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Mario Gotze Angers Adidas by Wearing Nike Shirt at Bayern Unveiling

Bayern Munich’s marquee summer signing Mario Gotze has upset the club’s kit maker adidas, by wearing a Nike t-shirt at his official unveiling.

Adidas are a long-standing sponsor of Bayern and hold a 9.1% stake in the Bavarian giants.

The sportswear giant’s CEO, Herbert Hainer is also a member of the board at the club and the move by Gotze has ‘negatively surprised’ adidas.

Adidas deemed the unveiling as an ‘official Bayern Munich function’ and therefore the presence of Gotze’s white Nike t-shirt should have been disallowed.

An adidas spokesman said: “The pictures from today’s press conference with Mario Gotze have negatively surprised us.

“Contractually it is not permissible because it is an official function of Adidas partner Bayern Munich. We have already discussed with Bayern Munich.”

To add insult to injury, the other player to be unveiled, Jan Kirchhoff, was also wearing a Nike t-shirt.

What do you think of the move by Gotze? Should he have known better or should the club have stepped in? Join the discussion here >>

National Growth Manager, Diverse Communities – England & Wales Cricket Board

Location: Edgbaston, pilule UK

Closing Date: 19th October 2016

Overview:

The ECB has recently restructured its operation to focus on increasing growth and participation within Cricket. As an outcome of this restructure this exciting new role has become available with the sole aim of increasing broader Community Engagement, health ensuring the sport is creating a level playing field of opportunity, from grassroots to elite cricket.

Reporting to the Head of Growth this role will operate across the new seven regional hubs focussing on delivering the Inclusion Growth Strategy with the support of the Regional Growth Executives as well as strategic partners.

Objectives: Key 4 year goals and priorities

– To provide the ECB and its delivery network with up to date knowledge through trends, barriers and accelerators for Black and Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) participants recognising and implementing the ONE GAME ethos nationwide. Ensure appropriate monitoring & evaluation of ongoing and new programmes in line with funding requirements including online monitoring platforms and finance return tools.

– Ensuring sustainability of the Sport by empowering the Leagues and Clubs to use insight to help them make informed decisions of how they can develop their environments to be more equitable and accessible to engage with a new generation and culture of cricket.

– To lead the delivery of the growth of BAME Cricket, through migration and retention, by utilising national campaigns and programmes, such as, The Lord Taverners City Cup and Last Man Stands with the aim of significantly growing participation within Cricket.

– Help identify ways of growing the game by introducing new formats into new markets with particular emphasis on casual and community based cricket activity, using health, physical activity, and where necessary using Cricket as a vehicle to support community cohesion by developing social, civic and cultural competences as a key driver for participation.

– Actively promote and grow the game by working with national sporting organisations, such as, The Asian Sports Foundation; The National Asian Cricket Council; Sporting Equals; Equality & Human Rights – Commission; Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation; Sikh Sport UK as well as the African Caribbean Cricket Association. The collective aim being to ensure all communities have access to Cricket whether playing, volunteering or watching the game.

– Identify the workforce needs at local and regional levels to deliver the National Cricket Strategy for diversity, nurturing a more diverse and representative workforce to lead the development of the game and contribute to its governance.

– Build strong long term relationships to ensure the successful leadership of a joined up network, continuing to consult with internal and external stakeholders sharing best practice and developing new ideas and tools for delivery, making Cricket the sport of choice within BAME Communities.

– Through the Regional Growth Executives and colleagues support in driving an inclusive culture for Cricket across the game and champion the growth of this sector, targeting the hardest to reach including BAME girls, women, and disabled people.

– Manage the network of the 5 core cities developing South Asian Cricket programmes, share best practice and cascade the learning through the regional networks. Ensuring this intelligence is incorporated into the Growth Strategy of increasing these core cities to 10 by 2019.

– Leveraging National and Global events such as the 2017 Women’s World Cup and 2019 ICC World Cup to highlight, within the Media, the Multicultural heritage within Cricket.

Ongoing Objectives:

– Liaise with external bodies to maximise funding opportunities to help, grow, develop, promote and strengthen BAME Cricket in England and Wales.

– To support the regions and counties in developing an integrated offer and talent identification programmes ensuring a more reflective playing population encouraging a lifelong involvement and inspire a new generation of cricketers to play, watch and love the game.

– Be innovative and creative exploring new opportunities for growth in non-traditional formats by developing tailored programmes to inspire people to take part.For example, focus on the growth of ‘gully’/ ‘tapeball’ cricket.

