Author: Lizzie Gray

The International Federation of Sports Climbing (IFSC) on Thursday (24) announced a broadcast rights agreement with Discovery Sports. With this, all IFSC World Cup and Climbing World Cup action will be broadcast live on the Discovery+ streaming platform. The contract is signed until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and will be valid in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. For countries outside Europe, the IFSC has stated that it will continue to broadcast free of charge via Olympic Channel, the broadcast channel of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), but not live. “More than anything,…

About 1,500 people attended the opening ceremony of the tournament. Continue after the announcement The 29th edition of the Interdistrital de Esportes was launched in Porto Velho. The tournament is the most awaited sporting meeting between the neighborhoods of the capital, and two years after the outbreak of the epidemic, activities resumed on Friday (27), in the Extrema region, in Ponta do Abona. Continue after the announcement “It is with great satisfaction that the Municipal Sports and Recreation Department (SIMES) officially opens the 29th Indoor District Tournament here in Extrema,” Simes Secretary Yvonnet Gomez said at the opening ceremony, thanking…

Amazon will broadcast Thursday NFL games Last year, Amazon generated $31 billion in advertising, second only to Google and Facebook. In the fourth quarter alone, the amount was 32% higher than a year earlier. But that number should be low compared to the revenue the company can report in the region on its next balance sheets. One of the main bets for achieving these gains is sports. In recent months, Amazon has made an agreement under which it will be exclusively broadcasting NFL matches on Thursday night. For the upcoming eleven seasons, “Friday Night Football,” as Thursday’s first league game…

Seven-times Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton responded this Tuesday (28) to racist comments made by former driver Nelson Beckett in an interview about the crash between the Briton and Max Verstappen, who is currently his brother-in-law, at the Grand Prix. from England last year. Hamilton used his social media to speak out about Pique’s racist comments Photo: EPA/ANSA – Brazil The video was recorded in November 2021, but it only went viral over that weekend. On Tuesday morning, Hamilton posted messages on his social networks about the subject, including one in Portuguese. “Let’s focus on changing the mindset,” he wrote.…

Discovery is in talks with BT Sport to create a new sports joint venture in the UK and Ireland. The idea is that the project will be confirmed in the coming weeks and will start work later this year, lacking “final agreement and regulatory approval”. Discussions between Discovery, which owns Eurosport, and BT Sport have continued in recent weeks after DAZN withdrew from the deal over commercial issues, including a hitch involving Sky, which has sublicensing agreements with BT Sport. The relationship between DAZN and Sky is not the best. In March 2021, Sky lost the Serie A rights competition…

What path do athletes take from inception, through core classes, and entry into a high-performance sport, to transitioning to a new career? The details of this long and complex process are the subject of the new project of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) called “The Sport Development Model”, a 244-page publication that analyzes all phases of this path. Continue after advertisement . The document also takes a special look at coach development, key pieces to the success of athletes, and will be made available to the 34 Brazilian Olympic federations and will serve as a reference for the entire national…

What path do athletes take from inception, through core classes, and entry into a high-performance sport, to transitioning to a new career? The details of this long and complex process are the subject of a new project of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) called “sports development modela 244-page publication analyzing all phases of this path. The document also takes a special look at coach development, key pieces to the success of athletes, and will be made available to the 34 Brazilian Olympic federations and will serve as a reference for the entire national sports system. The initiative is supported by…

The London Marathon will maintain its partnership with the BBC for another five years. The station will continue to broadcast one of the best races in the world with a length of 42 kilometers until 2026.There was speculation that the London Marathon could sign another broadcaster, but the organizers decided to stick with the partnership that began in 1981.In addition to coverage of the London Marathon, the BBC will showcase new initiatives by London Marathon Events (LME) to inspire and encourage physical activity in the UK, starting with inspiring more children to take part in this year’s London Mini Marathon.The…

Adidas has decided to give more power to the role of women in sport with an action on the streets of London over the next few weeks. This Monday (21), a report by gym machine She was in Tower Bridge, in the UK capital, and witnessed the audience’s reaction when they saw the statues honoring the pioneers of the sports world. The statues of women in sport will be in LondonComposition was the German brand’s way of drawing attention to the low profile of women at the current London tribute to historical figures. According to research by Adidas, of all…

Guarulhos, S.P. (Volsapress) – The much-anticipated report by Sue Gray, a British government official, on parties held during the Covid pandemic – some of which Prime Minister Boris Johnson attended – was released on Wednesday (25th). The case, known as “Partygate”, opened a crisis in the conservative politician’s management.The 60-page document says, among other things, that the two parties contradicted guidelines regarding the health crisis at the time. In all, 83 government officials are reported to have participated in events that violated coronavirus containment guidelines, says Gray, who has been a civil servant since the 1970s.“The events investigated have involved…