Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based sports marketing company, has sealed an agreement to buy and integrate Gsport and Sport09 into Infront Italy. Gsport is one of Italy's leading companies for marketing rights management in national club football, while Sport09 is one of the country's major media agencies for sport. Infront says the acquisitions will allow it to significantly increase its services and impact in the Italian sport sponsorship market. Remaining on the board and reporting to Infront Italy's general manager, Giuseppe Ciocchetti are: Natale Bellati, chief executive of Sport09; Roberto Aliprandi, chief operating officer of Sport09; and Alessandro Giacomini, chief executive of Gsport. Infront was itself acquired earlier this year by a leading Chinese property firm, Dalian Wanda Group.

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