With the isolated world we are all existing in right now, online learning is becoming more popular than ever. Businesses are scrambling to create online webinars, videos, courses and market them to you, the consumer. But here’s the deal — most of these businesses don’t know what they are doing. At Sports Management Worldwide we’ve become masters ...
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Money will help our partners, clubs and community organisations cope with the short and long-term impact of the pandemic. —- LONDON: We’re making up to £195 million of funding available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. The package is made up of the following: A £20 million ...
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WADA REMOVES INTERNATIONAL TAEKWONDO FEDERATION FROM WORLD ANTI-DOPING CODE NON-COMPLIANT LIST Montreal, 31 March 2020 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announces that, following a circular vote of its Executive Committee (ExCo), the Agency has today removed the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) from the list of Signatories that are non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code. The ITF was ...
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—- Asia’s leading players and officials continue to issue a rallying call for unity and solidarity through the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) #BreakTheChain campaign, which centres around raising awareness in the fight against the spread of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Answering the exceptional pledge for support, the next episode of the #BreakTheChain video features Indonesia ...
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WADA PUBLISHES MEMBERSHIP OF STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 2020 Montreal, 30 March 2020 – Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the membership of WADA’s five Standing Committees for 2020, which was recently confirmed by the Agency’s Executive Committee (ExCo) via circulatory voting. Athlete Committee Compliance Review Committee Education Committee Finance and Administration Committee Health, Medical and Research Committee WADA President ...
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—- Welcome to the March edition of the SD Europe newsletter. Following what has been a turbulent month for Euopean football and the world as a whole, we share the news from SD Europe and the network. For your review, we share our responses to UEFA’s decisions, an update on the status of the SD Europe Fund, ...
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—- In these uncertain times, it is essential that we draw on the sense of strength and hope that has driven Special Olympics for over 50 years. In their powerful video, our colleagues in Special Olympics Italia reflect on the nature of isolation. We invite you to take hope from their words, and the other stories below. “Isolation: ...
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—- UEFA has invited the General Secretaries of its 55 members associations to a videoconference on Wednesday 1 April at midday to share an update on the progress made by the two working groups that were created two weeks ago and to discuss options identified with regards to the potential rescheduling of matches.   The ...
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NEUCHATEL: The pandemic coronavirus strongly affects the football industry. The number 289 of the weekly Letter from the CIES Football Observatory shows the differences in transfer values estimated players if no more matches would be played and no contract would be renewed until late June. Thus, the total transfer value of players from the Big 5 would decrease ...
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—- The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa today praised the outstanding contributions of the frontline health professionals, carers and responders who are doing so much to help and protect communities across Asia – and the world. Shaikh Salman also thanked the work of the AFC’s Member Associations and the ...
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