Shorts: Frazer Clarke, Fa, Tigers Sport And Education
258 Management has announced the signing of Olympic Bronze medallist, Commonwealth Games Gold medallist and former Team GB Boxing Captain Frazer Clarke.
The deal will see 258 manage all aspects of Clarke’s career from broadcast relationships, fight negotiations, commercial partnerships, training camps and brand building.
Frazer is no stranger to the team at 258 having been a teammate with company owner and former two time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for many years at GB Boxing. It was in Sheffield that Frazer also got to know many of the rest of team 258 including David Ghansa, Ben Iliyemi and Freddie Cunningham.
British football brand Mitre has announced a new long-term partnership with the FA. The agreement will see the manufacturer continue as the official football supplier for all FA competitions.
The partnership will see Mitre Delta Max balls used across the Emirates FA Cup, Vitality Women’s FA Cup, The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald’s, Buildbase FA Trophy and Buildbase FA Vase for three years, with an option to extend the partnership for a further three thereafter.
Each competition will use their own bespoke Delta Max ball designs. For the Emirates FA Cup, the new bespoke ball was seen in the first-round proper last weekend. The ball has been designed in collaboration with the FA, featuring a bold gradient of deep reds taken from the trophy ribbons and movement of the ball in play, contrasted with white.
A report by Loop into the social benefits of the sporting programmes run by the Tigers Sport and Education Trust has revealed that the charity has created more than £3.5m worth of benefits for the local community.
The Tigers Sport and Education Trust is the affiliated charity of Hull City Football Club, which aims to make a difference to people’s lives by involving them in sport. It has been delivering its Premier League Kicks programme since 2010.
The activity has been measured on the basis of the social outcomes received by the beneficiaries and staff, as well as the fiscal and economic outcomes associated with staff employed by the programme. This has demonstrated that the programme has provided impact values of £3.3m for social, £596k for economic and £48k of fiscal benefits.
