Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that there will be no Indian Grand Prix on the 2014 Formula One calendar.

F1CEO Ecclestone had hinted that the move was likely during the Hungary GP and has now confirmed that the Indian race will return in 2015.

“When we signed the five-year deal with [promoters] Jaypee, generic we were keen on going to India in the first half and Jaypee wanted it to be in October,” he told the IANS news agency.

“We gave in at that time, but now it looks we will have the race early 2015.”

India is likely to join Australia, Bahrain, China and Malaysia in the flyaway events that feature ahead of the European leg of the season after Ecclestone’s confirmation.

“The second year is always difficult for the organisers,” he said after poor attendance figures last year.

“I really want it to continue, but it all depends on a lot of other factors. The sport is expanding its base every year.”

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Location: The Oval/Derby/Taunton/Leicester

Closing date: 31st October 2016

Overview:

• Assist with the recruitment of c1500 volunteer across both tournaments.
• Support in the development and delivery of training sessions to the volunteers.
• Schedule and deliver briefing days prior to the start of the CT and WWC.
• Manage the volunteers at your specified venues during the CT and WWC.
• Assist in the deployment of the different teams of volunteers, ensuring the smooth delivery of

• Ensure excellent communication with all volunteers throughout the CT and WWC.
• Communication & Engagement with the volunteers prior to the tournament.

• Experience of working with the voluntary sector.
• Experience of leading a team preferably (volunteer team).
• Excellent people skills to communicate effectively with people at all levels, including ICC Staff

• Excellent organisational skills.
• Clear and effective decision making skills.
• Personable, with an ability to build and drive enthusiasm and motivation within a team.
• Ability to work within high pressure situations.
• Proven ability to work with efficiency, flexibility, and good humour.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Excellent motivator.

• Attendance at match days during the ICC Champions Trophy and Women’s World Cup 2017.
• Attendance at the Volunteers Interviews and Training Workshops likely to be held over weekends.
• The Volunteer Executive will need to be at their specified venues to welcome their volunteers each match day (or a designated representative).
• There may also be occasions in which the Volunteer Executive will need to be on site to attend a short ICC briefing prior to meeting the volunteers. These messages will be passed on to the volunteers during your daily briefing to the volunteers. Volunteers will be requested to arrive at their venue before the scheduled match start time.
• The Volunteers Executive will ensure all volunteers have carried out their role and signed out before they can leave the venue themselves.

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The Association of Football Agents’ (AFA) new Independent Chairman, ampoule Mike Miller, has called for greater transparency amid Sam Allardyce’s comments to businessmen on getting around the FA’s rules on player transfers.

“The AFA recognises that while recent media reports involving possible misconduct in relation to player transfers remain unproven, they do raise important questions and serve to highlight the need for greater transparency and a new regulatory framework in this area of the football industry. Agents play an important role in the business of the game and we want to ensure that players and clubs get the best possible service within an agreed set of rules and regulations which apply to all stakeholders,” said Mike Miller

The Football Association (FA) and Allardyce mutually agreed to terminate his contract after just 67 days in charge when The Telegraph’s investigation revealed the advice he gave to undercover journalists posing as businessmen. He is set to face an enquiry from the FA after his claim that he knew of certain agents getting around the transfer rules introduced by the organisation in 2008 which prohibit third parties from “owning” players. 

Allardyce also used his position as coach of the English national football team to negotiate a £400,000 deal ($520,000).

“We are totally committed to helping any investigation into the various allegations and to continue to work with the relevant football authorities, led by The FA, to further explore what steps can be taken in English football to put in place an effective system of licensing and codes of conduct for agents.

“The global move to deregulation has not worked and it has allowed the system to be more open to manipulation and abuse. The time has come for the key stakeholders in this country to genuinely come together to establish a new framework for the future and we would be happy to progress those discussions with immediate effect,” added Miller.

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We’ve all heard it before; content is King. And whilst the way we recieve content is changing at some pace, buy cialis and will continue to do so down the line with the advent of virtual reality, quality content will always reign supreme. 

Producing such content is all well and good but it’s getting it onto the right channels, at the right times and getting eyes on it which can prove troublesome. The question is, is your business doing enough? In this, the age of Twitter, Periscope, Snapchat and Youtube content needs to be both captivating and current.

At this week’s Betting on Football Conference at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, the ‘Read all about it: content marketing and football’ panel is one which is dripping with expertise; it boasts Ball Street Co-Founder Matt Wilson, Asaf Peled, Founder of 90min.com, Jae Chalfin, Founder of GiveMeSport and Andy Meikle, CEO of Sportlobster.  

The average user spends an impressive 18 minutes on sports app, news and social networking platform Sportlobster. Co-founder and CEO Andy Meikle (pictured) explained how over the past five years content marketing has become increasingly more interactive. He told SBC: “As a result of this, marketing has had to become more reactive and with people wanting information ‘here and now’,  it’s important to keep your finger on the pulse.”

Commenting on the growth of Sportlobster Meikle said: “Since we first launched in 2013, the goal has been to build a unique and innovative sports app that brings fans together from around the world, giving them a full offering of social, content and predictions, tailored to each user’s preferences. We are about to launch one of the final of a series of updates which will truly deliver that experience and for us, the aim is to now grow the user base from its 200,000+ monthly active users.”

90min.com is another giving sports fans content they want to read and share. The site receives over 250 million monthly page views, 500 million Facebook and Twitter impressions and is truly global; it’s available in ten languages and counting.

