Abu Dhabi will play host to the third Generations For Peace camp by bringing together leaders of youth from nine Asian and African countries troubled by conflict.
The European Sponsorship Association launched an educational programme designed to provide the skills and insight for career development.
Madrid 2016 CEO Mercedes Coghen welcomed a number of new ambassadors for the Olympic candidacy from the 28 Deans taking part in the Conference of Deans of Faculty of Sports Science in Spain.
CAREERS IN SPORT have traditionally been unstructured compared to many other sectors.
Under an initiative to promote increased Olympic education in Japan, Dr.
On every measure the US business of sport is the biggest and most profitable market in the world.
The partnership is with Disney’s Wide World of Sports. “This partnership is groundbreaking for both sides,” said Chelsea Business Affairs Director Paul Smith.
On their agenda is the inauguration of a multimedia classroom – The Salywood Studio, where students from Diambars will be able to develop their communication skills and knowledge of information tech
With more than 200 MEMOS graduates from around the world currently working with 100 Olympic organisations, participation in the MEMOS education offerings is a benchmark for leaders working in internat
Following a £600,000 cash injection from Barclays and the Football Foundation, there has been extensive refurbishment to the existing sports hall, changing rooms and dance studio and installation of
Launched in 2004, Barclays Spaces for Sports is a groundbreaking £30million partnership between Barclays, the Football Foundation and Groundwork.
Calls by Professor Ian Gilmore, incoming President of the Royal College of Physicians, for a total ban on alcohol sponsorship teamed with Prince Charles’s ‘Ban the Big Mac’ statement have bought
During the visits the possibility of forming a partnership to run sports management courses as part of FIFA’s “Win in Africa with Africa” initiative was discussed.
The Women and Leadership Development Programme has been developed by a partnership between the British Olympic Foundation (BOF), UK Sport and the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR) to help
A three-year project will give 11 women involved in British sport the skills and experience required to take on senior decision-making roles.
One of the first objectives of this new partnership is to create a course for future sports managers from Senegal and neighbouring countries.
As part of FIFA’s “Win in Africa with Africa” initiative, the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES), based in Neuchâtel (Switzerland), signed a partnership agreement with Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University on 25 April 2006.
The company will be the tournament’s exclusive international bank sponsor from 2006-07. The new deal extends its relationship with the event to three years.
Financial giant Citigroup has extended its sponsorship of the Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai.
The Big House, as the University of Michigan venue at Ann Arbor is nicknamed, will get luxury boxes and its capacity increased by 750 to 108,251 after university chiefs gave approval to improvements.
The largest American football stadium in the world is about to get even bigger, after a $226m renovation scheme for Michigan Stadium has given initial approval.
The call comes after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal – ranked one and two in the world – were forced to pull out of the ATP’s Hamburg Masters this week after being worn out after a gruelling five
A senior executive of the ATP has called for changes to the tennis calendar to prevent player withdrawals which are upsetting ‘sponsors, TV channels and spectators’.
The game, which takes place at the Sun Devil Stadium in Arizona in December, was previously carried on ESPN.
The NFL Network has secured a multi-year deal for the TV rights for the Insight Bowl – one of college football’s annual bowl games matching teams from the Big 12 and Big 10.
Johnson, 75, has been chairman since 1998 and oversaw significant changes to the course and to coverage of the Masters.
He will be replaced by William (Billy) Payne.
Hootie Johnson, chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters tournament, is to step down from the position later this month.
Effective from August 2006, Eurosport will show all World Snooker events across its pan-European network of over 107 million homes.
Eurosport has signed a new five-year deal with World Snooker designed to further boost the sport across Europe and the Middle East.
With 52 NFL preseason games, 31 NFL Europe League games, eight NFL regular-season games, 75 NFL games on NFL Replay and the annual Senior Bowl game, NFL Network is now home to 167 games each year.
The NFL Network has acquired the exclusive rights to televise the premier all-star game in college football, the Senior Bowl, plus its practices in a multi-year deal.
The agreement runs until the end of 2008 with the first race being the Qtel Grand Prix Masters of Qatar at the Losail International Raceway on April 29.
Grand Prix Masters has agreed a three-year deal with Sistema Brasileiro de TelevisC#o (SBT) for free-to-air coverage of the series across Brazil.
The cash for the Mumbai event is being handed over as a thank-you to organisers for switching dates to accommodate the co-sanctioned Indonesia Open.
Golf's European Tour has put up $100,000 to boost prize money for next month's inaugural Aamby Valley Masters in India.
