Industry Moves

Tennis

Sports marketing and events company Emotion Group has appointed Patrik Holmgren, the former senior director of summer sports at the Infront agency, as head of sales and marketing in Germany and the Iberian…
Multi-sport

The Super Rugby AU competition is still searching for a title sponsor and a media-rights deal in the UK ahead of the 2021 season start on Friday - Sydney Morning Herald
Cycling

Organisers of the inaugural UCI Cycling World Championships, which will be held in Glasgow and other Scottish venues in 2023, have started the recruitment process for a senior commercial manager
Multi-sport

Fifa has appointed two chief operating officers for the Women’s World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.
Multi-sport

There are still question marks over whether this year's planned trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition can go ahead. The tournament is scheduled to start in May
Football

Ricardo Fort, the outgoing head of global sponsorship at Coca-Cola, believes the growth of American venture capital in sport will be a key area of interest for the new consultancy business he announced…
Football

English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur has turned to Todd Kline, the former chief commercial officer of the Miami Dolphins, to heat up its search for a stadium naming rights sponsor.
Multi-sport

Brazilian sports marketer Ricardo Fort has quit his role as the head of global sponsorship at The Coca-Cola Company to set up his own consultancy, Sport by Fort
Multi-sport

A new sports marketing agency, Global Sports Media, has been launched in London by former Sportseen LLP sales director Robert Dyan
Multi-sport

Wanda Sports delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday - Caixin Global (subscription required)
Ice Hockey

The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation has recruited Urs Schwegler from Zurich Insurance, a major sponsor of the federation, as its new director of sponsorship and marketing
Football

Michael Higham, head of sponsorship at LaLiga side Sevilla, is to leave his role at the end of this month
Multi-sport

New Zealand Rugby chairman Brent Impey said he will leave his role "in the coming months"
Football

Mirko Hellweg has become the second long-serving commercial executive to be leaving Schalke 04, bringing down the curtain on just under two decades at the Bundesliga club
Multi-sport

A new London-based sports and entertainment marketing agency called ‘The Space Between’ has been launched by former leading figures at two well-known sponsorship agencies.
Esports

DreamHack Sports Games, the company that creates esports leagues and tournaments for traditional sports leagues and properties, has recruited Scott Steedman as its chief commercial officer
Multi-sport

Sponsorship research professional Mark Cornish has been named as the new commercial director, EMEA, for the customer relationship management software provider KORE Software
Winter Sports

Italian television executive Antonio Marano has been named as the new commercial director of the Milan-Cortina Foundation 2026, the organising committee for the Italian Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games