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The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro has been handed a safety certificate in time for Brazil’s friendly against England on Sunday.

The match was in doubt after a local judge issued an order saying the game could not go ahead due to safety concerns at the renovated stadium.

Judge Adriana Costa dos Santos has now reversed her ruling and a statement from Rio state government read: “All safety requirements for the friendly between Brazil and England have been complied with and, price because of a bureaucratic failure, thumb the appraisal from the public ministry that proves the compliance with the rules on safety at the Maracana have not been sent to Suderj,”

The renovation process of the 78,000 capacity stadium was completed last month, but there were fears that debris left over by construction workers could be hurled if any disturbances occurred.

Other reports suggested there were problems with the flooring.

Doubts over future events

The safety fears at the Maracana has raised further doubt as to Brazil’s ability to host the Confederations Cup, which kicks off in two weeks, the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016.

In March the Joao Havelange Stadium in Rio was shut immediately and for an ‘undetermined period,’ because of safety concerns.

The stadium, which is named after the former head of FIFA who was accused of taking bribes, will be used for athletics at Rio 2016.

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Championship football team Huddersfield Town will embark on their first foray into China, medicine as a part of their wider International Development plan.

The club will lead a delegation of local businesses and Club Partners to East Asia to visit Zhongshan, cialis sale China via Shanghai.

Last week Town announced that Fired Up Corporation had become the club’s first International Partner and now Huddersfield have team up with them to create new international business links.

Fired Up Corporation has offices and a 300, find 000 square foot manufacturing facility close to Zhongshan City in Guangdong province.

Town’s Commercial Director Sean Jarvis said: “This trip to Asia is a first for Huddersfield Town and we’re very excited about its prospects.

“As I’ve previously stated, our International Development programme is underpinned by the principles of knowledge transfer and business relationships and we hope that we can use football as a vehicle for international trade.”

“We will take a delegation with us to China that includes Club partners and those businesses that are interested in exploring China as a new market for their business.”

International Development Manager Ajin Abraham commented: “The expertise of the Fired Up Corporation has been vital for us to get this far and I would like to thank Richard and his team for their assistance and support. Our partnership with Fired Up Corporation is a relatively new one, but there is already a brilliant working relationship.” 

“From a commercial point of view, our thinking is that businesses should look at opportunities such as these to explore avenues of doing business in new and emerging markets. There are international trade missions run by organisations such as the UKTI among others, but we believe that the power of the Huddersfield Town brand would instantly help open doors for partner businesses. English football has an immense appetite worldwide and one would be surprised at the opportunities that we could help realise through initiatives such as these. We know that the Fired Up Corporation would help provide invaluable ‘on-the-ground’ information for businesses joining us on this venture.”

“We would still be interested in talking to any businesses that feel they could benefit from this visit.”

Huddersfield will use its fellow Club Partner, Virgin Atlantic to fly from the UK to China and back.

Location: Warwickshire, symptoms UK

Closing Date: 30th September

Overview:

Role

The Chairman of the Board is elected by the Council to act as chair of and to lead the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) board, hospital in a nonexecutive capacity, and specifically to assist in the governance of the Federation and to represent the federation in meetings of the FEI.

General Responsibility

– Ensure good governance, monitor performance and develop a supportive relationship with the Executive team.

– Exercise accountability to key partners

– Act as a strong advocate for the work of the British Equestrian Federation, including working to ensure effective communications with member bodies, key partners and stakeholders (including Government, UK Sport, the home country sports councils) both in the UK and internationally

– Attend Board meetings, committees, quarterly meetings and Council meetings as appropriate

Specific Responsibility

– The development of strategy, policy and budgets

– Accountability for delivery of agreed strategy, policy and targets

– Liaise with and promote the policy to the relevant Member Body Chairmen

– Representing the interests of the Council, stakeholders and executive

– Representing the Federation to the FEI as the “BEF President”, in particular covering: o Promoting GBs best interests and building GBs influential representation within the FEI o Bidding and securing major events for GB

– Acting as the Chief Executive’s line manager

– Forming with the Director (Commercial Affairs) a remuneration committee

Methodology

The Chairman is responsible for governance, strategic direction and policy matters, the executive will be responsible for supporting the process of developing strategy, preparing budgets and for implementing strategy once it is agreed. 5. Integrity and Standards All directors are expected to meet the highest standards of integrity and to adhere to the Seven Principles of Public Life. A fit and proper purpose assessment will be performed on all directors as part of the recruitment process. This will include a self declaration covering bankruptcy, a DBS check and convictions and identity check. A copy of proof of identity will be retained.

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has signed a ‘wide-ranging’ three-year partnership with Le Sports, its first national media partnership in China.

The deal will see Le Sports have exclusive rights to live-stream MLB games in China for the first time. 

Along with China, the partnership gives LeTV Sports exclusive rights in Hong Kong and Macau to broadcast about 125 games per year, including the entire World Series.

Le Sports will also hold the rights to rebroadcast those games through video on demand.

In a statement, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said: “China is a crucial frontier for the development of baseball.

“Our new, prominent place on Le Sports platforms both reaffirms and expands our commitment to growing the game in China.”

MLB’s Senior Vice President of International Strategy Chris Park added: “Growing the game isn’t as simple as turning a fire hose on and making games available.

“It’s about promoting our game and packaging our players and teams in a favorable light, but also about presenting them in a way that is the most culturally relevant.”

Along with MLB, Le Sports’ recently acquired deals include the English Premier League and Wimbledon.

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English Premier League club Chelsea have announced a loss of £23.1 million for the year ending 30 June 2015.

The club received a turnover figure of £314.3m, medicine which is marginally down on last year’s club record figure of £319.8m.

Full story HERE.

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has announced that the ParalympicsGB team will train and prepare in Belo Horizonte ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The agreement was signed between the BPA, health the City of Belo Horizonte and the State Government of Minas Gerais.

ParalympicsGB will use the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Minas Tenis Clube as pre-Games training centres, with the camp supported by UK Sport and the National Lottery funding.

Prince Harry was on hand during the signing of the agreement after taking part in rugby, basketball and judo activities with local children.

“I am delighted that the BPA has formed such a close partnership with the city of Belo Horizonte,” said Prince Harry. “London 2012 was a fantastic success and the Paralympic Games has moved on to a new level of excellence and excitement. 

“The BPA is keen to build on this incredible legacy and I have no doubt that, through the partnerships announced today, the ParalympicsGB team will be best prepared for Rio 2016.” 

The official Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by BPA CEO, Tim Hollingsworth, the Mayor of Belo Horizonte, Marcio Lacerda, Minas Gerais State Governor, Alberto Pinto Coelho, President of Minas Tênis Clube, Luiz Gustavo Miranda Lage, and on behalf of the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Prof. Jamie Arturo Ramirez.

Fantastic facilities

Hollingsworth added: “We believe that we have found some fantastic facilities for our needs and I would like to thank all our new partners here in Belo Horizonte for working so hard to accommodate our requirements.

“We can now continue our journey towards Rio 2016 with the knowledge that our athletes will have the best possible preparation ahead of the Games and that our presence here will help deliver a wider social legacy.”

Mayor Lacerda added that they were ‘honoured’ to have been chosen by the BPA and that the news, added with the city’s participation in the 2014 World Cup, was helping Belo Horizonte make ‘its name in the global sporting scene.’