Soccerex heads for Barbados to support the Americas
Soccerex has signed a new event partnership with the Barbados Tourism Authority, which will result in the global football industry event being held in the Caribbean for the first time.
IOC signs Japan’s Bridgestone as Worldwide Partner
Leading tyre and rubber company Bridgestone joins the ranks of IOC’s 11 Worldwide TOP Partners in agreement that lasts until 2024
Toronto on a high tech mission for 2015
Allen Vansen of TO2015 talks HOST CITY through the technology and infrastructure that is set to make the 2015 Pan American Games a defining moment
Blatter takes high ground and aims for interplanetary World Cup
FIFA president Sepp Blatter takes aim at discrimination and lauds the universal expansion of football, as Qatar’s hosting rights and his own presidency continue to come under attack
Commonwealth Games Federation appoints Glasgow 2014 chief Grevemberg as new CEO
David Grevemberg has been selected to drive the Commonwealth Games Federation forwards, fulfilling statements of ambition made to HOST CITY magazine earlier this year
Brazil World Cup produces more solar power than many countries
Brasilia’s Estádio Nacional outperforms 11 competing nations in solar energy production, making the 2014 World Cup the “greenest ever”
Brazil must make the benefits of hosting clearer
Brazil’s government should have communicated the benefits of hosting the World Cup better and worked more closely with organisers, the deputy sports minster admits
Brazil is a victim of prejudice, says deputy sports minister
Scepticism about the ability of developing countries to host global sports events is unfair and the World Cup will be a great success, Brazil’s deputy sports minister Luis Fernandes told HOST CITY
Mondo becomes Glasgow 2014 sponsor
Hampden Park has been transformed into a world class athletics facility with a track from Mondo, who has now been confirmed as an official sponsor of the Games
Yaya Toure convinced by Qatar 2022 plans
With Yaya Toure in Doha, the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy took the opportunity to transform the preconceptions he shared with other footballers about Qatar 2022