Lewis Wiltshire, former Twitter head of sport and BBC Sport editor, has been appointed as the new CEO of Mailman EMEA and Seven League, Europe’s leading digital sports agency & consultancy and part of the global Mailman Group. Richard Ayers, founder and current CEO of Seven League, will remain with the organisation as Chairman.
Football’s return has been given a financial boost through the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation. Following £7m of investment through the Pitch Preparation Fund, which is helping clubs get their playing surfaces match-fit, the Foundation today announced it is awarding 3,383 grants worth £1,691,500 to organisations across the country through the Club…
DetailsAlthough football is a sport steeped in the use of technology, it is fair to say that the relationship is symbiotic and with each digital evolution that is unveiled, the beautiful game tends to benefit because of it. However, the use of technology is also now eyeing up football for more nefarious reasons and with…
DetailsAs the European football season finally comes to something akin to a close, there is cause for collective celebration. Not because of personal or team accolades that have been awarded, but because of the tireless efforts of the past few months. In what was undoubtedly the game’s biggest ever hurdle, the unknown of the unknown…
DetailsHere’s what’s been making the headlines this week: The NHL unites hockey community with digital fan event, UFC’s Dana White excited for Performance Institute results, MLB & Tencent celebrate Opening Day, EPL football returns to CCTV5, PP Sports welcomes back CSL, Jay Chou’s Kuaishou livestream nets US$2.6M, MORE Sports launches Trae Young, and Digitas agrees…
DetailsFC Barcelona and Canon Medical have announced a renewal of their partnership agreement, through which the Japanese medical device company will continue to be one of the club’s Global Partners for the next five seasons to 30 June 2025.
With leagues halted or folded early, the amount of football on show has been slightly diminished and although restarts across Europe have acted as some form of recalibration, this season cannot be considered anything in the way of normal. For example, continental club competition has been halted until August, the European Championships pushed back until…
DetailsThe Emirates logo will remain on the front of shirts for the senior men’s team, youth teams and for the Rossoneri Academy, which has been the case for the previous 10 years. The announcement of the extension is the latest milestone in a long-standing and successful relationship between the Rossoneri and the Dubai-based airline. At…
DetailsCalendar Selector and antipiracy apps have been recognised by EQA certification experts as research and development. Around 20 apps and proprietary tools created by LaLiga have been certified as technological innovations.
The concept of promotion and relegation within football has been in existence for more than a century and in the running of leagues all over the world, it is a simple case of entities going up and replacing those that go down. This fluidity within the ranks, is one of the underlying principles of the…
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