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NTT Pro Cycling take on Bretagne Classic

8/25/2020

The Bretagne Classic, a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Tour single day classic, takes place tomorrow and NTT Pro Cycling will have a mostly young and talented lineup at the start.

RENNES, France, August 24, 2020/ -- The Bretagne Classic will be a tough 247km test on the rolling roads around Brittany. Usually a race that a classics rider like Michael Valgren or Edvald Boasson Hagen would target, this year with the change in calendar and Tour de France starting on Saturday, we could see a very different and open race at Bretagne.

MEDIA ALERT: Warholm closes in on Young's 400m Hurdles World Record

8/25/2020

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It didn’t take Karsten Warholm long to remind the sporting world that the 400m hurdles world record is under assault each time he steps on the track. Even in this coronavirus pandemic-shortened season, when competitive opportunities are at premium. He just makes them count.

At the EBS Herculis Meeting in Monaco, the 24-year-old Norwegian scorched to a 47.10 performance in his first 400m hurdles race in more than 10 months.

Players to represent second national team in proposed new FIFA rule

8/24/2020

FIFA is helping footballers switch eligibility and represent a second national team with a planned rule change announced Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The proposal gives hope to players who are eligible for multiple countries but fell out of favour at their first national team, where they are bound after just a single minute of playing time in a competitive game.

World Records Ratified: Duplantis' 6.18m Pole Vault and Yeshaneh's 1:04:31 Half Marathon

8/24/2020

Armand Duplantis’s world pole vault record of 6.18m and Ababel Yeshaneh’s world half marathon record of 1:04:31 have been ratified.

STAR-STUDDED FIELDS CONFIRMED FOR 2020 VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON

8/22/2020

Mule Wasihun (left) and Mosinet Geremew (right) will return to the Virgin Money London Marathon in 2020 to take on Eliud Kipchoge (centre)

Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele face battle from six more sub-2:05 runners in elite men’s race
World record holder Brigid Kosgei among six sub-2:20 athletes in elite women’s race

The Virgin Money London Marathon today confirmed the full fields for the historic elite men’s and women’s races on Sunday 4 October.
The elite men’s race - headlined by the greatest marathon runners in history, Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) and Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) - will include eight athletes who have run sub 2:05 marathons, including Mosinet Geremew (ETH) and Mule Wasihun (ETH) who were second and third respectively at the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon.

Japanese companies split over whether Tokyo 2020 should go ahead next year

8/22/2020

Companies are split over whether Tokyo 2020 should take place next year ©Getty Images
Japanese companies are reportedly split over whether the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games should be held next year, according to a survey.
A total of 12,857 companies participated in an online survey conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research between July 28 to August 11.
According to news agency Kyodo, 27.8 per cent said they wanted the Games to be cancelled while 25.8 per cent were in favour of a second postponement.
Nearly half remain in favour of the Games taking place as planned, with 46.2 per cent saying they hope for the event to take place in some form in 2021.
Organisers have repeatedly stressed that if the Olympics and Paralympics cannot take place in 2021, the Games will be cancelled.
The reasoning for the companies’ views was not disclosed.

Commonwealth Sport Foundation launches with ambition to address some of world’s greatest challenges

8/21/2020

The Commonwealth Sport Foundation, the new charitable foundation of the Commonwealth Sport Movement, has been unveiled today with an ambition to help address some of the world’s greatest challenges.

The establishment of a charitable foundation is a key objective in the Commonwealth Sport Movement’s Transformation 2022 strategy – which repositions the Commonwealth Games beyond a quadrennial sporting spectacle towards a wider Movement which benefits communities through sport every day across the Commonwealth.

Concacaf preliminary draw set to map qualification pathway towards FIFA World Cup 2022™ for 35 member associations

8/14/2020

• Concacaf preliminary draw to take place on Wednesday, 19 August (19:00 CET)
• 35 member associations in North, Central America and the Caribbean to learn qualification pathway towards FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
• Preliminary draw to be streamed live on FIFA.com
The qualification pathway for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ in North, Central America and the Caribbean will take shape later this month following FIFA’s confirmation this week that the Concacaf preliminary draw will be held on Wednesday, 19 August at 19:00 CET at the Home of FIFA in Zurich.
With 35 member associations from across North, Central America and the Caribbean set to be involved, the preliminary draw is a significant moment that will determine the tournament pathway for the first and final rounds under the new qualification format.

NBA names Victor Williams CEO of NBA Africa

8/10/2020

New Role Will Oversee League’s Business and Basketball Development Initiatives Across the Continent

NEW YORK, United States of America, August 10, 2020/ -- The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com) today named Victor Williams CEO of NBA Africa, effective Aug. 17, 2020, it was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. Williams, an accomplished investment banking executive with extensive experience growing businesses across the U.S. and Africa, will be based in the league’s Johannesburg office and report to NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum.

In this newly-created role, Williams will oversee the league’s basketball and business development initiatives in Africa and will be responsible for continuing to grow the popularity of basketball and the NBA across the continent through grassroots development, media distribution, corporate partnerships, and more.

For the last five years, Williams served as the Executive Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), Africa Regions for Standard Bank Group, where he oversaw the strategy, execution and financial performance for Standard Bank’s business with corporate, sovereign and institutional investor clients in 19 countries across sub-Saharan Africa. In this pan-continental role, Williams was responsible for growing a wide range of business lines across Africa, including global markets, investment banking and transactional products and services, and helped lead Standard Bank’s expansion into Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia and South Sudan.