Sport Events and Recruitment

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England 2018 bid makes key hires - 22 Nov 07

Markus Siegler, FIFA's former Director of Communications and Peter Hargitay, the special advisor to FIFA president Sepp Blatter, have been appointed as consultants to work on England's 2018 World Cup bid.

Nike appoints Hoyt to soccer role - 7 Nov 07

Nike has appointed Bert Hoyt as VP and general manager of global football.

Wood appointed as RFL CEO - 25 Oct 07

Nigel Wood has been promoted from COO to CEO of the English Rugby Football League (RFL) to take full management responsibility of the RFL executive.

Sport England appoints first ever commercial director - 24 Oct 07

Sport England has appointed Thomas Godfrey as its first ever Commercial Director - tasking him with securing partnership funding from the private sector for community sport.

Eurosport UK appoints new Managing Director - 11 Oct 07

The Eurosport Group announced the appointment of Simon Crane as Managing Director of Eurosport UK.

BURTON TO JOIN USOC AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER - 10 Aug 07

National Basketball League Commissioner Rick Burton has accepted the offer of a new position as the chief marketing officer of the US Olympic Committee.

HONDA F1 APPOINTS NEW MARKETING DIRECTOR - 31 Jul 07

Sports marketing star David Butler has been appointed by the Honda Racing F1 team as its new marketing director.

ISC REVS UP SALES AND MARKETING DRIVE - 6 Jul 07

US motorsports company International Speedway Corporation [ISC] has made a series of executive promotions to integrate its sales, marketing and event production efforts.

BRAWN IN NEW FERRARI LINK - 20 Feb 07

Former Ferrari Formula One team technical director Ross Brawn has hinted he could be persuaded to return to the Italian team as its new team principal.