The programming includes a blend of live major sports events, feature programming, broadcast daily on ‘Sport Klub’ and distributed to more than two million households.
For the first time in central and eastern Europe, an ESPN-branded block will air on a dedicated sport channel.
Last year's 124th University Match at Twickenham marked the conclusion of the most enduring sponsorship agreement in world rugby with insurance group Marsh and McLennan.
Khan Consulting, the sponsorship, PR and events consultancy, has been appointed by Oxford and Cambridge University Rugby Clubs as exclusive agent to secure a title sponsor for the Varsity Match.
The minimum amount to be raised is £4.22million, comprising a firm placing of shares to raise £2.22million and an underwritten sum of £2million.
Millwall Holdings plc, the parent company of Millwall Football Club, has announced plans to raise up to £9.6million through a placing and open offer of new ordinary shares.
The stadium would be part of an estimated $1billion project to turn property about a mile from Rowan's main campus into a second nucleus for the growing university, said Rowan President Donald Farish.
Major League Soccer has announced plans for an expansion team at a stadium that Rowan University hopes to build on its new campus in a Philadelphia suburb.
It is designed to give young people the best start in learning to play football, retaining their interest as they develop and achieving success at the highest possible level.
Sport England and The Football Association (The FA) have launched a plan for the future of football development.
Co-branded ATP-Li-Ning tennis clothes will be available in Li-Ning’s more than 3,000 stores across China from July 1, 2006.
The ATP Tour has signed a new seven-year official partnership with China’s largest sports clothing company, the Beijing Li-Ning Sports Goods Company.
The forums will bring together leading authorities and expert panels to present their ideas on the latest trends.
The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has launched a new series of sponsorship forums designed to stimulate debate and understanding of the key issues affecting the industry.
Shanghai, which last year hosted the circuit finale for the first year of a three-year commitment, will now host the tournament for a minimum of four consecutive years, running into 2008.
The Chinese promoters of Tennis Masters Cup have extended their commitment for Shanghai to host the elite eight-man and eight-team tournament through 2008.
The specialist digital rights company will be using its proprietary technology to deliver exclusive content from all of the ATP Masters Series events.
Premium TV has signed a three-year deal with the ATP Masters series to provide and exploit its worldwide digital rights.
Ron Sim, founder and chief executive officer of OSIM International, said: "The time is right for us to take OSIM to the next level of corporate sponsorship.
Global healthy lifestyle products company OSIM International Ltd will be the title sponsor of the Lion City's premier golf tournament, the Singapore Masters.
It says the move is in response to increased levels of business in the two regions.
Icon Display, the event branding specialist, has opened new offices in Germany and the Middle East.
The tour is a year-long series of 20 events played throughout Britain.
Soft drinks brand Tropicana has been named title sponsor of the British Tennis Tour for the next three years, creating the Tropicana British Tour.
The funding will support UK athletics' business plan for the next three years and has been released following modernisation across the sport, as a result of recommendations made by Sir Andrew Foster i
Sport England has pledged £14.6million to athletics to encourage greater participation and build success across the sport.
The study by the Center for Sports Sponsorship at James Madison University said this was the case among 56 per cent of fans, making NASCAR's fan loyalty among the highest in all sport.
More than half of NASCAR fans are said to believe that drivers use the products they endorse.
Under the new ownership, KMXE will serve as the flagship Spanish-language station for the Major League Baseball franchise.
Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno and a group of investors are buying Spanish talk KMXE Los Angeles from Radiovisa for about $42million, according to the Los Angeles Times.
An Official Sponsor of The Ryder Cup since 2003, O2 has upgraded its sponsorship to make it one of six Official Partners of the event, which takes place from September 22 to 24.
O2 Ireland has become an Official Partner of this year's 36th Ryder Cup, which takes place at The K Club, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
C-Zone Shanghai, which takes place on March 16 and 17, offers attendees a comprehensive forum on the business of sport in China.
C-Zone, China’s sports marketing conference series, has agreed a partnership with Virgin Atlantic to fly delegates from Europe on non-stop flights between London and Shanghai.
It is not clear whether the sport's governing body would look to keep the event in London or move it to a new venue elsewhere in the country, reports BBC Sport.
World Snooker is searching for a new home for the Masters tournament after 27 years at Wembley Conference Centre.
As part of the agreement with the ATP, the governing body of men's professional tennis, the Houston-based private wealth management firm will become the title sponsor for both the ATP Doubles Race and
Stanford Financial Group has signed a three-year commitment to serve as Official Partner of tennis' ATP Doubles.
