Nyon (ots) - Top European players unions are in Madrid today at the European Sports Forum to tell the European Commissioner responsible for Sport, Androulla Vassiliou, that European athletes must be covered by EU laws protecting workers' rights. The unions won't accept a special application of EU law for sport and are protesting their apparent exclusion from ...
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Kilchberg (ots) - Premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli is partnering with Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer in a long term deal to serve as the global brand ambassador for his favorite LINDT chocolate. Lindt & Sprüngli is delighted with this opportunity to associate with the most successful tennis player of all time. The contract details of ...
Bern (ots) - The swissinfo.ch internet platform is reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland with a special web page. The dossier contains information on the matches, looks behind the scenes and presents background reports on the competition. Briefings on the 2009 IIHF World Championships in Switzerland are available in English, German, French, ...
ECA very happy with existing competitions Amsterdam (ots) - The ECA Executive Board, assembled in Amsterdam for its regular meeting, wants to dismiss the content of articles published today in some of the major sports newspapers in Europe. These articles mention plans for a future "Super League". "We have never had any intention of implementing such a competition. We have never discussed it and it has never been ...
Zurich, Switzerland/Tokyo, Japan/London, UK (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder for the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, appointed Dentsu Sports Europe as its exclusive sales agent for the Middle East and Asia excluding China, Korea and Japan for the Official Hospitality ...
180 clubs representing 24 national associations receive solidarity payments Nyon, Switzerland (ots) - The European Club Association (ECA) is pleased to announce that UEFA has finalised the financial calculations regarding the highly successful UEFA EURO 2008, and payments can now be made to the national associations for them to pass on to their clubs for their contribution to the successful final tournament in ...
Biarritz, France (ots) - In a frank speech delivered today at the EU Sport Forum in Biarritz, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Chairman of the European Club Association (ECA), called on the EU to ensure that football clubs were included at the very heart of all decision-making in establishing guidelines and frameworks designed to improve governance and fair play in ...
Zurich (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder of the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, appointed Top Service as its exclusive agent for Brazil for the sales of the Official Hospitality Programme of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. ...
Zurich/London (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder of the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, appointed SPORTSWORLD as its exclusive sales agent for the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland for the Official Hospitality Programme of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 and the ...
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Nyon (ots) - The official website of the UEFA EURO 2008 tournament has more than doubled traffic levels and surpassed its own records set at UEFA EURO 2004 The official website of UEFA EURO 2008, euro2008.com, has registered record traffic, with over 1 billion page views since its launch in February 2008. In June alone, over 42 million visitors from over 200 countries logged-in to text, multimedia and video ...
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UEFA President Michel Platini is opening the IBC, the hub for the distribution of the TV signal to the billions of fans around the world Nyon (ots) - The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Vienna will be officially opened on 3 June by UEFA President Michel Platini who will switch on the TV video feeds from all the Austrian and Swiss venues in the IBC Master ...
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The official UEFA EURO 2008 website offers fans cutting- edge video coverage of the tournament Nyon (ots) - The official UEFA website for the UEFA European Football Championship, www.euro2008.com, today launched its video service for the forthcoming final tournament - allowing fans worldwide to follow matches live and on demand by downloading highlights and full match reruns. The video offering is available ...
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Nyon (ots) - Produced by UEFA Media Technologies SA (UMET), the official event website of UEFA EURO 2008, euro2008.com has been launched as part of a converged media offering for football fans. It can be found at www.euro2008.com. euro2008.com delivers comprehensive coverage of the tournament to European football fans across the globe. The site is available in 10 languages - English, Portuguese, French, German, ...
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Bern (ots) - The European Football Championship is just around the corner. Countless organisers, members of the media, event planners and tourism specialists are on the hunt for a place to stay in Switzerland. UMS has the solution: a subletting service that enables you to rent a furnished private apartment during Euro 2008. It won't be long before the opening ...
Zurich (ots) - MATCH Hospitality AG, the worldwide exclusive rights holder for the FIFA Hospitality Programme until 2014, has appointed the international sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE as its exclusive sales agent for the Continental European territory for the Official Hospitality Programme of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup South ...
Hersberg (ots) - - The websites http://www.sleep-in.ch or http://www.sleep-in.at have more than 7,500 beds in store for fans from qualifying countries. - These overnight accommodations are provided by more than 1,700 households in Switzerland and Austria, who are eager to celebrate Europe's huge soccer party with fans from other ...
St. Moritz (ots) - The first two days of the 24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow have given us a series of action-packed games and some world-class polo. The biggest and most prestigious event on the winter polo circuit expects some 20,000 spectators and over 200 media representatives from all over the globe for ...
Zurich (ots) - Dentsu Inc. has decided to acquire a stake in MATCH Hospitaliy AG, the exclusive worldwide rights holder for the FIFA Hospitality Programme through 2014, from its parent company Byrom Holdings plc. Thus Dentsu Inc. will join Infront Sports & Media AG who is already a shareholder of MATCH Hospitality AG. Dentsu Inc. is one of the leading advertising and communications groups in the world and the market ...
St. Moritz (ots) - The 24th Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow is only days away and conditions are almost perfect. It is practically unheard of for the ice to be so thick at this time of year. There is plenty of snow on the lake and work on the ...
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Nyon (ots) - Europe's football website boasts record traffic levels during the first half of the 2007-08 season Since the start of the current season, 17.4 million football fans have visited uefa.com, generating over 60 million visits and 700 million page views - a 25% increase compared to the same period last season. Football enthusiasts from throughout ...
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UEFA EURO 2008 Final Draw broadcast production and Broadcast Partner Workshop in Zurich completed Nyon (ots) - Host Broadcast operations of UEFA EURO 2008 kicked-off with the host broadcasting of the UEFA EURO 2008 Final Draw that took place on 2nd December in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was followed by the second UEFA EURO 2008 Broadcast Partner Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland. The UEFA EURO 2008 Final ...
- Information: Pictures can be downloaded on: http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/story.htx?firmaid=100008849 - Zurich (ots) - With the approach of this year's exciting GE Money Bank Beach Soccer Tour, GE Money Bank is reinforcing its sponsoring commitment towards the up-and-coming sport of beach soccer. The 2007 GE Money Bank Beach Soccer Tour will take place in ...
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Nyon (ots) - New Chinese language website and video-on-demand service puts uefa.com at the forefront in reaching football fans around the world UEFA today launched a Chinese version of uefa.com. The website is produced by UEFA Media Technologies in partnership with Sina.com, the biggest portal on the Chinese market and one of the biggest websites globally. This move brings top European football closer to ...
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Nyon (ots) - Almost four million votes were cast by a record 390,000 individual uefa.com users and the resulting dream dozen includes four players who were also in last year's team as well as five newcomers. UEFA Champions League winners FC Barcelona have four players - summer recruit Gianluca Zambrotta, Carles Puyol, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto'o - in the ...
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Nyon (ots) - Voting opens today for the uefa.com users' Team of the Year 2006. The poll, now in its sixth year, gives the users of uefa.com, Europe's football website, the chance to select a team of players who made their mark in European football over the last 12 months. Sixty players and managers have been nominated for 12 positions, including coach, and the ...