02 September 2010 - Conferences
MONACO, 2 September 2010 – David Tomatis, Chief Executive Officer of SPORTEL, announced today that SPORTEL’s next spring market would be held in Hong Kong in March 2011.

02 September 2010 - Conferences
The Leaders event (which runs separate conferences for the football, sponsorship and performance industries over 6th & 7th October 2010 at Chelsea FC) are delighted to announce they will be hosting an exclusive gathering of Director level F1 executives from teams, sponsors and broadcasters in a “behind closed doors” session on 6th October as part of the event schedule.

02 September 2010 - Business
September 2, 2010 - LAUSANNE, Switzerland. The International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS), a centre of continuing education and applied research in sports management, expands its team with the appointment of Senior Lecturer Dr. Samuel Bendahan, a renowned academic in Lausanne.

02 September 2010 - Conferences
“City Events – Where Cities meet Sport”, the first ever conference truly dedicated to the relationship between host cities and the world of international sports will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on November 17 to 19, 2010.

02 September 2010 - Rugby Union
London (1 September 2010) New Zealand is preparing for the BIG countdown. Thursday 9th September 2010 will mark ‘one year to go’ before the opening match of Rugby World Cup 2011 kicks off at Eden Park, Auckland.

02 September 2010 - Soccer
Third working day for the group of FIFA inspectors during which they visited Barcelona and Oporto. The Iberian Bid continues showing the ambassadors of the highest body of world football the cities and stadiums that would host the organisation of the World Cup 2018/2022, if Spain and Portugal’s joint bid is elected on December 2nd.

01 September 2010 - Conferences
Beyond Sport, the global initiative that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change, has revealed the shortlist of candidates for the United Airlines Chicago Impact Award.

01 September 2010 - Conferences
Soccerex are pleased to announce that the Soccerex Global Convention (20-24 November 2010, Rio de Janeiro) will feature a select Host City Best Practice workshop.

01 September 2010 - University Sports
Today, September 1st, 2010, FISU officially opens the bidding for the 2017 Winter and Summer Universiades.

31 August 2010 - Athletics
Daegu, Korea – In celebration of exactly a year to the IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011 to be held from 27th August to 4th September next year, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) launched its much-anticipated ticket sales to the public in downtown Daegu today.

31 August 2010 - Badminton
Paris, 28 August, 2010 – At the Yonex Badminton World Championships 2010, currently taking place in Paris, Peace and Sport and the Badminton World Federation (BWF) signed a global partnership agreement to develop joint programs for peace-promotion.

31 August 2010 - Soccer
27 August 2010 – London – Digital imaging company, Crystal CG International today announced its creative direction and production of a three minute animation to support Russia’s bid to stage the FIFA World Cup for the first time. The animation, designed to illustrate Russia’s architectural and practical vision for the 2018/2022 World Cup, was presented as part of the nation’s bid to FIFA last week.

31 August 2010 - Soccer
Qatar National Bank (QNB) has been named the Official Bank of the Qatar 2022 bid tohost the FIFA World Cup.

27 August 2010 - Conferences
John Amaechi, New York Times best-selling author, psychologist and former NBA Basketball Player will participate in Future Sponsorship 2010 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 24-25 November 2010.

26 August 2010 - Conferences
Beyond Sport is delighted to release the detailed programme for the Beyond Sport Summit 2010 in Chicago between September 29-30 – the annual event that brings together those who use sport as a vehicle to create social impact with influencers from the world of business, government and federations whose attitudes and decisions can have substantial impact.