The event - The 888.com World Snooker Championship - is the highlight of the snooker calendar.
888.com, the online casino and poker room, has signed a multi-million pound, five-year deal for title sponsorship of the World Snooker Championship.
The new name will come in with immediate effect after financial investment by Leeds Metropolitan University.
The redevelopment of Yorkshire's Headingley cricket ground will see the venue renamed Headingley Carnegie Stadium, and encompasses both the rugby and cricket stadia.
The two networks are CBS Sports and NBC Sports and the financial terms were not disclosed.
Golf's PGA Tour has struck a new six-year television deal that includes only two major networks and gives The Golf Channel exclusive cable rights for 15 years.
It will take place during a key session at the summit which takes place at London’s Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on January 19 and 20.
Two of the world’s leading experts in VIP protection will deliver unique insights into the ever-changing threats they must tackle at the second International Sports Security Summit.
Veteran sports administrator Dr Lou Marciani, director of the School of Human Performance and Recreation at the University of Southern Mississippi, led the project to produce a model for security stan
The findings of a unique research project into the security of university sports venues in the US will be revealed at next month's International Sports Security Summit.
MLS commissioner Don Garber said the team's owners were attracted by the chance to play in front of an ethnically diverse population willing to support a soccer team.
Major League Soccer team The San Jose Earthquakes are moving to Houston.
As Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Games and exclusive provider of a range of innovative products and services, GE works closely with organising committees, local municipalities and other Olympic Par
GE Security, a leading developer and manufacturer of technology solutions, will be a Premier Partner of the second International Sports Security Summit.
The Denver Post reports that The Bonham Group, a Denver-based sports marketing company, is handling the naming rights deal on behalf of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, which is building the stadium.
Qwest Communications is said to be in the running for a naming rights deal to the $50million Colorado Rapids stadium being built in Commerce City.
The summit takes place in London on January 19 and 20.
SunGard Vivista, a leading UK software and IT company, has become a Premier Partner of the second International Sports Security Summit.
It will provide FoxSports.com with licensed college sports wallpaper for its mobile storefront, formatted for delivery to mobile devices.
Smartphones Technologies Inc. has signed an agreement with Fox Interactive Media to deliver college sports content to cell phones in the US.
It includes all the day's highlights and player interviews from the elite eight-man and eight-team championship, which runs through Sunday, November 20.
Fans can tune in to a daily audio wrap of the latest action from Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai after the ATP launched its exclusive 'ServeCast' service.
The Tennis Masters Cup is being held at the New Qi Zhong Stadium in Shanghai. It started on November 13 and runs until November 20.
Equipment rental and project solutions company, Gearhouse Broadcast, is providing technical facilities for the ATP Masters Series and Tennis Masters Cup.
The conference, organised by Government agency UK Trade & Investment, takes place at The Brit Oval (Surrey County Cricket Club's ground in Kennington, London) on November 29.
UK companies looking to capitalise on the growing international sports and leisure infrastructure sector can find out more by attending the Global Sports Infrastructure Conference 2005.
The company, which has worked on defence and security projects on behalf of the UK government and other major international and commercial clients for more than half a century, joins a group of high p
QinetiQ, the global defence technology and security company which has provided expertise for complex event security projects, is the latest Premier Partner of the International Sports Security Summit.
The network, which starts broadcasting next April, will air more than 230 hours of Jets-related content, including in-season and off-season programming with access to players, coaches and management.
NFL franchise The New York Jets have signed a three-year television deal with SportsNet New York.
The announcement was made by Leslie Moonves, chairman of CBS and co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom Inc.
CBS has acquired CSTV Networks, Inc., the digital media company devoted exclusively to college athletics.
The third renewal of the partnership formed in 1996 will run through 2008.
Mercedes-Benz and ATP, the governing body of the men’s professional tennis circuit, have agreed a three-year extension of their partnership.
The biggest survey of sports journalism ever was undertaken by the Danish think-tank on news, the House of Monday Morning, on commission from the world conference on sport and society, Play the Game,
A survey has concluded that sports editors of daily newspapers allow the sports industry to set the agenda and the priorities for coverage of events.
The UK's public broadcaster will continue to screen full coverage of four major tournaments - the Grand Prix, the UK Championship, the Masters and the World Championship - in a deal reportedly worth
World Snooker has agreed a new deal that will keep the sport on BBC television until 2011.
