Most betting firms have tried to make them popular to many clients across the globe via a number of ways. Sponsoring major event or major teams are one of the many ideas that these firms have incorporated. The Unibet has initiated one strategic step in the process. The Netherlands National Cycling Association (KNWU) claimed that Unibet, a renowned European Online bookmaker will be their official cycling sponsors.

The KNWU and Unibet struck a deal that would see the latter being the main sponsor of the Netherlands cycling for four consecutive years as from 2017. This comes after the KNWU unveiled their team jersey that is orange in color with six green dots that symbolize the main logo of Unibet.

Nonetheless, the official confirmation as the only sponsor of Netherlands Cycling will have to wait as the bookmaker still awaits the decision of the Dutch online gambling market in whether or not the firm should be awarded with operational license.

The KNWU Chairman Marcel Wintels told the national media that he was eager to welcome with open hands the bookmaker into Dutch cycling claiming that this sponsorship was very important in the continuity of cycling sport in Holland.

He said that having to finance the sport is one of the complicated areas where the association has faced. The sport must try to undertake another dimension in coming days as they cannot just rely on their present associates.

The KNWU heads claimed that they were for the position that the bookmaker is in regards to the Dutch online betting market. The bookmaker which has is base in Stockholm; Sweden had earlier stipulated that if given a chance, it would enter the licensed Dutch market under the stipulated rules.

Nonetheless, this has gone astray in the nation as a number of parliamentarians have claimed that the firm must comply with the fixed 29% tax revenue to be forwarded to the government account at the end of every financial year. This seems to be an unfair ruling for Unibet.

There have been questions on whether the online betting agenda will be put in an election during the National Elections for the nation which is scheduled on the 15^th day of March 2017.

A deal that has seen growth of products and profit maximization will definitely call for its extension. A firm that has benefited both in development and financial sectors from a specific deal will try hard enough to maintain the partnership and extend it for more years.

This is one case that was seen between SBTech and ComeOn. Apparently, Sports betting technology provider SBTech and European iGaming operator ComeOn struck a deal back in 2009. Their outstanding progress that has yield positive results have resulted the two firms incorporating a new agreement that would see the extension of the current deal to a further 5 years.

The new deal stipulates that ComeOn will have the upper hand in making use of the SBTech fresh gaming platform of the Chameleon360. The betting platform from the supplier will be incorporated in its mobile and tablet devices for their customers to have an efficient gaming mode.

Jovin Genovese who is the current Co-Gaming Ltd. Director claimed that his firm has been hugely successful in the past years. This has been due to the fact that SBTech which is deemed as the best of the best supplier firm in the industry has played its part in awarding the firm with an elaborated suite of products and services. This also includes the amazing support the SBTech has awarded ComeOn which mainly focused on their required needs.

The amusement and an outstanding gaming experience portrayed by the ComeOn Company to its global players have been as a result of the massive work of the SBTech. The director was eager to have a long lasting partnership with SBTech.

At the same time, the CEO of SBTech Itai Zak claimed that the undisputed growth of ComeOn has been essential in the pride portrayed by the entire team of SBTech. He was happy to extend the current deal to five more years and hoped the relationship will be forever lasting.

He continued to say that his firm was ready to supply both the SBTech Touch and Chameleon360 to ComeOn to oversee the operator move up the ladder to the very top. In their long journey to achieve their set goals, ComeOn will always have SBTech’s back.

There was rumor that the NFL had abolished any reports that involved an investigation of one of its own player by the Al Jazeera. However, it has emerged that the league is to undertake a through report review of the investigations that were conducted by the Al Jazeera and claimed that Peyton Manning an NFL player has been involved in a saga that saw him make a delivery request of the human hormone growth in 2011 under his wife’s name.

The league claimed that it will try hand to be among the Major League Baseball as well as the U.S Anti-Doping Agency investigators in conducting its final investigation on the player who was allegedly claimed to be using performance enhancement drugs.

