West Ham United have announced the Club’s first ever official partnership in Africa, ampoule following the signing of a long-term agreement with Capital Oil and Gas Ind. Ltd.

The partnership will provide Capital Oil and Gas with a range of rights to promote the business through the football club, discount driving visibility and awareness as well as focussing on B2B interaction through the use of hospitality at the Hammers’ iconic new home.  

Capital Oil and Gas Ind. Ltd are the the principal investor in the Nigerian Professional Football League side FC Ifeanyi Ubah who are to set become the Hammers’ Official Nigerian Football Club Partner. 

The long-term agreement will also see the two football clubs join forces on a number of football-related projects led by FC Ifeanyi Ubah, from best-practice coaching initiatives to establishing grass roots football programmes in Nigeria, all with a view to improving the standard of football across the region.  

West Ham United Vice-Chairman Baroness Brady CBE: “This ground-breaking partnership serves to further emphasize our growing international profile, bringing the famous West Ham United name to Africa for the first time in a partnership context. 

“The popularity of Premier League football in West Africa has been well documented and it is testament to the Club’s success, on and off the pitch, that we are now considered one of the most high profile and attractive clubs in the region. 

“We are looking forward to working alongside FC Ifeanyi Ubah and building a strong legacy in Nigerian football inspired by West Ham United.”

Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, owner of FC Ifeanyi Ubah and Chairman of Capital Oil and Gas, added: “We are extremely excited to have signed a partnership with West Ham United and are excited by the prospect of what we can achieve together. This is going to be a massive turnaround for FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Nigerian football and African football by extension.

“West Ham were our first choice of all of the Premier League clubs given the club’s rich history, unrivalled reputation for developing talent which we strongly believe will help boost the FC Ifeanyi Ubah Academy and of course, the fantastic new stadium in Stratford.

“Together with West Ham’s continued success on the field, this is a valuable proposition for our own club’s learning and evolution.”

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SportAccord Convention have announced the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award (MBRawards) Gold Partnership for #SAC2017.

The 15th edition of the SportAccord Convention will take place next year from 2-7 April at the Scandinavian Congress Center in the heart of Aarhus, bronchi Denmark.

 On becoming a Gold Partner for the next SportAccord Convention, Mr Saeed Hareb, Secretary General, Dubai Sports Council the official sport governing body for Dubai commented:

“The SportAccord Convention is a global platform to represent and promote Dubai as one of the best global hubs for sports innovation, leadership and excellence in the field of sports and sport business. Becoming a Gold Partner of SportAccord Convention is part of Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award strategy in helping to showcase Dubai and achieve our goals.”

Held in a different city every year, the annual SportAccord Convention is a unique opportunity for key decision-makers from sport and industry to meet, network, and strategically shape global, regional and national agendas.

The Convention is host to annual general meetings of governing bodies, and once again, will welcome a delegation from the International Olympic Committee.

Managing Director, Mr Nis Hatt commented: 

“We are delighted the Dubai Sports Council has become a Gold Partner for the SportAccord Convention. This level of support demonstrates its commitment to the world of sport. Dubai provides significant opportunities for everyone involved in the business of sport or looking to host sports events, and the SportAccord Convention provides the right platform to help make this happen.”

The Japan government has decided to slash the costs for a new national stadium by 42 per cent and are aiming to meet the IOC’s January 2020 deadline to have the Olympic venue completed.

The cost of the stadium was originally set at 155 billion yen ($1.28 billion, £835bn) on Friday, down from the 265.1 billion yen price for the venue that was scrapped in July.

“We have in principle limited the functions of the facility to those necessary for competition under the concept of athlete-first, while keeping the level of the facility suitable as a main stadium for Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a meeting of ministers.

“As a result, we have managed to achieve a major cost reduction of more than 100 billion yen.”

The altered plan will see the stadium attendance reduced by 4,000 to 68,000, covered spectator seats and no roof.

Air conditioning will not be installed in the stadium as part of another cost-cutting measure.