– Actively partner with Chance 2 Shine, Lord Taverners & the Youth Sport Trust to help bring a new generation of mainstream and special schools into cricket and grow the relevance of cricket in Schools with a particular focus on BAME children, young people and young adults.

– Work closely with the competitions & performance managers ensuring competition and player pathways are aligned achieving a fully integrated player pathway for BAME players to achieve their full potential.

– Liaise with external bodies to maximise funding opportunities to help, grow, develop, promote and strengthen BAME Cricket in England and Wales.

Expertise:

This role requires:

– Experience of working with BAME Communities in Sport, demonstrating a thorough understanding of multicultural communities within this field.
– The ability to interpret complex data and use these insights to influence stakeholders obtaining buy-in to implement National and Regional Strategies.
– Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of growth markets, such as, within South Asian Communities.
– Demonstrate sophisticated cultural awareness.
– Creative problem solver and independent thinker with a track record of developing and implementing innovative programmes.
– Demonstrate leadership and strong team orientation with the ability to influence across multiple stakeholders both internally and externally.
– Demonstrate an adaptive approach to communication and negotiation skills.
– Experience of presenting at all levels.
– Outstanding project management skills essentially required in order to manage oversight of programmes implemented nationally and regionally.
– Sound financial management.
How to Apply
Click to apply HERE

Pittsburgh Pirates announce new partners

The Pittsburgh Pirates have announced six new partners for the 2016 season.

Four local businesses, viagra 100mg one national and one international company are among the new partners who have joined the Pirates this season.

Find out more HERE.

Franz Beckenbauer Handed Fine and Warning by FIFA Ethics Committee

German football legend Franz Beckenbauer has received a fine and been warned of his future conduct by FIFA’s future conduct.

The sanction comes after the Beckenbauer “failed to cooperate with an Ethics Committee investigation regarding the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bids despite repeated requests for his assistance”.

More info HERE.

Fox Sports Acquires WTA Rights in Netherlands Until 2021

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has awarded its rights in the Netherlands to Fox Sports until the end of 2021 season.

FOX Sports Netherlands expands its package of tennis broadcasting rights which currently includes Wimbledon, the ATP World Tour Finals and key ATP World Tour 1000 and 500 events.

25 Sponsorship Deals of the Week: 06/11/15

1	Nissan Signs Major Sponsorship Deal With American College Sports	Friday, 06 November 2015
2	Chinese Super League Partners With Red Bull in Two-Year Deal	Friday, 06 November 2015
3	FC Barcelona Pen Regional Sponsorship Deal With Ambi Pur	Thursday, 05 November 2015
4	British and Irish Lions Name Canterbury as Official Apparel Partner	Thursday, 05 November 2015
5	Toronto Maple Leafs Partner With The French’s Food Company	Thursday, 05 November 2015
6	Azur Global Becomes Official IT Partner of Cricket All-Stars	Thursday, 05 November 2015
7	Melbourne Storm Seal Five-Year Apparel Deal With STAR	Thursday, 05 November 2015
8	Manly–Warringah Sea Eagles Sign Major Partnership Deal With Coco Joy	Thursday, 05 November 2015
9	NFL Renew Partnership With Bud Light as Official Beer Until 2022	Wednesday, 04 November 2015
10	NBA and Verizon Pen Multi-Year Content Deal	Wednesday, 04 November 2015
11	Turkish Airlines Named as Official Partner of European Club Rugby Competitions	Wednesday, 04 November 2015
12	WTA Seal 10-Year Partnership With iQIYI to Expand Digital Presence in China	Wednesday, 04 November 2015
13	Rotherham United Extend Partnership With Norton Finance	Wednesday, 04 November 2015
14	Leicester Tigers Confirm Fischer as new Partner	Wednesday, 04 November 2015
15	HSBC Renew Global Golf Sponsorship Programme	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
16	Paris Saint-Germain Renew Long-Standing Orange Partnership	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
17	NBA Partners With Müller for NBA Global Games London 2016	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
18	UK Athletics Seals Five-Year Strategic Partnership With Grant Thornton	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
19	PGA Tour Signs up iQIYI to Boost Digital Presence in China	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
20	Wales Bet on Dafabet Ahead of Euro 2016	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
21	Charlotte Hornets Pen Multi-Year Deal With CMCU	Tuesday, 03 November 2015
22	PGA Tour and Microsoft Secure Three-Year Partnership	Monday, 02 November 2015
23	ATP and Peugeot Drive off With new Global Partnership	Monday, 02 November 2015
24	University of Texas Rubber Stamp 15-Year Nike Agreement	Monday, 02 November 2015
25	188Bet to Sponsor 2015 Champion of Champions Snooker	Monday, 02 November 2015

Penang to Host 2017 IWF World Championships

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that the 2017 World Championships will be held in Penang, ailment Malaysia.

