English Championship club Reading have confirmed plans to change the name of the Madejski Stadium. 

The Royals’ co-chairwomen Lady Sasima Srivikorn told BBC Radio Berkshire that the club is in talks with several parties over naming rights in a bid to bring in more sponsorship.

More info HERE.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has announced that Barcelona, apoplectic Doha and Eugene have put themselves forward as candidates to host the 2019 World Championships.

Eugene, cheao order Oregon is bidding to bring track and field’s world championships to the US for the first time, whilst Doha and Barcelona both have previous bidding history.

Doha, Qatar lost out in the race to host the 2017 event to London, England, whilst Barcelona withdrew their 2017 bid due to a lack of government support.

The cities were announced at the IAAF council meeting in Dakar, Senegal and the host city will be announced in Monaco in November.

Eugene is set to host this year’s IAAF World Junior Championships whilst Portland is set to host the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Despite these events and the US being the most successful nation in the world outdoors championships, the tournament has yet to be held in the States.

A lack of suitable stadiums is considered the main reason for this.

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iSportconnect TV will continue to bring exclusive updates from Sportel Monaco today, featuring the latest news and major talking points directly from the conference.

iSportconnect TV, in association will Eurosport, will also feature exclusive interviews throughout the day. Today’s schedule includes:

9:30 GMT – Andrea Radrizzani, Group CEO of MP & Silva

10:30 GMT – David Goldstrom, Evecutive Producer at Television in Europe Ltd.

11:30 GMT – Lionel Bentolila, CEO of ALDEA

12:30 GMT – Ernest Obeng, IAAF Director of Broadcasting

iSportconnect TV is the industry’s first ever online TV channel and will continue to feature a round up of each day at Sportel. The round up show is presented by iSportconnect’s Editor-at-Large Jay Stuart, and also includes interviews with leading figures at the conference. Yesterday’s show featured Marius Vizer, SportAccord President, Jonathan Levy, Global Business and Communications Director at Clipper Ventures; David Wood, Input Media Executive Chairman; Richard Bunn, FIH TV Advisor; and Samantha McCloskey, SES Vice-President.

From Monday 21st October, iSportconnect TV will feature a daily news show, bringing viewers the day’s major news stories in a refreshing and enjoyable new format. The channel will also broadcast a weekly round up show with expert analysis from studio guests, and big interviews with top executives from the world of sport.

TV Programme Schedule >>

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By Steve Moorhouse

The CEO of Rugby Football Union (RFU), illness Ian Ritchie has said that all future sponsorship deals will have to look at activating into the grassroots of the game.

The RFU recently extended their partnership with RBS which would improve the RugbyForce programme – a grassroots programme designed to support local clubs.

Speaking exclusively to iSportconnect, medic Ritchie said that this was the way forward for all future sponsorship deals.

“Every deal that we now do with a sponsor is about how we activate into the grassroots. The RugbyForce programme is at the centre of all of this, medstore ” said Ritchie.

“The great advantage for us is there are over 2000 member clubs, hordes of people who want to play rugby and we, as the RFU want to give them every conceivable support. If we can get sponsors to help then that is absolutely what we should be doing.

“We are about growing the game, supporting the clubs and the other key thing is that level of integration of one union, from the under eights right the way through to the England team.

“Some of the aspects of RugbyForce and its community activation are exactly that. When we launched the new England kit with Canterbury we did the launch in Gloucestershire not Twickenham.

“We really want to drive our sponsorship activation around the grassroots and the community and we are very grateful to RBS for their support in this programme.”

Ian Ritchie spoke exclusively to iSportconnect features writer Steve Moorhouse, about the Six Nations, preparing for the Rugby World Cup, the renovation process at Twickenham and more.

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AFRIQUIA have been confirmed as WTCC Race of Morocco’s Event Presenting Partner.

Morocco’s  fuel station operator, erectile part of the Akwa Group, sale will benefit from significant trackside branding, inclusion of its name in the official event title, plus numerous promotional opportunities – including live national and global television coverage – when the event takes place in Marrakech from 6-8 May.

Find out more HERE.

SportA, prostate the sports rights agency of ARD and ZDF, doctor has acquired the exclusive media rights for the Men’s EHF Euros 2016 in Poland and 2018 in Croatia.

The agreement covers all audio-visual rights for Germany and the public service broadcasters (ARD, nurse ZDF and the regional channels) will transmit all matches of the German national team along with other highlights of the two tournaments.

More info HERE.

The Football Association (FA) would be happy to allow Premier League clubs Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur to use Wembley as a temporary home while their stadiums are under redevelopment, that’s according to FA CEO Martin Glenn.

Chelsea may have to spend up to one or two seasons away from Stamford Bridge as they undertake work on a £500m redevlopment of the stadium and Tottenham are expected to do the same as they begin work on their new stadium close to their current White Hart Lane home. 

FA CEO Glenn says they would be happy to support any clubs wishing to use the 90,000-seater stadium if that situation arises. 

“I won’t comment on clubs but if that’s an opportunity then we will follow it,” said Glenn.

“We are there to provide help. We can run the FA for less costs and we can raise more. There’s a range of things. It’s primarily a football stadium, football matches are more profitable to run than concerts and other things.

“We are the national stadium and seeking to use it more is what we are all about. We have an obligation to football.

“It’s in our interest as an association for clubs to redevelop their grounds, make superb facilities and if it’s possible to help them in that transition by using Wembley, we are absolutely supportive of that.”

Tottenham are likely to spend the 2017-18 season away from White Hart Lane due to construction work of the new 61,000-seater stadium on the site which will also stage NFL games.

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