General Fernando Azevedo e Silva, order chief of the Olympic Public Authority (OPA) for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games has resigned.
Read more HERE.
Ford to Enter 2014 Dakar Rally
Team Ford Racing have announced that they will submit two Ford Rangers for the 2014 Dakar Rally.
The vehicles are being prepared in South Africa by Neil Woolridge Motorsport with the help of Ford Motor Company’s Global Product Development group.
Jeff Nemeth, nurse President and CEO of Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa said: “Dakar is the ultimate test of man and machine and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to participate with a phenomenal team comprised of local and global expertise.”
Dave Schoch, arthritis Group Vice President and President, pharmacy ed Asia Pacific, added: “We are pleased to have put together a global team that has exceptional knowledge of the event – as well as being capable of performing extremely well racing the Ford Ranger, which is built at our assembly plant in Silverton.
“There is much work to be done in the coming months. The Dakar is no small under taking but we have an exceptional team of hardworking and dedicated individuals who will be working round the clock in the coming months preparing for the start of the Dakar early in the New Year.”
Marketing Manager – Professional Darts Corporation
Location: London, patient UK
Closing Date: 19th November
Overview:
A chance to join the promoters of Britain’s largest indoor sport in the role of Marketing Manager.
You will be tasked with strategic planning and delivery of integrated marketing solutions as well as delivering support for all existing sponsorship and events activity and taking inventory to market to attract new sponsors and partners.
You will have a track record of initiating ground breaking creative campaigns and thinking strategically in order to maximize returns.
Key Responsibilities
- Client Management: manage the day-to-day relationship with the PDC’s sponsors, thumb ensuring all contractual sponsorship rights are delivered and also working proactively with the sponsors to promote additional ideas and activities
- Business Development: assist with research, generation of leads and sponsorship sales activity and develop the company’s growing Partners Programme
- Marketing Implementation: to be responsible for developing and maintaining marketing strategies to meet agreed company objectives.
- Consumer Research: to oversee customer research and market conditions and implement marketing plan alterations as needed.
Skills & Experience Required
A degree or similar qualification in a business related subject is desirable
- Track record in sponsorship and account management, preferably with a rights holder, club or agency but potentially on the brand side
- Proven ability to offer a first-class, professional account management service to commercial partners and to build strong business relationships at all levels
- Experience in dealing with, and presenting to, senior-level personnel from major brands
- Proactive approach to identifying opportunities, generating leads and producing sale
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi task
- A keen eye for detail
- Strong communication skills (written and oral)
- Self-motivated while also a good team player
- A willingness to work evenings, weekend and abroad (event-based)
- A passion for sport
- How to Apply
- Click to Apply HERE
LaLiga announce TAGHeuer Sponsorship
LaLiga have announced a new partnership with the watch brand TAGHeuer.
It will see TAGHeuer become the official time-keeping sponsor of the Spanish league.
TAGHeuer’s logo will be placed on the boards used by referees at LaLiga matches.
Speaking at the launch event, La Liga President Javier Tebas said: “We have the best players, the best teams, with TAGHeuer we link ourselves with the best watches.”
The Spanish league has recently gone through a rebrand with the end of BBVA’s title sponsorship.
This has seen the Spanish first division rebranded as LaLiga and the second division LaLiga2.
Nike edge Adidas in Euros
The final of Euro 2016 has yet to be played, but a major battle in the sports business world has already been won – the long running sponsorship battle between Nike and Adidas.
Major tournaments see the pair go head to head, with the brand’s most high profile teams and players on display.
This weekend it will be an all Nike final – Portugal and France are both backed by Nike. All eyes will be on Cristiano Ronaldo – Nike’s star ambassador who earns €19million a year from the deal.
Adidas’ hopes of representation in the final went up in smoke after Germany and Wales were beaten by France in the semi-final.
Despite the lack of representation in the final, Adidas have had a strong year, and are predicted to sell €2.5bn worth of football related products in 2016.
Yahoo awarded NHL out-of-market rights until 2017
Media company Yahoo has signed a deal with the National Hockey League (NHL) which will see them deliver a selection of live, herbal out-of-market hockey games for free on Yahoo Sports.
From 11 March Yahoo Sports will live-stream an NHL “Game of the Day” to hockey fans in the U.S., medicine up to four days a week, salve along with delivering in-game highlights for each game.