Penang was chosen ahead of Belarus, drugs Turkey and Uzbekistan who all submitted strong bids.

The city previously hosted the 2011 IWF Junior World Championships.

“It is an indicator of the ever-growing status of the sport in the continent that Penang will be the fifth Asian city this century to host the World Championships,” the governing body stated.

The 2014 World Championships runs from November 8-16 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where the 2017 hosting decision was announced to the IWF Congress.

The 2015 World Championships will be in Houston, Texas, and there are no championships in 2016, an Olympic year.

Shangri-La Hotel, Paris Announced as Official Partner of iSportconnect Directors’ Club Paris

iSportconnect, the world’s largest private network for sport business professionals, has announced an exciting new partnership with Shangri-La Hotel, Paris, Parisian Palace, becoming the Official Partner of the second Directors’ Club in Paris.

The iSportconnect Paris Directors’ Club is supported by the French Football Federation (FFF) and will take place on September 18th at the football governing body’s headquarters.

The Directors’ Club will gather a select group of high level sports business professionals from the sports industry in France.

Asia Pacific’s leading luxury hotel group, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts currently owns and/or manages more than 80 hotels under the Shangri-La brand with a room inventory of over 34,000.

In December 2010 the group opened Shangri-La Hotel, Paris, representing its first property in Europe. This opening has been followed by a new property in Istanbul in 2013 and another in London in May 2014.

Michael Cunnah, iSportconnect Chairman said: “I am delighted to confirm that Shangri-La Hotels, Paris is an Official Partner of the iSportconnect Paris Directors’ Club. Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is a well renowned hotel company across the world and this partnership reflects the quality of our Directors’ Club event.”

ABOUT

Shangri-La Hotel, Paris cultivates a warm ambience drawing the best from the Asian art of hospitality and the French art of living. With 101 rooms and suites, offering stunning views on the Eiffel Tower, three restaurants and a spa with a swimming pool bathed in natural daylight, this Parisian Palace symbolizes the quintessence of luxury daylight and is the perfect getaway from the hustle and bustle of the Parisian streets.

www.shangri-la.com

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

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

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Cubs Move Closer to Wrigley Field Renovation

Major Legaue Baseball (MLB) franchise the Chicago Cubs have moved one step closer to renovating Wrigley Field for $500m, shop after approval was granted by another city commission and the local alderman.

A report from the Chicago Sun-Times claims that the Chicago Plan Commision approved the proposal on Thursday.

The plans to renovate Wrigley and to develop a nearby property also include the introduction of an electronic Jumbotron above the ivy-covered outfield walls.

Alderman Tom Tunney gave his approval after being assured by Mayor Rahm Emanuel that there would be no more outfield signs other than the Jumbotron.

The City Council are expected to approve the plans because of Tunney and Emanuel’s approval.

Glasgow 2014 Offer Outdoor Advertising Space to Official Sponsors

The organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have announced a link-up between the main outdoor advertising firms in the city for next year’s event.

The collaboration will see outdoor advertising space in and around venues offered up to official sponsors and Glasgow 2014 to promote the Games across the city and prevent ambush marketing.

Games Sponsors at Partner and Supporter level will have first option to secure advertising space from the media owners in January 2014 before space outside regulated Event Zones is offered back to the open market.

In an official release Glasgow 2014 said the collaboration ‘takes onboard the learning’s from London 2012.’

Glasgow 2014 Deputy Chief Executive Ty Speer, impotent who heads up the Games’ Commercial Programme, cialis said: “The look and feel of the city at Games time, medstore particularly close to venues, will be transformed with Games branding, messages and colour.

“It is therefore incredibly important for us to keep a consistency across all our sites and to protect the rights of our sponsors, whose support is vital to the success of the Games.

“This collaboration between the key outdoor advertisers will ensure that can happen and I am delighted to have them supporting the Games in this way.”

Mike Baker, CEO for the Outdoor Media Centre said that the move was ‘positive and commendable’ and went on to add: “If the London 2012 Olympics gave us an important lesson, it is that outdoor is a great medium for allowing sponsors to own a city with large scale visual branding.

“No doubt Glasgow will also be alive with colour and brand presence, adding a similar verve to the Commonwealth Games.”

Media owners who have agreed to work with Glasgow 2014 include: JCDecaux, CBS Outdoor, Clear Channel, Forrest Media, Primesight, SPD Media, BlowUp, Ocean Outdoor, Ubiquitous and T4 Media.