The Sport Industry Group has unveiled the official shortlist for the 2010 Sport Industry Awards after a committee process involving over 60 key industry figures and 50 hours of intensive judging.
Leaders in Performance has announced a five-day US Study Tour will take place between from March 3 to 7 this year, after a 10-month consultation period with senior coaching staff across a range of elite sports in Europe.
The economic impact of the 159-year-old America’s Cup regatta, which starts today in Valencia, Spain, has fallen from 10 per cent compared to 2007 according to sports business professor Tom Cannon.
Former Samsung chief Lee Kun-hee has been reinstated as an International Olympic Committee member having stepped down in April 2008 following a tax evasion charge.
The shortlist of the Global Sports Forum Barcelona Trophies has been announced. The Trophies are a series of awards to showcase high-quality sport-related initiatives in areas at the heart of the debates due to take place throughout the Global Sports Forum from March 8 to 10.
The Soccerex European Forum from March 2-3 in Manchester has added José Maria Cruz (General Manager, Sevilla FC) and Henri van der Aat (Commercial Director, Ajax Amsterdam) to its speaker list.
If a Saudi Arabian team wins this year’s Asian Champions League the country’s football federation will pay it a $1 million bonus.
Super Bowl host city Miami is in for a bigger economic impact than last year’s host city Tampa, suggesting that the US sports market is crawling out of recession.
The green credentials of the Vancouver Winter Olympics organisers and the International Olympic Committee have been called into question by a report by leading Canadian environmental group David Suzuki Foundation.
Galway, Ireland will be the venue for the third round of the 2010 Powerboat P1 Superstock Championship.
