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The England and Wales Cricket Board and Sky Sports to celebrate the 200th live England Test match to be screened by the broadcaster

LONDON, 15-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Sky Sports will this weekend celebrate the 200th live England Test match to be screened by the broadcaster. The landmark moment in televised cricket will be recognised by an on-pitch presentation by … Read the full press release

Kaspersky Lab and Mensa invite Internet users to take part in very special challenge with the help of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Formula One’s Scuderia Ferrari

MOSCOW, 11-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Kaspersky Lab and Mensa are inviting Internet users to take part in a very special challenge over the summer with the help of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Formula One’s most successful racing team Scuderia Ferrari. The Global Think Test is made up of a … Read the full press release

The UEFA Referees Committee names England’s Mark Clattenburg as the referee for the 2014 UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC

Nyon, Switzerland, 4-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The UEFA Referees Committee has named England’s Mark Clattenburg as the referee for the 2014 UEFA Super Cup match between the UEFA Champions League winners, Real Madrid CF, and the UEFA Europa League winners, Sevilla FC, … Read the full press release

The Newcastle Falcons rugby team signs Newcastle University rugby star Will Witty

Newcastle, UK, 28-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Newcastle University rugby star Will Witty has been signed by the North-East’s leading rugby team. The Newcastle Falcons flew in for the 19-year-old rising star who has already represented England Under-18s, England Students and Yorkshire. Will, an Agri-Business … Read the full press release

OMV sponsors Norway’s national ski jumping team

OMV as ski jumping sponsor for 25 years, now also in Norway Norway is a key growth area for OMV OMV is the largest international ski jumping sponsor VIENNA, 22-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The start of the Summer Grand Prix in Wisla/Poland … Read the full press release

adidas to become the global Technical Sponsor and Official Licensing Partner of Manchester United for ten years

Partnership will start with the 2015/2016 season Manchester/Herzogenaurach, 17-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — adidas and Manchester United today announced an Official Partnership, bringing together two of the leading brands in football. Starting with the 2015/2016 season, adidas will become the global Technical … Read the full press release

adidas announced its ‘#allin or nothing’ campaign made adidas most talked-about brand during the 2014 FIFA World Cup™

‘#allin or nothing’ campaign makes adidas most talked-about brand during the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Herzogenaurach / Rio de Janeiro, 17-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — German sportswear brand adidas has secured victory on and off the pitch at the 2014 FIFA World … Read the full press release

ThyssenKrupp supplied 68 elevators at Brazil’s World Cup stadiums to improve the flow, comfort and safety of football fans

Essen, Germany, 10-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ —  Four of Brazil’s World Cup stadiums use ThyssenKrupp elevator equipment to improve the flow, comfort and safety of football fans. Featured energy-efficiency equipment leads to international recognition. As football fever sweeps the world, ThyssenKrupp is … Read the full press release

University of East Anglia recieves £300,000 funding from Sport England’s University Sport Activation Fund and UEA to help get new students playing sport

Students at the University of East Anglia (UEA) will have more chances to play sport thanks to almost £300,000 of joint National Lottery funding from Sport England’s University Sport Activation Fund and UEA. Norfolk, UK, 23-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The university is … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool lecturer Christine Ball wins LawWorks Pro Bono Award for Hillsborough inquest work

LIVERPOOL, 21-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A lecturer who put together and supervised a team of students to assist lawyers at the fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans at Hillsborough, has won a prestigious award for her work. Christine … Read the full press release

Royal Philips and Royal Dutch Football Association kicked off series of football clinics at Philips Community Light Centers across Brazil

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 13-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — This weekend Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHIA), the global leader in lighting, kicked off a new initiative with KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) – a series of six football clinics held at Philips Community Light Centers across … Read the full press release

Panasonic released footage of Neymar Jr’s challenge with its A500 wearable 4K camera

Bracknell, UK, 9-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Panasonic asked Neymar Jr to wear a prototype of its A500 wearable 4K camera and challenged him to score the hardest ‘goal’ of his career! Panasonic today released 4K/30P footage taken by the A500 from … Read the full press release

FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil: 4000 Voith DIWA Automatic Transmissions in citybuses and in the BRT systems across the main host cities

Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany, 5-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In preparation of the Soccer World Cup 2014, Brazil has substantially expanded its public transport systems. With over 4,000 DIWA automatic transmissions in the main host cities, Voith was able to establish itself … Read the full press release

Orange to provide 4G for Roland Garros for 3 more years

PARIS, 27-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Orange is an official supplier to Roland Garros for the 10th year in a row, and will be making the very best of 4G technology available for tennis fans during the event, which is scheduled to run … Read the full press release

Volkswagen launches exclusive World Cup edition football app “Onefootball”

Exclusive app for 2014 football mega-event now available to download Wolfsburg, Germany, 23-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Volkswagen is presenting the World Cup edition of the world’s most successful football app “Onefootball”. The Onefootball Brasil app is now available for free download. The … Read the full press release

Kering awarded the Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel by The Sustainable Fashion Academy

Paris, France, 24-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Yesterday evening  Kering was awarded the Global Leadership Award in Sustainable Apparel (GLASA) for the development of the Environmental Profit and Loss account (E P&L) and its decision to implement this in its Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle brands. Kering’s E … Read the full press release

Freie Universität Berlin’s soccer robots FUmanoids reached first place in this year’s German Open RoboCup in Magdeburg

FUmanoids Win in Humanoid League of Robots up to 60 Centimeters / Defeated University of Hertfordshire Team in Finals, 2 to 1 Berlin, 11-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The soccer robots of Freie Universität Berlin reached first place in this year’s German Open … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool students honoured by LawWorks and Attorney General Law Awards for helping Hillsborough lawyers

Liverpool,  7-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — University of Liverpool students who analysed more than 20,000 documents to support lawyers representing the families of victims of the Hillsborough disaster have won a prestigious national award for their work. The award, from the LawWorks and Attorney … Read the full press release

BMW Golf Cup International to take place in Blue Canyon Country Club in Thailand, 10-15 March 2014

Phuket, 10-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Thailand’s heavenly island paradise of Phuket is the spectacular venue for the World Final of this year’s BMW Golf Cup International. Around 100,000 players teed off at 800 tournaments in 50 countries, making the tournament series the largest in the … Read the full press release

Mercedes-Benz reveals the names of its 7 drivers for 2014 DTM season

Mercedes-Benz announce full complement of drivers for 2014 DTM season Christian Vietoris, Pascal Wehrlein and Robert Wickens complete the team Two former DTM champions in this year’s DTM driver line-up – Gary Paffett and Paul di Resta Final tweaks for … Read the full press release