Last Wednesday, the league told Media Insider Ian Rapoport that they won’t make any comment on the issue until the investigation is conducted fully. It was later claimed that the league had joined hands with the USADA and MLB in the investigation.

In a statement, the NFL claimed that the review is underway in a comprehensive aspect. The investigation will involve having access to and going over a number of records, incorporating numerous interviews as well as working hand in hand with the respective entities. The final report concluded by the NFL, MLB and USADA will be made public.

The investigation is scheduled to be complete in time before the start of the Super Bowl 50 where Manning is schedule to feature with his team the Denver Broncos.

There was a report by the ESPN’s T.J Quinn last Tuesday claiming that the league had claimed to conduct an independent investigation. However, the NFL dispelled this report.

Reports from the Al Jazeera which were made public by one of its former intern at Indianapolis ant-aging clinic that Manning’s wife had been seen frequently visiting the clinic to get human growth hormones in 2011. At this time, Manning was undergoing a neck surgery recovery. This report also revealed that other NFL players were also involved in the saga including Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard.

Manning came out to dispel these rumors and was eager to sue Al Jazeera on defamation charges just like Howard and Zimmerman had done.

A number of Hong Kong based raiders have found it hard to make it to the international arena. However, good news will be at their feet as the Hong Kong Jockey Club claimed that it was given mandate by the International Association of Jockey to initiate their 17 domestic races which was mainly meant for Hong Kong based horses to the international level. This compliment will be functional from the 2016/2017 season. This will be a massive step for the raiders based in Hong Kong as well as the entire Hong Kong Jockey fraternity as they will now have a total of 31 international raiders.

As it stands, there are a total of 14 races based in Hong Kong that have the eligibility of venturing in the international competition. Among these, 11 of them are at Group 1 level. The new rules have clearly indicated that all Group races are eligible to international racing. It doesn’t matter where a horse is born, trained or is owned by who. There were also some restrictions of rating bands that was initiated by the 14 newly opened races but were abolished following the new update.

The Executive Director of Racing Business and Operations Tony Kelly claimed that it was a huge step taken by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the globalization as well as development of the Hong Kong racing. This portrayed the willingness of the Club to take the racing in another dimension of international level. This made the Asian Pattern Committee very pleased when they met earlier in the week at the Asian Racing Conference in Mumbai, India.

He continued to say that this is a unique logical move for Hong Kong which will concur with the new advancement in direction and consistency that the Club has incorporated over time. There has been a long existence in the LONGINESS World’s Best Racehorse Rankings and this has seen an outstanding growth in the World’s Top 100 Group 1 Races to the Hong Kong raiders.

However, this international exposure will not be awarded to the four year olds as BMW Hong Kong Derby, Hong Kong Classic Cup and Hong Kong Classic Mile will involve participants based in Hong Kong.

Aging in greyhounds and horses can be fatal to the animals as their owners have no use to them. This mainly results in ending the lives of these animals that have their career coming to an end. Reports have indicated that over 15,000 dogs are killed each year when their career expires.

Animal wastage has been the prime welfare to all racing in the globe. There are however a number of greyhound owners and trainers who are conversant with the animal welfare. The killing of these animals has subdued in Australia as the NSW parliament select committee submitted a report that the killing claims conducted in three years up to 2012-2013 had gone down to 0.4%. There are a number of ways to reduce killing of greyhounds.

Restructuring races is one of these ways. Apparently, Australia can be in a position of re-homing about 2,000 greyhounds every year. This can be achieved from the 2014-2015 stats that showed that 834 adoptions were made.

Each year one out of four greyhounds retires. There are over 55,000 of these greyhounds in Australia. Rather than killing that one retiring dog, it could be more advisable to adopt it to families who like pet dogs. Generally, dogs can race for almost four years in their lifetime. This comes as the greyhounds need not be ridden, whipped or even made to jump obstacles in a race. They basically follow a straight line chasing a synthetic lure that is operated mechanically.

