Scottish Championship club Rangers have announced an annual loss of £7.5 million for the year ending 30 June.

During that period the club’s turnover fell to £16.5m from £17.6m.

Read more HERE.

The President of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), apoplectic Giancarlo Abete, ambulance has stepped down from his post after his country were eliminated at the group stage of the Brazil 2014 World Cup on Wednesday.

Italy only needed a draw against Uruguay to qualify for the knock-out stages, for sale but were undone in a controversial 1-0 defeat.

The aftermath has seen Abete step down as President, after manager Cesare Prandelli also quit his post.

In an official statement, Abete said: ““I would like to announce my resignation.

“I do hope that at the forthcoming meeting of the board, they can persuade Cesare to reconsider his position. I had already made my decision before the World Cup.”

Abete, 63, was appointed President of FIGC in 2007, taking over from Guido Rossi.

He was re-elected in 2013 with a 94.34% majority vote, although he was the only runner for the post.

Omar Khan joins David Bernstein, Patrick Louis and Nick Blofeld on the panel

The Event to be Staged in London Today.

Omar Khan, the Global Head of Sponsorship & Events for Lycamobile has joined the panel of iSportconnect’s Directors’ Club, one day ahead of the event.

Khan has over 25 years of experience working in the sports marketing and sponsorship sectors and is responsible for Lycamobile’s overall sponsorship and event strategy.

Lycamobile is the global market leader in prepaid international calling cards and sponsors Premier League football club West Ham United and owns Trinidad’s Red Steel cricket franchise in the Caribbean Premier League.

Khan joins the iSportconnect Directors’ Club panel alongside David Bernstein, former chairman of The Football Association, Wembley Stadium and Manchester City, Patrick Louis, CEO of the Lotus F1 Team and Nick Blofeld, CEO of Bath Rugby.

Hosted at Dentons LLP on 27 November, iSportconnect Directors’ Club London is an invitation only event open exclusively for director-level executives in governing bodies, sports teams and sponsorship brands to share market insight and best practice. It features a panel of high-profile sport business executives who participate in a Question Time format Q&A session, as well as excellent networking opportunities.

Speaking on the announcement of his addition to the event, Khan said: “I am really looking forward to joining the panel for tomorrow’s Directors’ Club event and engaging in some interesting debate.

“The panel for this event is top class and I am excited to be able to bring a brand perspective to the discussion.”

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.

All spaces for this event have been filled.

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Manchester United player-coach Ryan Giggs has joined the Wasserman Media Group and will be represented by Rhodri Burgess.

Giggs joins Premier League rivals Jack Wilshere and Steven Gerrard as a Wasserman client, anabolics along with footballers from La Liga, prostate Serie A and the MLS.

Giggs said: “I’m excited to be joining Wasserman. They have an excellent client base and Rhodri’s reputation in the commercial marketplace is second to none.

“He has proven outstanding credentials and I’m looking forward to our future partnership.”

Since 1990 Giggs has won 13 Premier League titles, doctor the Champions League twice, the FA Cup four times and the League Cup a further four times.

New United manager David Moyes appointed Giggs as a player-coach to help make his mark on the team and it is his success on the pitch that has Wasserman excited.

Burgess, who is the vice president of Wasserman, commented: “I’m delighted to be working with Ryan.

“He is one of the most successful sportsmen of a generation and I’m greatly looking forward to working together”.

Lord’s Cricket Ground will undergo a £200m ($311m) redevelopment in 2014 that could take up to ten years to complete.

Owners Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) revealed the two-phase plan would start in 2014 and include rebuilding the Warner, Tavern, Compton and Edrich stands.

The first phase will cost approximately £90m ($140m) and will be completed by the 2019 World Cup, whilst the second phase will be completed by 2024.

Capacity at Lord’s will rise by 2,700 to 32,000.

“This Masterplan has cricket at its heart,” MCC president Mike Griffith said in a statement.

“Every MCC Member cares deeply for our wonderful ground, and we have a duty to ensure any changes made to Lord’s reflect the love we have for cricket, its history and its heritage.

“Lord’s is the home of cricket and this masterplan will reinforce the special place the ground has within the game by making it even better for every player and spectator who comes here. This is an incredibly exciting day not just for MCC, but for cricket lovers all over the world.”

The redevelopment plan will also include an extension to the famous pavilion, new entries and a new ‘food street’ within the ground.

The museum at the ground will also be enlarged.

Location: Indianapolis, medic USA

Closing Date: 30th September

Overview:

USA Diving, impotent recognized by the USOC as the national governing body for Diving in the U.S., seeks a National Events Manager. The National Events Manager is charged to oversee all logistics and operations for USA Diving events and serve as primary resource for USA Diving membership in regard to event management for sanctioned events.

Key responsibilities include:

– Build yearly events calendar by determining dates and locations and working with contacts to establish Regional, Zone and National Championship sites and hosts.

– Serve on committee to select hosts for Zone and meets

– Draft National level event contracts and oversee revision and execution process.

– Collect agreement forms from Region and Zone hosts.

– Oversee, manage and update the budget for all USA Diving events.

– Act as the liaison to third party timing and scoring partners for event set-up, requirements and registration.

– Plan and oversee applicable ancillary events at National and International meets

– Schedule, plan and conduct championship meetings at all National events

– Work with the national judges’ coordinator on scheduling all necessary judges for meets

– Serve as primary contact for Meet Directors for 12 Region and 6 Zone Meets

• – Prepare, distribute and collect meet information sheets to/from meet directors

• – Send approximately three emails to meet directors over course of planning process containing pertinent documents and information; Send replacement divers e-mail to meet directors post event

• – Ensure each meet director has medals

– Maintain and develop relationships with local/state government agencies as well as convention bureau representatives to ensure effective execution of USA Diving events.

Qualifications

• – A bachelor’s degree in event or sports management or relatable degree

• – 3-5 years planning, implementing and managing large scale events

• – Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and manage a diving meet

• – Excellent written and verbal communication skills including high level attention to detail, together with developed networking, negotiation and consultation skills.

• – Demonstrated leadership, influencing, and communication skills across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

• – Analytical and decision making skills – able to identify problems and develop solutions.

• – High competency level of MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• – Demonstrated commitment, drive and initiative in identifying ideas and translating them into plans to achieve event and USA Diving organizational goals

• – Demonstrated capacity for making evidence based decisions based on strong application of consultation with key stakeholders

How to Apply

Click HERE to apply

Belgian cable network Telenet has renewed its deal for the English Premier League broadcast rights in Belgium for a further three years.

With the channel’s current deal due to expire at the end of the 2015/16 season, it has agreed a renewal to run for three seasons from 2016/17 to 2018/19.

The Premier League is shown on Telenet’s Play Sports package, which shows on average five football matches each weekend.

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.