NEWS UPDATE
Sheffi eld’s Olympic Legacy Park a step closer
Plans to create an Olympic Legacy Park on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium in Sheffi eld are a step closer after Sheffi eld Eagles rugby league club secured a £6m funding package towards the project. A joint venture between Sheffi eld Hallam University, Sheffi eld Teaching Hospitals, Sheffi eld City Council and the private sector, the development will include a community stadium – the new home for the Sheffi eld Eagles – a hotel, restaurant and a 3,000-capacity indoor sports arena. The arena will become the new home for the Sheffi eld Sharks basketball club. Read more:
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The survey suggests that women with a sporting background will have more successful careers Sport accelerates leadership potential in women Wasps skipper James Haskell at Ricoh
Wasps secure 100 per cent ownership of Ricoh
Wasps Rugby Club has completed a deal to become the sole owner of Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), the company which owns the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The club secured the remaining 50 per cent stake from the Alan Edward Higgs Charity, having already acquired 50 per cent of ACL from Coventry City Council in a deal in October 2014. The deal is part of Wasps’ move from its current home at Adams Park in Buckinghamshire to Ricoh Arena. The club has shared Adams Park with Wycombe Wanderers Football Club since 2002 and had in recent years been actively look- ing to build its own stadium.
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http://lei.sr?a=J5G3k The campaign aims to get women more active 26
The majority of women executives believe a sporting background can accelerate their leadership and career potential, according to a report commissioned by the EY Women Athletes Business Network and espnW. The Making the connec- tion: women, sport and leadership report was based on a global online survey of 400 women executives, conducted by Longitude Research. Of the highfl ying respondents, 94 per cent said they had actively participated in sport while three quarters agreed that a background in sport can help accelerate a woman’s career potential.
Beth Brooke-Marciniak, EY’s global vice chair for public policy, said: “We’ve long known that sport has a positive impact on society. These fi ndings show that par- ticipation in sport not only infl uences leadership skills, style and career devel- opment, but it is also a powerful motivator for female executives.” Other fi ndings include that 61 per cent of women leaders accredited past sport- ing involvement to their current career success and said that a background in sport has a positive infl uence on their own hiring decisions.
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http://lei.sr?a=G3K5S Sport England launches This Girl Can campaign
Sport England has launched a multi-million pound marketing campaign aimed at get- ting more girls and women into sport. Delivered with a range of partner organ- isations, This Girl Can aims to be a celebration of active women and seeks to include women of any size, ability or expe- rience. It follows from a survey by Sport England which revealed that 75 per cent of women would like to exercise more – but are put off by issues ranging from body confi dence to motherhood.
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