Budapest looks set to launch a bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games after mayor Istvan Tarlos said he would support a Hungarian bid “with heart and soul”.
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iSportconnect, the world’s largest global private network of sports business executives, is delighted to announce Christian Pfennig, Director of Corporate and Brand Communications at the Bundesliga, as the latest confirmed panellist for the first ever Media and Communications Masterclass.
The inaugural event will be held in London on June 17th and Christian will be joining an experienced panel that already consists of Dan Johnson, Director of Communications at the Premier League, Andy Cairns, Head of Sky Sports News, Steve Atkins, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Chelsea FC, Philip Bernie, Head of BBC TV Sport, Shaun Custis, Head of Sport Content at The Sun and Lee Clayton, Group Head of Sport for the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.
As the Director of Corporate & Brand Communication, Christian Pfennig is responsible for the world-wide image of the Bundesliga.
Since 2004, the 40-year-old has served in various positions in the headquarters of German professional football in Frankfurt.
The graduate of the German School of Journalism began his professional career as a reporter with the news agency Sport Information Dienst SID. Among other duties, he covered FC Bayern München and the German national football team.
The Media and Communications Masterclass will be a unique event with presentations and discussions for senior media industry experts and executives from across sport to discuss and learn about the growing trends and issues in the industry.
iSportconnect Chairman Michael Cunnah said: “We are delighted that Christian will be joining the panel for this exciting new event. He will bring a fresh perspective to the discussions representing one of the top football leagues in the world.”
Invitation Policy: The Media and Communications Masterclass is an exclusive invite only event to senior media industry executives and other similar positions at governing bodies, federations, teams/clubs and brands only.
To register your interest please contact Sylvia-Line Lamaro at sylvia-line@isportconnect.com
Sports Agencies, professional service providers & suppliers, please contact Mike Rocha-Keys for limited sponsorship opportunities.
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a new partnership with SAP SE, medstore as its exclusive Analytics and Cloud Partner for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
The partnership will begin with immediate effect and runs through to the end of the tournament.
The deal will see SAP utilise its HANA platform to power numerous live match experiences across the ICC’s network of websites, erectile to enhance the experience for fans and media with real-time data, statistics and performance analysis that will help them get closer to the action and tell more insightful and informed stories.
In addition, SAP will provision cloud-based services to host the ICC’s historical ICC Cricket World Cup statistics database, incorporating match data for its flagship ODI event.
This data will be made publically available over the coming months, offering fans a multitude of ways to analyse previous team and player performances.
ICC Chief Executive David Richardson said: “SAP is changing the way sports fans interact with data and information. In a sport such as cricket where there is a healthy appetite for information and statistics, especially across digital platforms, the ICC is delighted that SAP’s powerful technology will bring the fans closer to the game.”
Robert Enslin, member of the Executive Board of SAP SE and President of SAP Global Customer Operations said: “With one of the largest fan bases around the world, SAP is excited to enhance the real-time analytics and stats to cricket fans during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Finals.
“Our partnership with the ICC will allow SAP to continuously develop technology that can be adapted for infinite use cases. In this instance, our technology provides the ICC the ability to engage fans with insightful and user-friendly solutions, bring them closer to the action on the field and keep them informed about their favorite matches.
“This partnership is another example of how all organizations, including sports leagues, teams, players and events, can run more efficiently and simply in their pursuit of success.”
The International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee has awarded the next UCI Track World Championships to the city of Saint Quentin en Yveline, sale France.
The 2015 event will be held in France’s new National Velodrome in South West Paris on 18-22 February.
The event was last held in France nine years ago after Bordeaux staged the World Championships in 2006
The National Velodrome of Saint Quentin en Yvelines, illness located in the ile de France region close to the Paris training centre for the national teams, prostate was opened on 30 January 2014 and has a capacity of 5,000 seats.
The Velodrome features a wooden 250-meter track, a covered BMX stadium and is also the headquarters of the French Cycling Federation (FCF) who will be organising the event.
FFC President David Lappartient said: “France is honoured by the UCI’s decision. The French Cycling Federation and its stakeholders are delighted to host the UCI World Championships in our brand new National Velodrome.
“Creating these globally recognised facilities was our objective at the FFC. The organisation of major cycling events is a reflection of our ambitions for the development of French cycling.”
UCI President Brian Cookson said: “We were very impressed by the new velodrome of Saint Quentin en Yvelines at the inauguration and are delighted that track cycling’s flagship event will be staged in these state-of-the-art facilities, in front of passionate and knowledgeable spectators.
“It is without a doubt destined to become one of the landmark venues of modern cycling.”
The most recent UCI Track World Championships was held in Cali, Colombia which attracted more than 24,000 spectators who wee able to see 270 athletes from 30 nations across all continents compete.