The deal between the two parties will run through to the end of the NHL’s 2016-17 regular season.
“This alliance brings us one step closer to providing fans a live professional sporting event every day, on Yahoo, completely frictionless and for free — no cable subscription or authentication required,” said Phil Lynch, Yahoo’s VP of media partnerships, said in announcing the NHL deal.
In October 2015 Yahoo teamed up with the National Football League (NFL) to become the first digital platform to deliver a free live stream of an NFL match when the Buffalo Bills played the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
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The 2016 Sports Technology Awards is not one to be missed
Whether you are a finalist or not, bronchi attending the Sports Technology Awards could be one of your shrewdest business decisions.
The calibre of the guests is such that you have the chance to talk to a large number of key industry figures.
As well as the awards lunch itself, online you will have the opportunity to network freely with other guests at the pre-lunch drinks and at the after party, which is held on-site immediately after the awards.
We don’t have VIP rooms or exclusive areas, everyone who attends can – and should – be speaking with each other.
The Sports Technology Awards deliberately limits numbers to ensure guests can network easily and ensure that people who can do business together attend by inviting senior personnel from businesses.
Our previous attendance speaks for itself…
Tickets are selling fast for the 2016 event so be sure to book either through the website, www.sportstechnologyawards.com or by calling the awards’ office on +44 (0)20 3150 2083.
FIFA Arrests: Details From US Department of Justice
Seven serving FIFA officials have been arrested in Switzerland on corruption charges, only three days before the Presidential election to be held in Zurich.
Following the news, the United States Department of Justice released a detailed statement :
Nine FIFA Officials and Five Corporate Executives Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption
The Defendants Include Two Current FIFA Vice Presidents and the Current and Former Presidents of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF); Seven Defendants Arrested Overseas; Guilty Pleas for Four Individual Defendants and Two Corporate Defendants Also Unsealed
A 47-count indictment was unsealed early this morning in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging 14 defendants with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants’ participation in a 24-year scheme to enrich themselves through the corruption of international soccer. The guilty pleas of four individual defendants and two corporate defendants were also unsealed today.
The defendants charged in the indictment include high-ranking officials of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the organization responsible for the regulation and promotion of soccer worldwide, as well as leading officials of other soccer governing bodies that operate under the FIFA umbrella. Jeffrey Webb and Jack Warner – the current and former presidents of CONCACAF, the continental confederation under FIFA headquartered in the United States – are among the soccer officials charged with racketeering and bribery offenses. The defendants also include U.S. and South American sports marketing executives who are alleged to have systematically paid and agreed to pay well over $150 million in bribes and kickbacks to obtain lucrative media and marketing rights to international soccer tournaments.
The charges were announced by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, Acting U.S. Attorney Kelly T. Currie of the Eastern District of New York, Director James B. Comey of the FBI, Assistant Director in Charge Diego W. Rodriguez of the FBI’s New York Field Office, Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and Special Agent in Charge Erick Martinez of the IRS-CI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
Also earlier this morning, Swiss authorities in Zurich arrested seven of the defendants charged in the indictment, the defendants Jeffrey Webb, Eduardo Li, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Eugenio Figueredo, Rafael Esquivel and José Maria Marin, at the request of the United States. Also this morning, a search warrant is being executed at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, Florida.
The guilty pleas of the four individual and two corporate defendants that were also unsealed today include the guilty pleas of Charles Blazer, the long-serving former general secretary of CONCACAF and former U.S. representative on the FIFA executive committee; José Hawilla, the owner and founder of the Traffic Group, a multinational sports marketing conglomerate headquartered in Brazil; and two of Hawilla’s companies, Traffic Sports International Inc. and Traffic Sports USA Inc., which is based in Florida.
“The indictment alleges corruption that is rampant, systemic, and deep-rooted both abroad and here in the United States,” said Attorney General Lynch. “It spans at least two generations of soccer officials who, as alleged, have abused their positions of trust to acquire millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks. And it has profoundly harmed a multitude of victims, from the youth leagues and developing countries that should benefit from the revenue generated by the commercial rights these organizations hold, to the fans at home and throughout the world whose support for the game makes those rights valuable. Today’s action makes clear that this Department of Justice intends to end any such corrupt practices, to root out misconduct, and to bring wrongdoers to justice – and we look forward to continuing to work with other countries in this effort.”