Founder Asaf Peled (pictured) explained how despite this global aspect of the site it’s vital that it has a local feel. He said: “At 90min, we began by building club-specific communities across social platforms delivering the content that football fans care specifically about the clubs they support. This local-level approach has been at the heart of our growth story and will continue to be as we grow and expand into new sports and languages.”

On the subject of the upcoming Betting on Football conference he had this to say: “We see #bofcon as the ideal forum to discuss new opportunities which can help drive the world of betting forward and keep ahead of the latest innovations in media.”

Ball Street Co-Founder Matt Wilson discussed influencer marketing and social media with SBC this week. He said: “This form of marketing is growing as fans are extracting their trust from traditional media and investing it into authentic places where they enjoy a greater intimacy and engagement. The stats bear it out as well, 90 % of consumers trust influencer recommendations whereas 33 % trust ads and 74% of consumers use social media to inform purchasing decisions.”

Chairing the panel will be Chris Duncan, Co-founder at Bettson and Chief Development Officer at Oddslife. The session will take place late morning of April 21st in the Drake Suite at Stamford Bridge.

Last chance saloon tickets are available for this Thursday’s conference. You can get a discount of 33% by inputting the code SBC when registering.

The panel will address the changing nature of football content and readership habits. A breakdown of it is below:

• – Are bookmakers dynamic at creating dynamic content for users

• – Utilising social channels and editorial teams – Facebook, YouTube

• – Understanding dynamics of why content is shared and benefits to bookmakers

• – Gauging and evaluating response to content
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CBS and Turner have extended their deal for the NCAA March Madness for another eight years – with eight years left on their current deal.

The extension goes all the way through 2032. 

CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus said: “One reason we’re confident the tournament will remain the premier event it is, is the financial underpinning that CBS and Turner are providing to the NCAA,” 

Turner president David Levy said: “We believe it will be financially profitable at the end,” Levy said.

“We’ve exceeded all our expectations on almost every line, whether it’s ratings or financial impact,”

The new deal retains the existing format for TV, with early-round games aired across CBS and three Turner networks.

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The FIFA ethics committee has handed former FIFA executive Chuck Blazer a lifetime ban from all football-related activies for bribery and corruption.

Full story HERE.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has signed deals with All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) to become the first Tokyo 2020 Official Partners, the second domestic tier of the Tokyo 2020 Sponsorship Programme.

The two companies join the Games in the category of “Passenger air transportation services.” These deals bring the total number of Tokyo 2020 Partners to 15, including 13 Gold Partners. 

Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori (pictured) said:”Following on from our selection of two companies in the Banking category, we are delighted to welcome ANA and JAL as Official Partners in the single category of “Passenger air transportation services,” which will further serve to build a Japan-wide momentum ahead of the 2020 Games.”

Osamu Shinobe, President and CEO of ANA said “ANA is extremely proud to become a Tokyo 2020 Official Partner. We look forward to being able to contribute to the success of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympics Games, and to supporting Japan’s national Olympic and Paralympic teams,”

Yoshiharu Ueki, Representative Director and President of JAL, added: “As an Official Partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we will use our experience to the maximum to support them and promote the advancement of sports through activities to develop and provide backup to young athletes.”

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iSportconnect, the world’s largest private network of sport business executives, is delighted to announce Campbell Jamieson, General Manager – Commercial at the International Cricket Council (ICC) and Andrew Phillips, Director of Marketing & Customer Experience, at Daman Health Insurance as the final panellists for this week’s Directors’ Club in Dubai.

The event, in partnership with Professional Sports Group (PSG) returns to the Middle East region for the first 2015 edition on Thursday 11th June and will be hosted by Falcon and Associates.

Jamieson and Phillips will be joined on the panel by Tom Hill, Head of Sponsorship Sales at Manchester United and Mohammed Al Alawi, Associate Director of Marketing at Falcon and Associates.

Campbell Jamieson has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in cricket administration, both at a national and international level.

As an employee of the Australian Cricket Board for seven years from 1989, he was seconded to the ICC for one year as Executive Assistant and Events Manager in 1996 – he shows no sign of returning and was appointed to the important role of Commercial Manager in 2001.

Andrew Phillips became the Director of Marketing at Daman in 2013. Prior to joining Daman he spent 20 years on both agency and client side with companies like Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, JWT, and Thuraya Telecommunications. He is a keen (if somewhat aging) rugby player having played for the Arabian Gulf and in the Guinness Premiership.

The Directors’ Club will consist of a question time-style panel which will be extremely interactive and will allow rightsholders and sponsors in the Middle East a real opportunity to shape the industry through an honest and open discussion platform on the latest issues in sports business.

iSportconnect Founder and CEO Sree Varma said: “We are thrilled to welcome Campbell and Andrew as panellists in Dubai. They will add extremely interesting thoughts and contribute massively to what should be a really successful event.”

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

To register your interest in attending the Directors’ Club event in Dubai, please contact Sylvia-Line Lamaro at sylvia-line@isportconnect.com

Visit the official iSportconnect Directors’ Clubwebsite: http://www.directorsclub.biz/

Agenda Directors’ Club – Dubai 2015

7.45am – Registration desk to be opened

8.00am – Networking breakfast

9.00am – Welcome remarks

9.10am – Panel discussion to begin led by Host/Chairman “Home & Away Sports Marketing”

Away is often home for many brands and rights holders…the globalisation of mainstream media and corporate brands has been no different in sport. Dubai and the Emirates have been at the fore of being a second home for sport. The first Directors Club in the region for 2015 will consider this phenomenon, its growth to date and its future path.

10.40am – Closing remarks from Host/Chairman & Organisers

10.45am – Close of discussion

11.00am – Finish

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