The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Turkey and Qatar have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU).

Signed at the SportAccord Convention in Belek, stomach Turkey, generic the agreement will see both NOCs open up new channels of collaboration and share best practise.

The MOU was signed by Professor U?ur Erdener, the President of the Turkish Olympic Committee and Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani

Erdener commented: “We are delighted to be signing this MOU with the Qatar Olympic Committee. Both of our nations have placed sport at the heart of our long-term development strategies, and I am sure that this agreement will create many exciting opportunities in the future.”

Erdener played a key role in the failed Istanbul 2020 Olympic Games bid and he added that  the Turkish Olympic Committee was “committed to bringing top-tier sports events” to the country.

Erdener has had a busy week at SportAccord Convention as he was elected to the executive Council of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) earlier in the week.

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iSportconnect hosted a successful and thoroughly enjoyable Summer Party in partnership with the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race last evening at St Katherine Docks in London. The Summer Party was the first thrown by iSportconnect and with the top-class delegates and major announcements taking place, vialis 40mg the first party will certainly not be the last!

The night opened with a question and answer session from the Clipper Race founder and legendary sailor Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. Sir Robin explained why he created the race and how the event had continued to ‘evolve’ in order to stay fresh and attract new business.

Speaking about the Summer Party Sir Robin said: “It was a great opportunity to meet with the sports business community against the backdrop of the Clipper Race fleet in St Katharine Docks by Tower Bridge in London. I think it made the perfect setting for the inaugural event and was good to share our success story with the sports industry.”

iSportconnect Chairman Michael Cunnah added: “The first iSportconnect Summer Party has been a fantastic success and I have thoroughly enjoyed catching up with old acquaintances whilst also meeting new people. It has been a pleasure to hold the event at St Katherine Dock, where our friends and partners the Clipper Race are ready to set sail on their latest adventure. We wish them all the best and I am looking forward to throwing another party next year!”

Jamaica launch Get All Right boat

On a night of celebration, there was also a number of developments launched at the Summer Party, including the launch of the Jamaica yacht for the Clipper Race. The ‘Get All Right’ yacht was launched by Sir Robin and Aloun Ndombet-Assamba, the High Commissioner to Jamaica. In a party atmosphere, complete with kettle drums and celebrity personalities such as Levi Roots of Dragons Den fame, the Get All Right boat was launched next to the yachts she will be competing against in just two days’ time.

Sir Robin commented: “Jamaica has always been one of the most popular locations amongst our crew when we visited in past editions of the Clipper Race. The Jamaica Get All Right crew are extremely proud to be representing Jamaica and I know they will do their very best to represent such a beautiful country.”

Guests at the Summer Party included iSportconnect’s Official Business Aviation partner, PrivatAir, who flew over from Switzerland to join the celebrations.

As the sun set, guests were invited up to the Riverlounge restaurant for further food and entertainment. Looking over St Katherine Docks the River Lounge provided the perfect setting to end an enjoyable and entertaining evening.

The 2013-14 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race sets sail from St Katherine Docks on Sunday September 1 and will return 11 months and 40,000 miles later.

Note to Editors

iSportconnect

iSportconnect is the world’s largest private network for sports business professionals. The online platform provides all the latest news, exclusives, features, interviews and community discussions from within the sports industry. iSportconnect compliments the online platform with major events, such as the now renowned Directors’ Club and the recently launched Summer Party. iSportconnect events are a place for top-level executives to network and share ideas about the industry.

Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race

The Clipper 13-14 Round the World Yacht Race will start on Sunday 1 September from St Katharine Docks London, and return almost a year later after completing the 40,000 miles route, making it the world’s longest ocean race. The event was established by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston to give everyone, regardless of sailing experience, the opportunity to discover the exhilaration of ocean racing. 650 people representing more than 40 nations will compete in the Clipper 13-14 Race on twelve brand new 70-foot yachts designed by renowned naval architect Tony Castro. It’s the largest race ever. Crew members can sign up for the whole circumnavigation or one or more of eight legs. The only qualification for the race is the minimum age of 18 (there is no upper age limit) plus a thirst for adventure. The overall race is divided into individual stages and points are accumulated in a Formula 1-style scoring system. The yacht with the highest total points at the finish wins the Clipper Trophy.

PrivatAir

PrivatAir is a comprehensive aviation group with three divisions delivering service excellence both in the air and on the ground: Scheduled Services, Business Aviation (Aircraft Management, Aircraft Charter, Aircraft Sales, PrivatJetFuel / Fuel Management, Ground Services) and PrivatTraining.

The company’s wide range of clients includes royalty, heads of state, public officials, celebrities from the arts, sports and entertainment industries, captains of industry and private aircraft owners.

