PwC renews SportAccord Convention gold partnership

The auditing firm tasked with advising Sochi 2014 has teamed up with SportAccord Convention once more
Qatar to invest $45bn in tourism beyond World Cup

The 2022 World Cup host is targeting 7 million visitors a year by 2030 in a bid to diversify the national economy
SportAccord Convention signs Macau as Gold Partner

Macau Sport Development Board has renewed its seven-year partnership with SportAccord Convention for the 2014 edition
IOC hails “human legacy” of Sochi 2014

As the 2014 Winter Olympic Games draws to a close, top IOC figures say the hosting experience will benefit future events in Russia
Violent demonstration a “major concern” for Brazil World Cup

The Brazilian government will deploy 170,000 security personnel for the 2014 World Cup, investing USD 800m in the involvement of national security forces
Bubka calls for Olympic Truce on “terrible scenes” in Ukraine

IOC Executive Director Sergey Bubka appeals for peace as Ukrainian athletes leave Sochi early and unrest spreads to 2022 bid city of Lviv
Made for all sports

Leading adhesives manufacturer Stauf has researched intensively to create a new product line for all types of sports flooring, building on its success in the artificial turf industry
Plastic fantastic

Granules made in Germany by Melos are being selected for top-level sports surfaces around the world, for a range of climatic conditions
The tensile structure’s fitness regime

Renowned Brazilian architect Carlos Bauer
gives some tips on how keep tensioned
textile structures, such as those made by
Mehler Texnologies, in peak condition
Al Wakrah unveiled

The Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee’s
executive director of communications and
marketing, Nasser Al Khater, talks HOST
CITY through the latest concept design for
Al Wakrah stadium