high reliability. The extension of the partnership at this time after not even half of the season and in addition also in the 2. Liga, is an indication of the confidence that Heinz von Heiden in Hannover 96th We look forward to another three years in which the writing of this tradition-conscious company from the region Hannover adorns the chest of our shirts. ”
The deal was brokered by Lagardère Sports, the exclusive commercial partner of Hannover 96.
NBA basketball team, cialis Detroit Pistons, have confirmed they are relocating to the Little Caesars Arena for the 2017-18 season, in a bid to make Detroit the first North American city to house all its major league teams in the downtown area.
The Arena is also the future home of NHL ice hockey side, Detroit Red Wings who are currently playing their last season at the Joe Louis Arena.
“Tom Gores and the Pistons will contribute tremendously toward the incredible, positive momentum underway in Detroit, making our city stronger,” said Ilitch Holdings CEO Christopher IlIlitch of Detroit Pistons Owner Tom Gores’ announcement.
The Pistons are to leave their current home ground, The Palace of Auburn Hills, at the end of this season.
The 20,000 capacity Little Caesars Arena, a $1.2bn project, is expected to open by September 2017. The Pistons are also planning to build a “community center/practice facility” in Detroit.
Samurai Japan, Japan’s national baseball team, have launched their official Snapchat account and partnered with Tagboard. Samurai Japan’s Snapchat account this week to showcase Snapchat content curated by social media aggregator Tagboard in the Tokyo Dome – for the first time in a stadium in Asia.
“Samurai Japan is all about being innovative and offering the latest, cutting-edge technology to fans in an effort to make the game’s experience more exciting.Together with Snapchat and Tagboard, we are showcasing new and dynamic content while deepening fan engagement,” said Kenjiro Kato, Senior Manager of Business Operations and Public Relations at NPB Enterprise, the company that manages Samurai Japan.
“Sports teams and athletes around the globe have used Snapchat to brings fans closer than ever before – whether it’s training for a big game, celebrating a win, or just having fun with their teammates,” said Ben Schwerin, Director of Partnerships, Snap Inc. “We’re so excited to have one of the world’s best baseball teams, Samurai Japan, on board.”
Samurai Japan has been a digital pioneer in the sports market in Asia and initially partnered with Tagboard in March 2015 to display social content on their website as well as in live displays across the stadium. Tagboard made its Tokyo Dome debut during a Samurai Japan exhibition game vs. the European All-Stars.
“We’ve seen sports fans embrace social media during games, and it’s an honor to help bring Snapchat to the Tokyo Dome,” said Tagboard CEO Josh Decker. “The faces of Samurai Japan fans will light up when they see their favorite team in a new way, through Snapchat.”
The Tokyo Dome will host approximately 42,000 fans at each game during this weekend’s tournament.
Tagboard has previously enhanced the user experience for sports fans in the United States by bringing Snapchat content to displays at NFL, MLB, and college football stadiums. Partnerships include the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Mariners, and UCLA.
Sony Pictures Networks India has signed a deal giving them the rights to the fourth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.
The tournament, asthma set to start 4th November 2016 will be broadcasted on Sony SIX and Sony SIX HD as well as streamed LIVE on SonyLIV app and website. The on-air broadcast rights include the telecast of 43 live matches of the tournament in the Indian Sub-continent. Along with live streaming, SonyLIV will also be providing fans with exclusive Video-On-Demand (VOD) content as well.
“Sony Pictures Networks India has been in the forefront of bringing and popularising theT20 league format of cricket. Following our previous offerings of Indian Premier League, Caribbean Premier League, South African T20 league & Karnataka Premier League, we are pleased to announce the addition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to our T20 cricket portfolio. The BPL line-up is particularly impressive with International cricketers like Chris Gayle, Thisara Perera, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo and more that our viewers can look forward to,” said Rajesh Kaul, president, Distribution and Sports Business, Sony Pictures Network.
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iSportconnect Chairman Michael Cunnah said: “We are delighted to be bringing our Directors’ Club event to China for the first time.
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The head of UEFA’s disciplinary and integrity unit, Emilio García, has outlined how seriously the organisation is taking match fixing, calling it ‘a vital issue’.
García oversees all disciplinary matters at UEFA, calling himself ‘the ugly face of the company’, as his unit hands out suspensions and penalties to players and teams.
But while on the field misdemeanours usually get the most attention in the press, UEFA see their key integrity battle elsewhere: match fixing.