By Steve Moorhouse

The conflicts that Premiership rugby club London Welsh has had with the Rugby Football Union (RFU) have distracted from the day-to-day running of the club and strained the resources, the club CEO has said.

London Welsh were told their stadium was not suitable for Premiership rugby when they were promoted last year and they have recently been docked five points for fielding an illegible player.

Interim CEO, stuff Tony Copsey jokingly described their relationship with the RFU as ‘love,hate,’ but he did say that both conflicts have caused issues for the club’s limited resources.

Speaking exclusively to iSportconnect, Copsey said: “The effect it has on the business is incredible.  There’s the time, the financial side of things and the resources.

“These kinds of cases put a huge strain on the resources of the club and they can really take away from the day to day business.”

Copsey did say that ‘there is a mutual respect between us and the RFU,’ however, the latest points deduction for fielding Tyson Keates, who was illegible, has caused further strain for the Oxford based club.

“Personally the club feel very strongly that the five point deduction is incredibly harsh given the situation and the extraordinary nature of the case,” said Copsey.

“It is obviously a massive blow to the club and the aspirations of the club. You can’t hide away from the fact that short-term the real challenge for the club is Premiership survival and Premiership status.

“My criticism comes from where the club has been judged. It should be judged by the RFU standards but we should all realise how extraordinary this case is, to the point where both the RFU and the club were deceived.

“Honestly, I do not think there is a club in the land that is guarding itself from fraud and administration issues from a rogue employee. It is just such a bizarre case.”

London Welsh have three games remaining to retain their Premiership status.

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Artemis Racing has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Argo Group, drugs an international underwriter of specialty insurance products in the property and casualty market. The agreement welcomes Argo Group as an Official Partner of the team, with its logo to adorn Artemis Racing America’s Cup boats and team clothing at events from the New York Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series onwards (May 7–8, 2016).

Under the agreement, Argo Group is also the Official Insurance Partner of Artemis Racing.

Argo Group CEO Mark E. Watson III, commented: “Our shared values of innovation, teamwork, courage and commitment make Artemis Racing and Argo Group an ideal match.

“I’m proud to partner with a team resolved to excel in these prestigious events while deeply respecting the environment.

“We are excited to work with Artemis Racing and particularly pleased to be involved in a series that will see the best sailors in the world compete right here in Bermuda during the 35th America’s Cup.”

Team Manager of Artemis Racing, Iain Percy, said, “It’s fantastic to have Mark and his team join our challenge to win the oldest trophy in international sport. Argo Group has a proud maritime heritage, and the company’s values and ambition very much match our own.”

“Announcing this sponsorship after opening our new base, and beginning two-boat testing here in Bermuda, gives us great momentum at the start of this incredibly important year.”

2016 will see Artemis Racing compete in Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series events in New York, Chicago, Portsmouth and Toulon, as well as continue its important development work being undertaken behind closed doors at the team’s bases in Bermuda and California.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the appointment of Sunset + Vine as its Live Production Partner and Broadcast Solutions as OB Equipment Provider for all televised ICC Events, discount from 2016 to 2019.

The partnerships willl include eight ICC Events including the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers owner Steve Morgan has officially put the club up for sale after eight years in charge.

Morgan will sell his 100% shareholding in the club and will step down from the Board with immediate effect and day-to-day activities will continue to be managed by the Chief Executive with the current Board overseeing operations. 

More info HERE.

Krakow’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has suffered a major setback after President Jagna Marczulajtis-Walczak resigned over a smear campaign involving her husband.

It was alleged that Andrzej Walczak met Polish journalists and offered them money to write positive stories about the bid whilst Marczulajtis-Walczak attended the SportAccord Convention in Belek, look Turkey last week.

In a statement, cialis Marczulajtis-Walczak all but confirmed the allegations against her husband were true and said: “Given the smear campaign conducted against me and the generally unfavourable media climate surrounding the project itself, denture I have deemed that my resignation could advance the ultimate objective, which is for Kraków to become the host city of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

“I deeply regret the current situation for which I can hardly be held directly accountable.”

She added: “I wish to state once again that at no time was I aware of the actions taken by my husband, Andrzej Walczak, during my stay at the sports conference in Turkey.

“Andrzej Walczak acted in his private capacity and was not in a position to suggest that he was expressing the views of the Committee he never worked for and on the work of which he never had any influence.”

Troubled bid

The news is the latest in a line of bad press for the bid. At the end of March it was confirmed that a referendum would be held in Krakow to decide whether the bid would even go ahead.

Krakow 2022 also lost their communications chief, Paulina Guzik after only two months in the role.

Five cities are bidding for the 2022 Winter Games including Krakow, Almaty in Kazakhstan, Beijing in China, Lviv in Ukraine and Oslo in Norway.

The IOC will decide the host city in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 31, 2015.

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