Industry Moves
Governance

Thomas Bach will stand as the only candidate in the election for president of the International Olympic Committee next year
Industry Moves

Sky New Zealand chief executive Martin Stewart is leaving the company and has been replaced by current chief commercial officer Sophie Moloney with immediate effect
Football
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Volker Spätgens, head of sponsorship at German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04, is stepping down from his role after more than nine years.
Athletics
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Michael Capiraso will step down from his role as president and chief executive of New York Road Runners, the nonprofit organization behind the New York City Marathon, on December 31.
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Google-owned streaming giant YouTube has promoted Tomos Grace to the position of head of media and sport in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Handball
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The French Handball Federation (FFHB) has elected Philippe Bana as its new president. Bana, French handball’s long-serving national development director, received 57.5
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Oslo-based live sports streaming platform Joymo has announced the appointment of former Google executive Øystein Strand Teslo to the newly-created role of vice-president of growth and partnerships.
Governance

Acting European Olympic Committees president Niels Nygaard and International Olympic Committee member Spyros Capralos are both to stand for the permanent EOC presidency at elections to be held next year
Triathlon
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Marisol Casado has been re-elected as president of World Triathlon, claiming her victory over challenger Mads Freund represents a “vote of confidence” after a tumultuous build-up to the election.
Winter Sports
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The organising committee for the 2023 Courchevel-Méribel World Alpine Skiing Championships has appointed Céline Prévost as marketing and commercial director.
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Former IMG and GroupM executives Toh Jin Wei and Simon Nichols have launched a new venture capital firm to support early-stage start-ups in the Asia-Pacific direct-to-consumer sector
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Communications services company Gemba has appointed Adam Hodge, formerly of international sports and entertainment agency Octagon, to the newly-created role of divisional manager of marketing strategy
Handball
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European Handball Federation president Michael Wiederer has announced he will run for a second term when the EHF Congress gathers in Luxembourg at the end of April 2021
Cricket
Governance

New Zealand Cricket chairman Greg Barclay has been elected as the new Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council, replacing Shashank Manohar who stepped down earlier this year
Cycling
Industry Moves

Jonathan Rigby, the former commercial director at British Cycling, has been chosen as the director of commercial, marketing and communications at the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships to be held…
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Global fan engagement platform Iqoniq has announced a series of new hires to its leadership team, most notably adding a chief marketing officer, chief legal officer and chief business development officer,…
Rugby Union
Industry Moves

Australian commercial broadcaster Nine Entertainment has recruited Murray Shaw, an experienced sports production executive in Australia, as its head of rugby
Boxing
Governance

The manifesto of would-be Aiba president Suleyman Mikayilov centres on the issues of reinstating boxing’s world governing body into the Olympics and fixing the federation’s financial problems within 100…