Back in 2009, the GRNSW took over the adoption role which saw more than 100 greyhounds adopted each year. This rose to several hundred as years went by. If at all the wasting of greyhounds is to be completely eliminated, the banning of these events must be eradicated for good. This will be the case incorporated by 39 states in the U.S.

The variation based on corporate model will involve the owners and trainers having their own breeding mechanism that would oversee the grey hounds take to the races three or four times in a year. This would eradicate the threats of career end threats and in turn would be fundamental in the elimination of wasting greyhounds.

For a company to have its popularity hitting every corner of the earth, its products and services must be on top of the game. Furthermore having various offices in different corners of the globe is crucial in the development aspects. This is one case that has been portrayed by SportQuake.

SportQuake was founded exactly 10 years ago by the former Tottenham Hotspurs Commercial Director Matt House. Celebrating its 10^th anniversary, the agency has decided to mark this with the expansion of its territories to further east. Apparently, SportQuake has initiated two main offices to be based in Beijing and Hong Kong. These two offices in China will be crucial to serve the interest of many Asian countries.

Since it was initiated in 2006, the agency has incorporated over £150 million in partnership deals involving brands as well as sports rights owners. The agency has recently struck deals with various football clubs such as Tottenham Hotspurs, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. It has also overseen 13 deals for front shirts of 13 Premier League (EPL) and La Liga.

The incorporation of the two offices in china will be crucial as the agency tries to exploits the growing commercialization of sports in the area. This will involve incorporating the western brands to the Chinese Super League and at the same time shifting the Eastern brands to various European Leagues including Bundesliga, La Liga and EPL.

Matt House who is the CEO and Founder of SportQuake claimed that the ideal agenda of being close to their clients has been fundamental for the opening of the two offices in China. Nonetheless, they will continue to play a major role in the UK market which has been their root source of income since the initiation of the agency. The expansion to oversee market has been one agenda which comes after the UK headquarters incorporated various internal restructuring that has made the firm be divided into four manageable pillars. These are; Research and Insight – Data and insight for all planning processes, Activation – Full range of ROI generating marketing services, New Business – Value identification, negotiation and new rights creation and Product Development – Market leading propositions for both brands and rights owners.

Kagiso Rabada was the man of the match at SuperSport Park after he produced one of his best shows in South African cricket jersey smashing England deep in a black hole. The 20 year old was outstanding and starred throughout the game as South African condemned England in their seven wickets for 49 runs in 13.4 overs. This happened despite England resuming on 52 for three.

However, this loss didn’t forbid the Englishmen in clinching the Basil D’ Oliveira trophy since they had won in 241 run at Kingsmead which was followed by 8-wicket win at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium.

In spite of thrashing England in the match, South Africa still is ranked 3^rd in the ICC test match. Captain AB de Villiers claimed that he was proud of his team who fired it up for the match and he claimed that this would be the start of upcoming success in the near future.

The full potential of Rabada was evident as he recorded figures of 13-144 which made history to be the best to have ever recorded in a total of 21 tests held at SuperSport Park. Among them was his 6-32 in 10.3 overs accrued in the second innings.

England captain Alastair Cook was disappointed by the way his team played in the five days but also found time to congratulate the South Africans for their brave approach of the match. At the same time, Ben Stokes was awarded with the man of the series award after he accrued 411 runs and 12 wickets which brought an average of 29.11.

South Africa has been hit by careless mistakes emanating from lack of concentration in batting that has led to their three test losses to India. This would later be followed by their initial loss to England at the Kingsmead.

The two teams had the following players for the match:

ENGLAND: AN Cook (capt), AD Hales, BA Stokes, CR Woakes, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, NRD Compton, JE Root, JM Bairstow (wk), MM Ali and JWA Taylor.

SOUTH AFRICA: AB de Villiers (capt), KJ Abbott, M Morkel, K Rabada, DL Piedt, D Elgar, SC Cook, HM Amla, JP Duminy, T Bavuma and Q de Kock (wk).