The event was covered by 130 media outlets and had an audience reach of 105 million viewers.
The UCI has also awarded the rounds of the UCI Track World Cup 2014-2015 to Guadalajara, Mexico, 8-9 November 2014, London, Great Britain, 5-7 December 2014 and Cali, Colombia, 17-18 January 2015.
BMW has dismissed reports the company is considering a return to F1.
The German company pulled out of F1 in 2009, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
The reports begun after comments made by F1 Chief Bernie Ecclestone to City AM
Ecclestone said: “I would be surprised if we don’t see BMW again. I think they could come in. The amount of money they spent was not significant in the grand scheme of things. It makes sense for them to return.”
However, BMW has moved to distance itself from these claims.
BMW motorsport director Jens Marquardt said: “I don’t know with whom Bernie spoke. We are right on top of our current programme, namely DTM.
“In GT sports cars at the Nordschleife and in ALMS as well as customer sport programmes we are posting super results.
“We have absolutely no intention of looking at other categories. We made a conscious decision to withdraw from Formula 1.
“We orientated ourselves around that which our customers recognise as being BMW. There is no reason to alter this concept. It is currently running very well.”
Speaking exclusively to iSportconnect, F1 sponsorship expert Brian Sims said: “It would surprise me if BMW came back into F1. The company took quite a bashing from the media last time it was in F1.
Am 15. April veranstalteten “Der Hamburger Weg” und die TSG Bergedorf zusammen mit dem Hamburger Weg Partner hareico einen sportlichen Nachmittag in der Sporthalle der Gesamtschule Allermöhe. Die Vereinsmitglieder und Teilnehmer des gemeinsamen Förderprojektes “Kids in die Clubs” stellten den Kindern zwischen 12 und 14 Uhr verschiedene Sportarten vor, die im Bergedorfer Verein ausgeübt werden können. Von Judo über Basketball bis hin zu Tischtennis und HipHop – alle interessierten Kinder konnten vorbei schauen, um mehr über den Verein und das Hamburger Weg Förderprojekt zu erfahren.
Vom Partner hareico gab es vor Ort für jedes Kind nicht nur ein leckeres Würstchen. Hareico tut noch mehr: Um Sport zu treiben, bedarf es einer sportgerechten Ausrüstung. Diese sponsert Hareico den Kindern von “Kids in die Clubs” gemeinsam mit dem Hamburger Weg. Deswegen überreichte als Höhepunkt der Veranstaltung HSV-Stürmer und Projektpate Paolo Guerrero zusammen mit Ole Dölling, Geschäftsführer von Döllinghareico, symbolisch die Sportausrüstung an die Mitglieder des Vereins.
“Wir sind sehr stolz Pate des Förderprojekts “Kids in die Clubs” zu sein”, so Ole Dölling. Sport verbinde und gebe Kindern einen Ausgleich und die Möglichkeit, sich auszuprobieren, spielerisch gegeneinander anzutreten oder gemeinsam als Mannschaft etwas zu erreichen.
Da pflichtet ihm auch Paolo Guerrero bei: “Ich habe schon als Jugendlicher meine gesamte Freizeit im Verein verbracht – er war und ist wie ein zweites Zuhause. Deswegen finde ich es toll, dass die Kinder durch das Projekt ‘Kids in die Clubs’ die Möglichkeit haben, Mitglied eines Vereins zu werden. Hier lernen sie sportlich an ihre Grenzen zu gehen, haben soziale Kontakte und natürlich jede Menge Spaß”. Alle Kinder, die von “Kids in die Clubs” gefördert werden und noch Sportausrüstungen benötigen, haben auch noch nach dem Sonntag Zeit diese bei ihrem Verein anzufragen.
Unternehmenspartner im Hamburger Weg sind Audi, Deutsche Telekom, Emirates,Hamburg für Hamburg, Hanwha Solar, Hareico, Holsten, INFO AG, NDR 2, Randstad und die Sparda-Bank.Weitere Informationen finden Sie unter www.der-hamburger-weg.de.
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The FC Barcelona board of directors has appointed Òscar Grau as their new CEO, vcialis 40mg after the current incumbent, viagra Nacho Mestre, made a request to the president of the club to be given more time to care for personal matters.
Grau, who thus becomes the club’s senior executive, was until now the director of the FCBEscola soccer schools. His replacement will be announced shortly.
Grau has extensive experience of sports management. Apart from the last year running the FCBEscolas, he also oversaw the Barcelona Pyrenees bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and was manager of the Catalan Handball Federation (1999-2007) and the Catalan Sailing Federation (1995-1999).
Nacho Mestre, who will continue as general director of the club, will be in charge of its corporate areas (human resources, finance, systems, operations, etc.) as well as the Foundation and the Social Area.
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