Industry Shorts: Sport England, UK Sport, Ineos

Sport England and UK Sport have announced that their jointly produced Code for Sports Governance will undergo a review. 

The pair say they will look at areas where the code would benefit from further development, particularly including around equality, diversity and inclusion issues, and check it against current governance best practice from other sectors.

The review will focus particularly on the boards of sporting organisations, aimed at ensuring greater representation of people from BAME backgrounds, as well as disabled people, people with a long-term health condition, and female representation. 

INEOS TEAM UK has appointed Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its Cloud Computing Provider in a bid to optimise its America’s Cup yacht as it bids to become the first British team to win the event.

The team will leverage AWS’s high performance computing to design, test, and optimise its AC75 challenger boat.

INEOS TEAM UK say new rules for next year’s edition of the America’s Cup will mean teams are not able to conduct wind tunnel testing on boats, and will therefore have to depend on simulations to a much larger degree when it comes to designing and refining their vessels.

Special Olympics GB has signed a pro bono agreement with EY which will see the professional services firm offer guidance to the organisation in a number of areas of its business.

The non-profit organisation says the EY’s main objective will be to carry out an independent review of Special Olympics GB’s systems and processes across finance, governance and risk management. 

EY will also help the organisation develop a stronger model for the future as well as providing key insights pertaining to the charity sector which will benefit Special Olympics GB.    

Radio station talkSPORT has announced it will broadcast the next four UFC events from the series’ Fight Island. 

Hosted by Will Gavin and Ade Oladipo, talkSPORT’s coverage will include fights between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal as well as Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway, Paige VanZant vs Amanda Ribas, and Petr Yan vs Jose Aldo.

Grosvenor Casinos has announced that former world boxing champion David Haye has officially signed his first deal with the company to become a sponsored professional poker player.

He finished 40th out of 9,300 players at the Goliath tournament in 2019, and will now join Grosvenor Casinos’ roster of professional poker players such as Joe Beevers, Jeff Kimber and Katie Swift.