Attorney General Lynch extended her grateful appreciation to the authorities of the government of Switzerland, as well as several other international partners, for their outstanding assistance in this investigation.
“Today’s announcement should send a message that enough is enough,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Currie. “After decades of what the indictment alleges to be brazen corruption, organized international soccer needs a new start – a new chance for its governing institutions to provide honest oversight and support of a sport that is beloved across the world, increasingly so here in the United States. Let me be clear: this indictment is not the final chapter in our investigation.”
Acting U.S. Attorney Currie extended his thanks to the agents, analysts and other investigative personnel with the FBI New York Eurasian Joint Organized Crime Squad and the IRS-CI Los Angeles Field Office, as well as their colleagues abroad, for their tremendous effort in this case.
“As charged in the indictment, the defendants fostered a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world,” said Director Comey. “Undisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks, and bribes became a way of doing business at FIFA. I want to commend the investigators and prosecutors around the world who have pursued this case so diligently, for so many years.”
“When leaders in an organization resort to cheating the very members that they are supposed to represent, they must be held accountable,” said Chief Weber. “Corruption, tax evasion and money laundering are certainly not the cornerstones of any successful business. Whether you call it soccer or football, the fans, players and sponsors around the world who love this game should not have to worry about officials corrupting their sport. This case isn’t about soccer, it is about fairness and following the law. IRS-CI will continue to investigate financial crimes and follow the money wherever it may lead around the world, leveling the playing field for those who obey the law.”
The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Full statement HERE.
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Worcestershire County Cricket Club Record Profits for Fifth Straight Year
Worcestershire County Cricket Club have announced a profit after tax £58, viagra order 772 for the period ending December 31, sale 2014.
This is the fifth consecutive year the club has recorded a profit.
Full story HERE.
ITV’s Niall Sloane and Vitality’s Nick Read Join Impressive London Directors’ Club Panel
iSportconnect, the world’s largest private network for sports business executives, is delighted to announce that Niall Sloane, Director of Sport at ITV and Nick Read, Commercial Director at Vitality will be the final panellists for the Directors’ Club in London.
The first London Directors’ Club of the year will be held on 17th March.
Sloane and Read join an already impressively assembled panel which includes World Rugby CEO Brett Gosper, NFL UK Managing Director Alistair Kirkwood and Crystal Palace Chairman Steve Parish.
Niall has been ITV’s Director of Sport since 2009. In that time he has considerably expanded the range of their sport acquisitions and was responsible for last year’s biggest audience on British television at the Brazil World Cup.
Prior to that he was at the BBC where he was latterly, Head of Football and Head of Formula One.
Nick Read is the Commercial Director at Vitality (formerly known as PruHealth), the leading private medical insurer which has pioneered the concept of shared value where members are motivated to remain healthy through a range of discounts and incentives.
Vitality has recently made a significant investment in Sport as part of their brand development strategy where Nick has played a key role.
Formerly Nick was at Accenture (Andersen Consulting) working cross industry but ostensibly in Financial Services (banking and insurance).
Directors’ Club events are a gathering of exclusively invited director level delegates, partaking in a BBC Question Time-style discussion with a panel of well-established executives from the sport industry.
Followed by networking, the discussion is held under Chatham House rules, allowing for an open and free flowing debate.
Michael Cunnah, Chairman of iSportconnect, said: “We are very happy to add Niall and Nick to what is a strong looking panel. The pair will bring a different perspective which will make for a very interesting and engaging event.”
Nick Read said: “Sport has a unique power to inspire positive change in people’s lives. The partnerships Vitality has with leading sports figures, teams and events have been carefully chosen to help provide the necessary motivation sometimes needed to lead a more active lifestyle.
“The chance to debate the learnings we have gathered over the past decade in such a forum is an exciting prospect, and I very much look forward to the evening.”
Save the date: 17th March 2015
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.
To register your interest, please contact: sylvia-line@isportconnect.com
Partnership opportunities: Our partners benefit from a range of different branding opportunities and introductions to potential clients. Please contact Mike Rocha-Keys at mike@isportconnect.com or call +44(0)20 3239 5400.
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