LEGAL & INSTITUTIONAL
+++ The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has reconfirmed Andreas Zagklis as its secretary general until 2031, a role he has held since Dec. 2018
+++ Patrick Hickey has resigned from the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for health reasons
CORPORATE AND M&A
+++ Bear Grylls is partnering with Nashville-based digital-sector investors Savage Ventures to acquire and relaunch the website Outdoors.com +++
EXECUTIVE CHANGES
+++ TMRW Sports, which recently saw the addition of Lewis Hamilton as a new investor (as reported by SGI Europe), has appointed Andrew Macaulay as chief technology officer for sports and Katy Chambers Mollica as head of global partnerships
PRODUCT & MARKETING
+++ In 2023 Varlion will be releasing the eponymous Mike Yanguas Collection, to comprise Yanguas’s signature racquet, the Bourne Summum Airflow MY, along with a backpack and racquet bag
+++ Asics is launching the Superblast performance running shoe, the latest addition to its Blast franchise
+++ Skechers has collaborated with American singer and songwriter Ava Max on a limited-edition footwear collection
+++ The Nike “Panda” Dunk was Black Friday’s best-selling sneaker on StockX, Footwear News has reported
+++ Kappa has signed a new five-year technical sponsor deal with South African football club Kaizer Chiefs starting from the 2023/24 season, which follows a previous deal the two parties had from 1989 to 1996
+++ Macron is the new technical partner of Polish football club Widzew Łódź starting from the next season and until 2027
+++ Puma sponsored athlete and world-record-holding pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has been named World Athletic’s Male Athlete of the Year for the second time in three years
+++ 400m hurdles world record holder and New Balance sponsored athlete Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone has been named World Athletic’s Female Athlete of the Year
+++ Vail Resorts and Helly Hansen have renewed their longstanding partnership that provides uniforms to team members and working mountain professionals at 37 of Vail Resorts’ properties
+++ Dakine has added pro skier Kai Jones and pro snowboarder Emma Crosby to its team roster +++
FINANCIAL REPORTING
+++ Bosideng, the Chinese down garment specialist listed in Hong Kong, posted year-on-year revenue growth of 14.1 percent to 6.18 billion yuan for the six-month period ended Sept. 30, 2022 +++
RETAIL & DISTRIBUTION
+++ New Balance has inaugurated a 266-square-meter store in the Spanish city of Valencia, located at 22 calle Colón +++
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