SportsPro Live rescheduled
SportsPro has announced that its flagship event, SportsPro Live, has been rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The event will now take place at the Olympic Park in London from 17-18 September.
In an statement SportsPro said: “We can’t wait to reconnect [in person!] with the entire sports business network, at our official venues across the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.”
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FIF20 and WFS Asia cancelled
World Football Summit (WFS) has suspended all on-site events until July meaning that the Football Innovation Forum (FIF20) and WFS Asia will not be going ahead.
WFS said in a statement: “The coronavirus pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge for the world. One that can only be overcome if the global community works together as a team and puts general interests over individual ones. This means setting people’s health and well-being as the only priority, and that’s what the World Football Summit team is committed to.
“We are all confident that the end of this battle is near, that the ball will soon roll again and we will be able to gather around football and the rest of the things that make us happy. But currently there is no way to know exactly when this will happen.
“That’s why, as painful as it is, we have decided to suspend all our on-site events scheduled for the next four months in order to avoid any unnecessary risks and inconvenience for our partners and friends.
“This includes the second edition of both the Football Innovation Forum [FIF20], set to take place in Istanbul on the eve of the Uefa Champions League final, and WFS Asia, scheduled for the 1st and 2nd of July in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.”
WFS20 remains scheduled for 23-24 September in Madrid, Spain.
Main image: SportsPro Live in 2019
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