EVENTS
+++ After profiling Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Chris Evert, Joe Montana, Dennis Rodman and Jack Nicklaus, the production company GOATS Entertainment has established a partnership with Wisden – publisher of the annual Wisden Cricket Almanac, colloquially known as The Cricket Bible – to produce a documentary profile of 12 living cricket players, for release in 2025
+++ Netflix is releasing a documentary series on the Boston Red Sox’s World Series victory in 2004, the team’s first in 86 years (the Chicago Cubs, we note in passing, won again in 2016, after 108 years)
COMMUNITY
+++ With money from its €230 million Community Sports Facilities Fund, the government of Ireland will be providing subsidies of €58 to €120 thousand to seven tennis clubs to help them set up padel courts, according to The Padel Paper
PRODUCT
+++ Decathlon has released in Spain its Kiprun Pacer running app, available in 25 countries and, says the company, downloaded some 500,000 times so far +++
CORPORATE
+++ LVMH founder, chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault and his five adult children have reached an agreement to purchase, through a holding company, a majority stake in Paris FC from Pierre Ferracci, with Red Bull taking an additional share of 15 percent, according to L’Equipe and the Financial Times
+++ Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is considering the purchase of a 10 percent minority stake worth about $1 billion in sports streamer DAZN, Reuters has exclusively reported
+++ The Arnault family is reportedly about to formalize the acquisition of Ligue 2 club Paris FC in partnership with Red Bull group, according to French newspaper L’Equipe +++
DISTRIBUTION
+++ Bollé Brands, the French producer of sports goggles and sunglasses, has hired Megasport to distribute its sports brands Bollé and Spy+ in Spain, Portugal and Andorra, according to CMDsport
+++ The Spanish court manufacturer Padel Galis, according to TradeSport, has found a distributor for Malaysia, Ascaro, which owns padel clubs there as well as another club in Stockholm +++
MARKETING
+++ OOFOS, the specialist in active recovery footwear, has become the official recovery partner for The Running Conference presented by haku #TRC24, which will take place for Running Industry Alliance (RIA) Members on Dec. 8-10, 2024, at Loughborough University, UK
+++ Spanish footballer Lamine Yamal is set to become an Adidas signature player, according to an exclusive report by Footy Headlines +++
RETAIL
+++ After Bilbao, San Sebastián and Barakaldo in the Septembers of 2022, 2023 and the current year, the Spanish sports retailer Forum Sport has just established a fourth Running Club at its store in Lugonés, in Spain’s autonomous community of Asturias, according to CMDsport
+++ Swiss ski manufacturer Stöckli has opened a new flagship store, the ”Manufakturladen,” at its company headquarters in Malters, where handmade skis are exhibited and a personalized retail experience is offered +++
PEOPLE
+++ Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant has been appointed as Chair of the Coordination Commission for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games French Alps 2030 +++
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