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Singapore Sports Hub: Star Attraction
Who will be using the Sports Hub and what type of major events will be held there? Elisha Chauhan spoke to the venue’s operators to find out.
X Games extends Aspen stay
US sports broadcaster ESPN and the Aspen Skiing Company have reached an agreement to keep the X Games extreme sports event at the Colorado location for the next five years in a new deal running through 2019.
Classen replaces Hair as ESPN’s European boss
Ross Hair, managing director of sports broadcast giant ESPN’s operations in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), is leaving at the end of the month, SportBusiness International understands.
ESPN reveals X Games sports line-up
ESPN has revealed the sport disciplines that will be included at its X Games in Aspen next year.
ESPN postpones inaugural Austin X Games
ESPN has postponed its Austin X Games originally due to take place in May next year, following the scrapping of its international events last month.
ESPN scraps X Games in Europe and Brazil
ESPN has dropped its X Games events in Barcelona, Munich, Foz do Iguacu (Brazil) and Tignes (France) to concentrate on its events in the United States.
ESPN: NBA’s Grizzlies best US sport franchise
ESPN The Magazine has named National Basketball Association (NBA)’s Memphis Grizzlies as "the best franchise in sports".
ESPN and Walt Disney aid Special Olympics
ESPN, The Walt Disney Company and Special Olympics have agreed a two-year global initiative to unite people with and without intellectual disabilities through the Special Olympics Unified Sports programme.
Twitter hires sports partnerships head
Social networking site Twitter has appointed former Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and ESPN executive Geoff Reiss to develop its sports partnerships.
Austin replaces LA for ESPN X Games
ESPN X Games has chosen Texan city Austin to replace Los Angeles as one of six stops on its calendar for the next four years.