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DAZN-owned online football platform Goal has revealed a collaboration with Twitter to broadcast four UEFA Champions League Round-of-16 games live.
The games will be available to Twitter users on connected devices in Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos, via Goal’s Thai Twitter account.
This evening’s Tottenham vs. Borussia Dortmund is to be the first of the broadcast games, followed by Liverpool vs. Bayern Munich on 19th February, Paris Saint-Germain vs. Manchester United on 6th March and Manchester City vs. Schalke on 12th March.
Additionally, highlights of all Round of 16 games will also be made available to Twitter users in Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, whilst all the matches will be streamed on the Goal website in the region.
British urban cycling brand Beryl has announced that Andrew Hill, former Managing Director of the London Santander Cycle scheme, has been hired to head up the bike share Programmes and Operations.
Hill’s recruitment follows the news that Beryl, formerly Blaze, has announced a five-year partnership with Bournemouth and Poole local councils to deliver a bike share scheme to be launched on the south coast in spring/summer 2019.
Philip Ellis, Beryl COO, said: “At his past role as Serco’s managing director of the London (Santander) cycle scheme, Andrew both transformed the delivery business and guided Serco’s successful re-bid, transitioning the business to new technology and operating models.
“As we move from bike-share partner to bike-share provider, Andrew will help us with our mission of promoting bicycles in solving city transport issues across the globe.”
Soapbox London has announced Fred Mellor as its new Head of Press.
Mellor joins the agency with a roster of sporting talent that includes Anthony Joshua, Marcus Rashford, Bradley Wiggins, Kyle Edmond, Wilfried Zaha, Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston and Matchroom Boxing.
Mellor arrives at Soapbox following a career working with household names within the music industry including Kasabian, Mark Ronson and the Foo Fighters.
His new position working with sporting talent will see Mellor tasked with building creative press campaigns and supplement the PR department and overall business development.
Great Britain’s Fed Cup team have been drawn at home against Kazakhstan in the World Group II Play-Off.
The tie, taking place over 20th-21st April, will signal the first time GB have been handed a home tie at this stage in the competition.
The draw confirmation arrives fresh off the back of Britain’s first Fed Cup home tie since 1993, where Great Britain triumphed during the Euro/Africa Zone qualifiers held at the University of Bath.
April’s Play-Off tie, their fifth since 2012, is widely reported to be played at London’s Copper Box Arena, where victory would mean a return for GB to the elite World Group level for the first time in 26 years.
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