Industry Shorts: West Ham, The Jockey Club
West Ham have signed a new two-year partnership with esports talent and content management organisation Bundled esports.
As part of the agreement, the Premier League club has signed two new FIFA players, ‘Yago’ Gabriel Fawaz and ‘Jas’ Singh, who will join Hammers’ FIFA player Jamie ‘Jamboo’ Rigden at the club for the 2019/20 FIFA season.
The Jockey Club has announced a new two-year partnership with the Alzheimer’s Society which is set to raise funds for the charity and raise awareness for the support, care and research it carries out.
The charity will also work with The Jockey Club to help the racing organisation to become more dementia friendly. The decision to work with the Alzheimer’s Society was taken after The Jockey Club polled its employees for recommendations before a number of charities were invited to discuss becoming the organisation’s charity partner.
Arsenal Women star Leah Williamson has opened the Coaching for Life programme in Jakarta, a collaboration between Arsenal and Save the Children.
Funded by The Arsenal Foundation, the coaching programme is designed to influence and protect children affected by violence, conflict and poverty in Jordan and Indonesia.
Ironman has announced Kazakhstan as a new host country for the triathlon race series.
The addition of the BI GROUP IRONMAN Kazakhstan is the second of the series’ events in the country, after the Astana 70.3km race was founded in 2018. The 180.2km race will take place on the same day as the shorter route, with both scheduled for August 2020.
