Press Release

Lausanne, April 20, 2016: New York City has been named as the SportBusiness Ultimate Sports City of 2016, triumphing over previous winners London and Melbourne in a tightly-fought contest.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – A relative newcomer to the SportAccord Convention having made its debut in 2015, this year’s MediaAccord will take place on Monday, 18 April from 14:00 to 17:15. MediaAccord will focus on the Digital Rights Environment and how to use them to best effect when no one size fits all. MediaAccord is intended for International Federations, industry, cities and media who are looking for winning ways to work together, to deliver the best sporting experiences and news to fans, audiences, viewers, readers and local communities.

The Leaders Under 40 Awards returns for a second year to the iconic Natural History Museum, on the 4 October 2016. The awards, created by Leaders and Aspire Academy, celebrates the individuals that are transforming the future of sport. The annual awards will search out, evaluate and select the best talent in the business of sport globally each year.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord Convention is delighted and honoured to announce that Sir Martin Sorrell, the entrepreneurial founder and CEO of WPP; Michael Lynagh, Managing Director, EMEA, Dow Jones Corporate and Former Australian Rugby fly-half; and Gareth Capon, CEO of Grabyo, the global market leader in real-time social video, will take part in this year’s SportAccord Convention in Lausanne. These speakers, brought to delegates by Dow Jones Sports Intelligence, will share their account of the Mission of Sport, the overarching theme for the conference programme.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord Convention long-term Partners Repucom and SportBusiness Group (in partnership with 360DIRECT), will each host a workshop at this year’s event taking place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord Convention is delighted to confirm its full list of Partners and Supporters for the 14th edition of the Convention, taking place from 17 to 22 April at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.

 

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – We are delighted to confirm our Bronze Partners for the 14th edition of the SportAccord Convention taking place from 17 to 22 April at the Swiss Tech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Over 50 leading representatives from sport, government, academia, sponsors and other international and corporate organisations unite in Madrid to progress first-ever Sport Integrity Alliance to drive reform in sport. With the aim of addressing much-needed reform in the integrity and governance of sport, over 50 leading organisations from across all sectors of the industry have gathered in Madrid to push forward a Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA).

A statement on the International Centre for Sports Security's new sports integrity initiative, the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA).

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord Convention is delighted to welcome Nestlé Nespresso SA as Gold Partner at this year’s Convention taking place from 17 to 22 April in Lausanne, bringing additional value and an ultimate coffee experience to delegates.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord Convention is delighted to confirm additional Silver Partners, Aggreko, Edmonton Events and Penceo, for this year’s annual event taking place at the SwissTech Convention Cen…

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee today welcomed KNT-CT Holdings Co., Ltd. (KNT-CT), JTB Corp. (JTB), Tobu Top Tours Co., Ltd. (Tobu Top Tours) as Tokyo 2020 Official Partners, the second domestic tier of the Tokyo 2020 Sponsorship Programme.

The FISE World Series are an action sports world championship  that gathers the best riders in the world in disciplines like BMX, Skateboard, Mountain Bike, Inline skate and Wakeboard. Both amateurs and pros come to the competitions to battle on custom made parks, built and created by the FISE Area team. This FWS World tour offers free events in staple locations in each one of the host cities. The riders have the chance to accumulate points and win prize money on each one of the stops. Overall rankings are calculated at the end of the year, to determine the overall FWS Champion in each one of the disciplines. There is a big novelty this year on the FWS, as we will be organizing the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup.

• Announcing the increase of the Award value to AED 7.5 million, and the addition of an appreciation award for the best scientific project or intellectual application.
• Identify the competition themes, mechanisms and the criteria of nomination of all categories

Joint announcement made by the Dubai Sports Council and UAE Table Tennis Association in the presence of Badminton World Federation. In a major step forward for badminton in the UAE, a governing body has been founded to oversee the ongoing development of one of the most popular and rapidly growing sports in the region.

 

A diverse range of sporting, arts and cultural events will be on offer in Auckland over the next 12 months, including two much-anticipated sporting events that will bring thousands of visitors to the region.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The Sports Demo Zone, sponsored by Silver Partner Penceo, is going ‘virtual’ for the first time at SportAccord Convention 2016. The

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) have called in Sportradar to release the full potential of their data and to protect their teams from the threat of matchfixing.