Tennis Canada oversees two of the ten US Open Series tournaments – the WTA’s Rogers’ Cup in Toronto and ATP’s Tennis Masters Canada in Montreal.
G2 Strategic and SRO Strategies have renewed their marketing and sales consulting relationship with Tennis Canada.
In addition, the agency has promoted its municipal marketing expert and Interpublic liaison, David Bober, to executive vice president, Octagon Worldwide.
In a bid to bolster its event management expertise, Octagon has promoted Bob Verbeeck to president of global event management.
Organisers are set to repeat the move introduced last year in conjunction with clothing sponsors Hugo Boss, despite strong objections from Spanish politicians who believe the practice is "sexist".
Using models kitted out in revealing outfits as ball girls for the Masters Series tournament in Madrid could spark further controversy.
Organisers are set to repeat the move introduced last year in conjunction with clothing sponsors Hugo Boss, despite strong objections from Spanish politicians who believe the practice is "sexist".
Using models kitted out in glamorous outfits as ball girls for the Masters Series tournament in Madrid could spark further controversy.
O’Sullivan intends to combine playing snooker and pool over the coming months.
110SPORT Management Ltd has recruited snooker’s world No.1 Ronnie O’Sullivan and top Australian player Neil Robertson to its ranks for the 2005/06 season.
The programme is said to be fully compliant with the WADA Code.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the ATP have announced that, from the start of 2006, the ITF will manage, administrate and enforce an Anti-Doping Programme at ATP-sanctioned events.
Jeffers has considerable experience in the field of sports marketing, having held senior positions at CBS, NBC, Ascent Media Group and Orad.
Giles Communications, based in Purchase, New York, has appointed sports sector veteran Mark Jeffers to head its new sports marketing division.
NBA commissioner David Stern said the team will also play six regular season games in Louisiana.
The NBA has confirmed the New Orleans Hornets will play 35 regular season games in Oklahoma City after finding themselves homeless following Hurricane Katrina.
His new deal will keep him in the post until the end of July, 2009 – with an option to extend for a further 12 months.
Slive, 65, became the seventh commissioner of the SEC three years ago.
Mike Slive has been handed an extension to his contract as commissioner of college sports league the Southeastern Conference.
'The Sport Industry - Where to Next?' seminar, organised by Benchmark Sport in association with Jobswithballs.com, will address the relevant issues and provide a glimpse into the future of our industr
The Sport Industry will present an insight into the future for the UK sport industry following the IOC's decision to award the 2012 Games to London.
In his role, Curry will supervise all of the D-League's programmes that are designed to teach players both on and off the court, including skills training, education and community involvement.
Former NBA Players’ Association president Michael Curry has been named the vice president of player development for the NBA Development League.
ARU chairman Dilip Kumar and JRFU president Yoshiro Mori have committed to assist the International Rugby Board (IRB) achieve the key strategic goals of improving the competitiveness in tier two count
The national unions of Australia and Japan have signed an historic Rugby Accord in Tokyo designed to promote cooperation between the two Unions.
During April, May, and June, ESPN reported its third consecutive quarter of year-to-year growth in cable household viewers (up 11 per cent for Monday to Sunday, 6am to 6 am), weekday afternoons (up 26
ESPN Latin America has enjoyed its strongest second quarter ratings forfive years. The ratings were achieved among key demographics across various times, according to data revealed by IBOPE.
The competition takes place at Grace Road, Leicester from September 15
to 17.
It will feature Twenty20 champions from England (Somerset Sabres),
Reigning domestic Twenty20 champions in 20:20 cricket from around theworld will compete in a three-day, six team tournament in the UK nextmonth.
The ground is home to Rugby League’s Leeds Rhinos and Rugby Union’s Leeds Tykes, and work will begin on October 11 and is expected to be completed by the end of July 2006.
Headingley, the Leeds rugby stadium, is to get a £7million face-lift.
The Newcastle law firm’s logo will appear on the back of all Falcons shirts, and it will be the official legal partners of the Premiership club.
Rugby Union side Newcastle Falcons has agreed a two-year partnership with law firm Ward Hadaway and another deal with Northumbria University.
The international cast of champions and other well-known drives will include Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil), Alain Prost (France), Ricardo Patrese (Italy), Alan Jones (Australia), Stefan Johansson (Swede
The world's first Grand Prix Masters Series revs up next year featuring some of motorsport's most famous names from yesteryear.
International Sport Security Summit 2005 will be staged at the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on October 19 and 20.
Sector leading security systems manufacturers Siemens and Bosch will be among the exhibitors when the $6billion-a-year sports security sector meets for the second International Sport Security Summit.