UEFA have a dual responsibility in this area: to protect the integrity of their competitions and their brand, but also as the governing body of European football, to investigate and punish domestic teams who are found to have manipulated the result of matches. García admitted it was no easy task:
“It’s a long process to see improvement. It’s not easy. We have been fighting match fixing for 10 years.They are difficult battles, but we are introducing new measures and a new legal framework. The results and the outcomes are getting there, so we are happy. But this a fight that never ends and you must continue. They are very challenging issues, but I think we are handling them well.”
The frustration within UEFA is when they have strong suspicions that a match has been fixed, due to irregular betting patterns, or other suspicious activity. However obtaining the necessary proof to bring the case to court is challenging, they are usually at the mercy of local authorities.
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But a key breakthrough has emerged, a big victory for García and his team. For the first time ever, a club was banned for match fixing, with the only proof being irregular betting patterns. Crucially it was also upheld by CAS. García explains why it was such a significant result for UEFA:
“Match fixing is a key issue for us; it’s vital. A few months ago we referred a case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It’s the case of the Albanian club Skënderbeu.” said García. “It’s the first time that we referred this type of case, in which the evidence coming from the police and prosecutors was very limited, but we had a very strong argument from a betting perspective. It’s the first time we have referred a case to CAS, in which we banned a club from UEFA competitions based on betting patterns. CAS upheld our decision to exclude the club. This is something that we will in the future explore in depth. There are some clubs that are involved in match fixing, but sometimes it’s difficult to collaborate with local and international authorities. This is why this case is so important to us, by looking at the betting patterns, we can deduct and conclude that a club is fixing matches, and we can exclude them from UEFA competitions. With CAS’ approval, it is an approach we need to explore now and maybe expand on.
It raises the question of how many matches UEFA have found with suspicious betting patterns, but García was quick to explain, that thanks increased scrutiny, the number of games that under investigation were very small:
“We used to say that less than 1% of European matches have irregular betting patterns. Irregular betting patterns do not necessarily mean that the matches are being manipulated, but it is certainly a game we need to look at.” explained García.
“That’s a start. But then we need to go to the real match fixing cases. But even if one match is manipulated at domestic or international level, then we must act. Match fixing is vital for us. It is a challenging issues, that’s why we are taking it so seriously and investing a lot of time and money in this battle, working with national associations and Europol.
With the integrity of sport in the spotlight more than ever, UEFA will hope that their new powers in fighting match fixing will help Emilio García and his team make it virtually impossible to fix matches.
Whistle Sports have signed a social media deal with the NFL, discount which will cater specifically to “millennials”.
Launched in 2014, medicine Whistle Sports produces comedic sketches, generic order workout and training videos and other short form content. Their deal with the National Football League (NFL) will see them create content for them across various social media channels to “257 million aggregated subscribers, fans and social media followers”.
“This evolution of our partnership is a major stride as brands have been actively seeking ways to leverage social content and creators focused on the NFL on the channels where millennials are following sports 24/7,” said Whistle Sports President Jeff Urban.
“Our fans continue to demonstrate an insatiable appetite for NFL digital video content,” said Julie Moeller, Vice President of Media Strategy for the NFL in a statement. “We’re looking forward to working with Whistle Sports and its creators to develop and distribute this exciting new content across a broad range of social media platforms, providing another key touch point for our fans and sponsors to participate in NFL conversation online.”
This move is likely to help the NFL strenghten their younger, digitally-connected fan base.
The International Surfing Association (ISA) has announced that Biarritz, France will host the 2017 ISA World Surfing Games,bringing the competition to Europe for the first time since 2008 when it was held in Portugal.
In May of 2017, the world’s best National Surfing Teams will come together to compete for Gold in the ISA’s flagship event in Biarritz, located on France’s southwest coast.
The announcement comes on the back of the 2016 INS ISA World Surfing Games, which took place from August 6-14 in Playa Jacó, Costa Rica.
President of the ISA, Fernando Aguerre, said:
“I’m very happy to see the return of our flagship event back to Europe. France is a great surfingdestination and Biarritz in particular, is a wonderful coastal city transformed by surfing in the last decades. We are excited to be partnering with the French Surfing Federation for this extremely important event and to grow and promote Surfing in Europe. The best surfers in the world will be participating as members of their official National Surfing Teams. The world-class waves of Biarritz will be a perfect place to showcase our sport on the road to Tokyo 2020.
“With athletes competing for the pride of representing their nations in true Olympic spirit, the ISA World Surfing Games are a glimpse into the future of Olympic Surfing that we will witness at Tokyo 2020.”
