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ArticleOHCHR publishes assessment of human rights situation in Xinjiang
The United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published an assessment of the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China on Aug. 31. The assessment was initiated after serious allegations of human rights violations against Uyghurs and ...
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News briefs2023 Rugby World Cup CEO suspended over bullying allegations
Claude Atcher, the CEO of Rugby World Cup 2023, has been suspended by the French sports ministry, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, after sports newspaper L’Equipe reported in June of “alarming managerial practices” and “infringements of financial probity” within the event’s organizing committee. The minister added that Atcher would face a disciplinary procedure ...
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Geopolitical challenges affecting preparations for 2024 Paris Games
Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee, called for additional sponsors to keep the momentum going. Speaking at a plenary session of the coordinating commission, also attended by the IOC, Estanguet pointed out that the current global geopolitical and economic problems are impacting preparations ...
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News briefsDjokovic-backed tennis players association launches commercial arm, raises $26m
The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) has launched Winners Alliance, a for-profit affiliate that is meant to generate and maximize off-the-court commercial opportunities for players and their agents, and announced that the new affiliate has raised $26 million to support operations and long-term growth. The PTPA, co-founded in 2020 by ...
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News briefsLululemon workers in Washington D.C. drop petition to unionize
The workers at a Lululemon store in Washington D.C. who had filed a request with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in July to hold a union election, as also reported by SGI Europe at the time, have now withdrawn their petition, according to NLRB records. The store, located in ...
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News briefsAssociation of Golf Merchandisers partners with Elastic Suite
The Association of Golf Merchandisers (AGM) and Elastic Suite, a subsidiary of Emerald Holding, have announced a new partnership that names Elastic Suite as the presenting “Diamond Level” sponsor of AGM’s certified retail management program, one of the association’s educational resources for golf retailers. AGM, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is ...
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News briefsFIFA and Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat launch plan to implement their climate change partnership
FIFA and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) have jointly launched a 12-month plan to turn their climate change partnership into concrete action. In April, FIFA and PIFS signed a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the FIFA Congress in Doha, Qatar, which focused on using football diplomacy to educate ...
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News briefsFIFA suspends the All India Football Federation with immediate effect
The Bureau of the FIFA Council has unanimously decided to suspend the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with immediate effect. The decision was made “due to undue influence from third parties, which constitutes a serious violation of the FIFA Statutes,” said FIFA. As a consequence of the suspension, the FIFA ...
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News briefsNew FIFA-backed Africa Super League expected to transform football on the continent
Plans have been unveiled to create the Africa Super League, a new 24-team club tournament set to begin in 2023/24. In an interview with the BBC, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, said that the new league would transform football on the continent forever. The ...
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ArticleHow should product price differences in the EU be treated in light of geo-blocking?
Online shops: Is geoblocking permitted in cross-border sales? What is the law; what is there to know? Our legal expert brings light to the matter and explains the EU Geo-Blocking Regulation.
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News briefsGB ski team to receive less funding for alpine racing
Although Dave Ryding made history in January with his victory in the slalom on the Streif in Kitzbühel, GB Snowsport has now had to issue a statement after an overall mixed season with disappointing Winter Games, saying that “UK Sport have deemed the three disciplines [Alpine, Cross-Country and Para Nordic] ...
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Lululemon store in Washington D.C. first to embark on unionization
Workers at a Lululemon store in Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood, have filed a request with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold a union election. It is the first Lululemon location to embark on the unionization process. The group of workers is looking for the employer to ...
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News briefsAlison Brittain to become Premier League’s first female chair
England’s Premier League has announced that Alison Brittain will become its new chair after clubs voted unanimously in favor of her appointment. She will replace interim chair Peter McCormick in early 2023, becoming the first female chair in the history of the world’s biggest domestic football competition. Brittain currently serves ...
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News briefsUnder Armour settles lawsuit with UCLA for $67.5 million
Under Armour has agreed to pay UCLA $67,491,275 to settle a lawsuit filed by the school two years ago. In June 2020, Under Armour tried to terminate a 15-year, $280 million sponsorship deal signed in 2016, claiming that UCLA had not provided the “marketing benefits” the two parties had initially ...
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News briefsGerman retail association rejects new lockdowns in fall
HDE (German Retail Association) and ZIA (Central Real Estate Committee, the umbrella organization of the German real estate industry) have published a strategy paper in which they jointly formulate specific demands to policymakers to prevent a repetition of the past two fall/winter seasons. These include an exemption from lockdowns or ...
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ArticleFirst professional baseball league to be established for India, Pakistan and the Middle East
Source: UIBL UIBL executive team (left to right): Kanwal S. Sra, founder, chairman and CEO; Mariano Rivera, co-president; Kash Shaikh, president and CMO Under the name and organization of the new United International Baseball League (UIBL), professional baseball is to be brought to India, Pakistan and the ...
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Bangladesh’s garment manufacturers ask IMF for support to achieve export target
According to an article on the Indian news website Daily Sun, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has appealed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for support to achieve the country’s garment industry’s strategic vision of reaching $100 billion worth of garment exports by 2030. BGMEA president Faruque ...
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Assosport launches its Sport Market Observatory
Assosport, the Italian sporting goods industry association, has launched the Sport Market Observatory, a project to collect data, by product category and geographical area, on the sell-in Italian market. The project is a collaboration with the owners and managers of companies in the winter sports sector, including Atomic-Salomon, Head, Rossignol-Lange, ...
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ArticleThe French Triman logo and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
In France, a new law requires companies to use the so-called Triman logo. What everybody doing business in France needs to know.
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News briefsJD Sports reportedly bows to CMA, talking to potential Footasylum buyer
U.K.-based JD Sports Fashion was in exclusive talks to sell Footasylum to German private equity investor Aurelius Group, a Sky News reporter said Wednesday in a tweet followed by an article on the Sky website. The negotiations are the result of a months-long dispute with the U.K.’s Competition and Markets ...
