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Sporthaus Saemann in Germany closes down for good
Hopes for a reorganization of the insolvent German retailer Sporthaus Saemann in Heilbronn have finally been dashed, leading to the closure of its large Intersport Profimarkt, three golf stores and an innovative Saemann Sportkultur store in the city center. In a statement, the insolvency administrator, Lutz Lohmann, stated that “the ...
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Tokyo 2020 will likely go ahead without foreign spectators
The Japanese government has reportedly decided to prevent overseas spectators from attending the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer over concerns for the spread of coronavirus and its variants. A formal decision on this matter will be made by the end of this month, and the number of spectators to ...
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Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 to be postponed to 2022
World Rugby has recommended a postponement of the women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 until next year due to the uncertainty connected with the ongoing coronavirus crisis. In addition to health concerns, the major uncertainties are related to global travel restrictions and quarantine rules. The tournament was set to be hosted ...
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Descente to sell Polygiene-treated training gear through Anta
For the spring/summer 2021 season, Descente has added Polygiene’s Stays Fresh BioStatic Technology to a number of its men’s and women’s training products for the Chinese market. The Japanese brand will be selling them online and in stores through its local partner, Anta Sports Products. The brand entered China in ...
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EFTTEX 2021 has been cancelled
The 2021 edition of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition (EFTTEX), which was due to take place in Prague in June, has been cancelled due to the uncertainties related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The decision was unanimously agreed by the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association’s (EFTTA) board. EFTTA considered ...
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Italian mountain areas call for a dedicated ministry
Italy’s Unione Nazionale Comuni Comunità Enti Montani (Uncem), the national organization of mountain municipalities, is calling for the creation of a new post of minister or undersecretary for mountain areas – “Ministero alla Montagna e alle Aree Interne” (Minister for the Mountains and Internal Areas), it suggested. The new government ...
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Frasers takes a hit with English retail lockdown due to end on Apr. 12
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that non-essential retail stores may reopen in England on April 12 after having been closed since Jan. 4 to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Indoor leisure facilities such as gyms are also due to reopen on that date. Like in other countries, ...
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ÖSFA fair in Salzburg is cancelled again
The 108th winter sports edition of ÖSFA, the Austrian trade fair, which was planned as a physical fair in Salzburg’s Brandboxx from Feb. 23 to 25, has been cancelled by order of the local health authorities due to coronavirus restrictions. “We have fought like lions for the realization of these ...
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Sharing sports equipment presents low risk of coronavirus transmission, a study suggests
A recent study, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, suggests that sports equipment is unlikely to be a major cause of virus transmission. For the purposes of the Strike study, the researchers applied a dose of coronavirus to different types of sporting equipment, including red and white cricket ...
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Italy blocks the reopening of ski lifts
Ski resorts were supposed to reopen in Italy on Monday, Feb. 15, but the Italian Health Minister, Roberto Speranza, abruptly signed a decree on Sunday, extending the ban on recreational ski resorts until at least March 5, in connection with the spread of the British variant of the coronavirus across ...
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News briefsUvex safety group starts production of respiratory protection masks
Source: Uvex Saety Group uvex silv-Air lite mask To secure the supply of high-quality respiratory protection products, the Uvex Safety Group is investing in an in-house production facility for FFP2 respiratory protection masks in cooperation with a manufacturer of household products, Fackelmann. With production in France, ...
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Golf is thriving in the U.K. despite Covid restrictions
Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) reports that somehow in the age of Covid-19 and despite the course closures in November, rounds of golf played in the U.K. during the fourth quarter of 2020 were up year-on-year by 41 percent. They were already up in the third quarter by 59 percent. The ...
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News briefsSalomon introduces a sports mask
Working with Chamatex, the design office of Groupe Zebra and Bosch, Salamon has developed an anti-pandemic mask for athletic training and competition. It will hit the market in Feb. 15, at a price of €18, coming into two varieties: running and winter. Nine months of R&D at Chamatex’ factory in ...
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News briefsDenmark walks together
A new initiative was launched on Jan. 25 to get the Danish people to walk more for a month. Working with Danmarks Radio, the national TV station, the Danish Sports Company Association (Dansk Firmaidrætsforbund) has asked participants to record how many steps they take daily on a website, and challenge ...
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Casall Sport collaborates with Polygiene
Casall Sport is releasing a training glove treated with Polygiene’s ViralOff, which has received an ISO18184:2019 certification for its elimination of more than 99 percent of viruses (the SARS-CoV-2 virus behind Covid-19 included) within two hours. The glove went on sale on Casall.com, at Casall’s concept stores and at selected ...
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Switzerland’s Expo des Neiges 2021 is cancelled
Due to the Swiss Federal Council’s directives and the ban on events, Expo des Neiges 2021, scheduled to take place in Aigle from March 30 to April 1, has been cancelled. The first edition of the new ski show has thus been postponed until March 2022. An exact date has ...
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French and Italian ski resorts to remain closed
The French government is expected to announce tomorrow that cable cars and other ski facilities will not open until Feb. 1 at the earliest, or even throughout the month of February,because of the continued high level of coronavirus contaminations. They have been shut down for the general public since Dec. ...
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The UN should rule on the Tokyo Games, former IOC exec suggests
Kevan Gosper, a former International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president, has suggested that the United Nations (UN) might be involved in deciding whether or not the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games should ultimately take place. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic and its recent resurgence in many countries, Japan included, is ...
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Rossignol’s CEO speaks of an “industrial disaster” for France’s ski industry
In a recent interview with the French newspaper Ouest France, Rossignol’s chief executive, Bruno Cercley, warned about the dramatic situation that the French ski industry is facing because of the pandemic and related restrictions. Ski facilities are currently closed in France, whereas they are open in some other countries, including ...
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Record sales for Polygiene
In a business update, Polygiene said its sales for the fourth quarter soared by 41.4 percent to a record 26.9 million Swedish kronor (€2.7m-$3.2m) in the fourth quarter of 2020. The company added that Addmaster, its newly acquired British subsidiary, had even stronger growth. Sales to Polygiene excluded, Addmaster’s revenues ...
