The FIA World Motorsport Council has announced the calendar for the 2014 Formula 1 season and as expected, help the Korea, story Mexico and New Jersey Grand Prix’s have been dropped.

Reports suggest that financial problems have seen Korea lose its position after four years on the calendar, whilst the New Jersey race was dropped from the 22-race provisional calendar in September, so was not expected to make the definitive list.

Mexico has not featured in the season since 1992 but there is still hope it could feature in the 2015 calendar.

Further changes include the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix moving to the end of the season from the original October 26 date.

Brazil is now moved forward to November 9 and the US GP in Austin is moved forward a week to November 2.

The news means that the 2014 season will be competed over 19 races.

2014 F1 Calendar

March 16             Australia

March 30             Malaysia

April 6                  Bahrain

April 20                China

May 11                 Spain

May 25                 Monaco

June 8                  Canada

June 22                Austria

July 6                    Great Britain

July 20                  Germany

July 27                  Hungary

August 24            Belgium

September 7        Italy

September 21     Singapore

October 5            Japan

October 12          Russia

November 2        USA

November 9        Brazil

November 23     Abu Dhabi

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The stadium where Jessica Ennis trains will learn its fate later today with Sheffield City Council looking to cut costs.

The Don Valley Stadium cost £29m and the council has now said they are looking for cost-saving measures, with the stadium falling into their targets.

In 2012-13 the council invested £700,000 on facilities but the stadium is now operating at a loss.

Olympic heptathlon champion, Ennis said: “It’s a huge shame. To see it demolished would be a massive, massive disappointment.

“We’ve achieved so much as a country in the London Olympics, so to lose some great facilities sends out the wrong message, really.

“I understand budgets and costs, but I think we need to find a way to keep it.”

The council is looking to make £50m worth of cuts in 2013/14 on top of the £140m cuts made over the past two years.

Toni Minichiello, Ennis’s coach told BBC Radio 5 live: “It means athletics in Sheffield won’t have a 400m track to train on.

“There’s some talk about them revamping the Woodburn Road site but, from what I gather, the amount of money that they’re wanting to put in really doesn’t bring it up to scratch or provide any kind of lasting legacy for athletics in the city.

“I think they’re going to do a really simple job on it, just to get it open so people can run round it, but not really set it up for the youngsters that have been inspired by Jessica.”

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Online trading platform iTrader.com has been announced as the Official Online Trading Partner of Manchester City Football Club in EMEA in a multi-year partnership.

   

The agreement will provide iTrader.com with access to a full suite of marketing rights including access to Manchester City first team players, treatment use of the club crest, cure exposure across the club’s social platforms, a permanent presence on the City website and a co-branded microsite to create an integrated multi-national campaign.   

 

The partnership will also enable iTrader.com to build strong relationships by hosting their customers and fans throughout the season at the Etihad Stadium to see the team in action.

Yoav Shalmor, Sponsorship consultant for iTrader.com said, “Exciting times for iTrader.com to be partnering with Manchester City Football Club, one of the biggest and most thrilling football clubs in the world. City are a globally recognised Club who compete at the highest level with integrity and style. iTrader.com mirror Man City’s values in how they operate and joining forces with them allows iTrader.com to grow the company’s awareness and presence in multiple markets around the world.”

Damian Willoughby, senior vice president of partnerships for City Football Group said, “We are delighted to welcome iTrader.com to the City family. Our mutual vision of performance and integrity makes them a perfect partner for the club and we look forward to working together throughout the season and beyond.”

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The Milwaukee Bucks and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network have announced an expansion of their community partnership to include developing two new health-oriented facilities within the new downtown Milwaukee arena district.

A state-of-the-art Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center, buy | which will serve as the new practice and training facility for the Milwaukee Bucks, will combine the Bucks’ medical team with Froedtert & MCW’s leading physicians and researchers to work on player care and sports science research.

“Today’s announcement is a reflection of the bold vision we share with our partners at Froedtert & MCW for how to build a healthier and more vibrant community in Milwaukee,” Bucks President Peter Feigin said. “Through our shared resources and expertise, we will not only set a new standard for player care and provide our athletes with a world-class facility befitting of our championship aspirations on the court, but we will continue to provide much-needed resources to the surrounding community and contribute to cutting-edge research that will change the landscape of sports science.”

“As promised when we announced our partnership a month ago, we are deeply committed to making a significant, sustainable difference in Milwaukee,” said Cathy Jacobson, president and CEO of Froedtert Health. “We are proud to bring a new health center to people who live in this area and honored to offer Froedtert & MCW’s deep expertise in medical care and research to both the community and the Bucks. This is an extraordinary project with tremendous potential to move our city forward.”

TV viewing in the USA of the early going of the Euro 2016 is faring well compared with the Copa America Centenario tournament.

In fact, generic | ESPN pulled slightly bigger average audiences for the first seven European tournament fixtures than FOX Sports did for the first seven of the Copa America, capsule even though the USA team is involved in the latter.

ESPN’s first seven Euro 2016 games averaged 872, symptoms 857 per match. The first seven Copa America games shown on FOX averaged 816,857 viewers per match.

However, the two Copa America matches featuring the USA pulled the biggest audiences of all with 1.6 million for the game against Costa Rica and 1.5 million for the game against Colombia.

The biggest Euro 2016 of the first seven on ESPN was England versus Russia with 1.2 million.

Former FIFA secretary-general Michel Zen Ruffinen has said he has been asked to stand for election to become the next president of FIFA. 

Ruffinen served as FIFA’s secretary-general from 1998 to 2002 and left after falling out with FIFA president Sepp Blatter.

He says he will “monitor the situation” and see “if it makes sense” for him to announce his candidacy.

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