SBI Group was founded in 1985 as Sponsorship Bureau International, and the award-winning sponsorship consultancy has provided a base for expansion into property ownership in recent years.
Quintus, the sports and entertainment group, has acquired sponsorship consultancy SBI Group.
The inaugural event will be played from April 27 to 30, 2006 at the central Florida venue on a composite layout of two of the resort’s courses, the Legacy Course designed by Arnold Palmer and the In
Reunion Resort & Club of Orlando has become Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour’s latest venue, with record equalling prize money of $2.5million.
Ghanaweb.com reports that Benson Tongo Baba, president of the Ghana Olympic Committee, told reporters “the idea might sound funny now, but it is one of the systematic approaches adopted by the natio
Ghana is considering a bid for the 2032 Summer Olympic Games, describing it as an opportunity to develop sport in the country.
The channel has renewed its commitment for an additional two years, and expanded it to include an increase in the volume of produced events and the use of BT's fleet of mobile trucks, flyaways and its
The Tennis Channel, the cable television network devoted to tennis and other racquet sports, has expanded and extended its transmission agreement with BT Media and Broadcast.
The three-year agreement for seasons 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 is said to provide increased revenue for clubs and more live matches on Sky Sports for supporters.
The UK’s Football League has secured new broadcasting agreements with Sky Sports and ITV, with Sky awarded the exclusive live rights until the summer of 2009.
The ATP circuit is highlighted by nine premier tournaments, collectively known as the ATP Masters Series, and the Tennis Masters Cup, the circuit finale co-owned by the ATP, International Tennis Feder
The ATP today has unveiled its 2006 calendar, comprising 64 tournaments in 31 countries.
The ATP circuit is highlighted by nine premier tournaments, collectively known as the ATP Masters Series, and the Tennis Masters Cup, the circuit finale co-owned by the ATP, International Tennis Feder
The ATP today has unveiled its 2006 calendar, comprising 64 tournaments in 31 countries.
The event takes place in Paris from October 31 to November 6, 2005. The 18-month agreement will focus on sales for the 2006 tournament.
G2 Strategic and the French Tennis Federation will work together to develop strategies to increase ticket sales for the BNP Paribas Masters.
Under the agreement, Gerflor’s Taraflex will become the ‘Official ATP Court Surface.’
The ATP has struck a three-year partnership with Gerflor, the global leader of indoor sports surfaces.
‘100% ME’, which has the backing of some of the biggest names in British sport, seeks to “create a generation of sportsmen and women who know they don’t need to use prohibited substances or me
A new campaign has been launched by UK Sport to educate athletes about anti-doping issues and secure their commitment to drug-free competition.
It is the first time video content of a North American-based sports league will be made available on mobile phones in the region.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nokia have reached a multi-year agreement to expand their US relationship into China.
Sportingclass will sponsor the event, to be held at the Jack Nicklaus designed Heritage course from September 23-25, 2005 with a prize fund of £150,000.
After 10 years away from London, The European Seniors Tour has confirmed the London Senior Masters will be added to the 2005 tour schedule.
He returns to Hammonds' Sports Law team to work across a range of matters, with the particular aim of expanding the firm's sports law practice outside London.
Sports lawyer Max Duthie has rejoined international law firm Hammonds as an associate in its Leeds office.
Poise Marketing, specialists in using education as a marketing tool, created the new Play Tennis Zone for the Wimbledon Championships in 2004.
The Lawn Tennis Association has appointed Poise Marketing to continue with its Play Tennis Zone concept for visitors to this year’s Wimbledon Championships.
He is known by many throughout the industry for his role within ESCA (European Sponsorship Consultants Association) and then ESA.
The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) bids farewell to Tony Rudge this month, who retires from the association after 15 years' service.
It will be played concurrently with the existing Tier Two Sony Ericsson WTA Tour event at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University.
New Haven will host a new $650,000 men’s professional tennis tournament in the week before the US Open.
NEC has signed a new two-year agreement that will see them become club sponsor until the end of the 2006/07 season.
NEC Harlequins say a host of key commercial partners have committed to the club for the foreseeable future, despite the London club’s relegation from English rugby’s top flight.
A new 'sports-minded school' label is one of the ideas to emerge in the Luxembourg Presidency's conclusions following the informal meeting of sports ministers on April 28 and 29, reports euractiv.com
European Union sports ministers are encouraging member states to promote sport in education, a concept they plan to finalise after consultations at EU level.
