Blox expects cryptocurrency partnership with football club Ajax to boost brand awareness
Aug 17, 2021 07:58 am UTC| Digital Currency Sports
Crypto-based social trading platform Blox expects its partnership with Amsterdamsche Football Club (AFC) Ajax to boost its brand awareness and ambitions for growth in Europe. AFC Ajax has tapped Blox to be its official...
Washington Wizards owner eyes $12 million per year jersey sponsorship deal
Aug 13, 2021 23:25 pm UTC| Sports Economy
NBA team Washington Wizards is eyeing a new jersey sponsorship contract under a so-called unified offer that it hopes would bag it $12 million per year after a deal with the insurance firm GEICO expired. The unified...
A brief history of asylum seekers at the Olympics — and why they are sometimes misunderstood
Aug 06, 2021 09:42 am UTC| Sports
The Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo this week after her Olympics were over, bound not for her home country, but a new home in Poland. Tsimanouskaya was granted a humanitarian visa by the Polish...
Boycotting the next Olympics in Beijing will hurt athletes: Here's a better idea
Aug 06, 2021 09:39 am UTC| Sports
With the Tokyo Olympics coming to an end, human rights activists are expected to step up their campaign against the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing in protest against the genocide of the Uyghurs and other...
NTT laments lost opportunity to showcase technology at Tokyo Olympics
Aug 04, 2021 23:11 pm UTC| Sports Economy
Japanese companies like Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. lament the missed opportunity for their products to take center stage with the lack of spectators in the Olympic games. NTT wanted to showcase its...
Centroid prepares for TaylorMade Golf IPO after $1.87 billion buyout
Aug 04, 2021 22:08 pm UTC| Sports Business
An investor consortium led by the Seoul-based equity firm Centroid Investment Partners that has closed a $1.87 billion deal to buy a 100 percent stake in TaylorMade Golf revealed plans of going public. The seller was US...
Olympic merchandise selling briskly in Japan amid risks of COVID infections
Jul 31, 2021 23:56 pm UTC| Sports Economy
Sales of official Tokyo Olympics merchandise such as badges and keyrings have been surging as Japans medal haul grows, with fans taking risks against COVID-19 infections by queuing outside stores. The traffic surge even...
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