Shorts: Reading, European Tour, Atp, Bristol Rovers
Reading Football Club has been deducted six points by the EFL for breaching financial rules.
The Berkshire club who have been under a transfer embargo since the summer were said to have lost £57.8m between 2017 and 2021 which is a breach of the EFL’s profitability and sustainability rules.
A further six-point penalty has been suspended until the 2022-23 season. This will be applied if the club cannot fulfil an agreed business plan going forward.
The European Tour has announced a multi-year partnership from the 2022 season onwards with Fortinet. As an Official Tour Partner and Official Cybersecurity Partner, Fortinet will provide its expertise and innovative security solutions to support the Tour’s digital innovation journey.
The Fortinet Security Fabric – which offers a broad set of automated, integrated solutions supported by advanced threat intelligence and AI-enabled security services – will enable the European Tour to enhance its security analytics, reporting and response capabilities at its various tournaments, as well as implement a zero-trust security approach.
By partnering with Fortinet, the European Tour will benefit from Fortinet’s adaptive cloud security solutions to bring advanced security, broad visibility and control across the Tour’s cloud infrastructures and increase the speed of its operations.
The ATP has announced Therabody as the Official Recovery Partner of the ATP Tour. Therabody becomes the latest addition to ATP’s global family of exclusive suppliers, providing products and education resources to support player health and wellbeing throughout the season.
Through the partnership, ATP physiotherapists will use Therabody products to help players warm up, recover, and manage soreness at ATP Tour events. The suite of innovative recovery products includes Theragun, the world’s first handheld percussive massage therapy device, RecoveryAir pneumatic compression system, PowerDot electrical stimulation, and Wave vibrating rollers.
Therabody will benefit from visibility on ATP digital and social channels, including a new digital content series created in collaboration with ATP, showcasing how whole-body wellness can enhance tennis players’ performance on and off the court. The series will be hosted on ATP Tour social media channels and ATPTour.com.
Bristol Rovers F.C. has announced Tom Gorringe as their new Chief Executive Officer.
Tom joined the club back in 2017 as Commercial Director following over a decade of experience at Portsmouth, Cardiff City and Brighton & Hove Albion.
In 2016, he was selected to be part of the inaugural Sport Industry NextGen programme for young leaders in sport and in June 2020, Tom was promoted onto the board of the club where he has continued to work to drive the club forward.