The initial plan was for the stadium to be completed by April 2020 but this has been brought forward to January 2020 by the IOC after Japan’s problems.  

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The Budapest City Council has strongly voted in favour of backing a bid by the city to host the 2024 Olympic Games.

Budapest are one step closer to officially launching a bid which will see them go up against already confirmed candidate cities Boston, ed Paris, abortion Rome, and Hamburg.

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iSportconnect, drugs the world’s largest private network of sport business executives, buy is delighted to announce Stefan Aufschnaiter, stuff Founder and CEO of Global-Newsoom (Red Bull) as the third panellist for the inaugural Mexico Directors’ Club, which is now less than a week away.

The event, in association with Moveo Lab, will be taking place in Mexico City at the Sport Innovation Summit.

Stefan Aufschnaiter has been with Red Bull for 19 years. He began in Red Bull Media in 1996 and after three years, created Global News-room (Red Bull).

Stefan is known for his abilities in the areas of marketing communications, marketing strategy and social media marketing.

He is also an expert of brand storytelling and has created around 1,500 Red Bull events, such as Red Bull Stratos and Red Bull Air Race.

This exclusive, invitation only-event will gather a panel of experts to discuss on the topic “How to create value in the Sports Industry in Mexico”, in front of an audience of 70 key decision-makers, who will also have the chance to network in a relaxed environment.

Invitation Policy: iSportconnect Directors’ Club is an invitation only event open exclusively for CEOs, chairmen and director level executives from governing bodies, sports teams and sponsorship brands.

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The Football Association (FA) have announced that Martin Glenn has been appointed as their new Chief Executive Officer.

The 54 year-old will join The FA on 18 May, ed pills leaving his current role as CEO at United Biscuits, health a company which is home to the McVitie’s and Jacobs brands.

Glenn said: “I am incredibly proud to have been chosen to play my part in shaping the future direction of The FA. There are few more important and interesting places to work than Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park and I am very much looking forward to meeting the staff and leading them into an exciting new period.

“I have coached football at grassroots level, viagra have sat on the Board of a Premier League football club and have spent my time on the terraces at Molineux where I have a season ticket. I hope this informs my work at The FA as we look to inspire everyone to be involved in what is the nation’s most watched and played team sport.

“I very much hope my personal experience of operating in highly competitive global markets will help The FA in its own drive to promote greater success for our all of our national teams in international tournaments.”

FA Chairman Greg Dyke added: “On behalf of The FA Board I am delighted with the appointment of Martin Glenn as Chief Executive Officer of The Football Association. He brings with him a wealth of experience as a CEO to what is an extremely important role in English football, and he will play a key part in helping us shape and deliver our new strategic priorities for the years ahead.

“I know, as a football fan, he will take great pride in the job and he will be an asset to The FA and will lead the organisation through a significant period of change.

“Martin came through a highly competitive process, and we are delighted that he has chosen to join us. He is a natural leader and I look forward to working with him.”

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English Premier League champions Manchester City will become the first football club in the world to unveil a new wearable match day app for Android devices.

The new app will be featured by the club during their Premier League match against Hull City at the Etihad Stadium tomorrow.

Once the CityMatchday app is downloaded on a user’s Android Watch, herbal it will notify users of key match day moments such as team sheet announcements, viagra buy goal alerts, significant events like penalties and red cards and other select City commentary.

Diego Gigliani, Director of Media and Fan Relationship Management at Manchester City FC, said: “CityMatchday Wear is another example of how we are constantly exploring and adopting new technology with the ultimate goal of improving the fan experience and strengthening fans’ engagement with the Club.

“We recognise the smart watch market is still in its early stages but its popularity is projected to increase rapidly as new players come into the market. We’re thrilled to get in early and start discovering ways to tap into the devices’ potential.

“With millions of City fans worldwide, many won’t be able to watch all our matches live, whether in the stadium or on TV. For those fans who want to keep up with all the action but are unable to watch the game, having CityMatchday Wear on their Android watches will allow them to go about their busy days while receiving key updates related to our matches as they happen.”

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