talkSPORT is launching a fundraising campaign to support international charity WaterAid to help communities in Malawi get the basic necessities of clean, safe water and adequate sanitation. The station will be asking listeners to back the charity’s Big Dig Appeal by pitching Breakfast co-host Ronnie Irani against Drive co-host Darren Gough in a … read more
£100,000 has been promised to the first crew who can row 2,000 miles unassisted around the British coast in less than 26 days, 21 hours and 14 minutes, starting and finishing at Tower Bridge. read more
GB Rowing and Siemens have teamed up to put the nation through an Olympic selection test and raise money for charity in February, with the public pitted against each other and against the clock. read more
Row2Recovery, a campaign to raise £1m for injured service personnel and their families, has announced that BP has pledged its support for the project by signing on as the first official Premium Partner for Row2Recovery. read more
Input Media, Kameleon, Telegraph Media Group (TMG) and Convers Sports Initiatives (CSI) have unveiled plans to launch GBsport TV, the first free-to-view digital sports channel dedicated to the live streaming of British sports. read more
Professional Sports Group has announced a three-year partnership with The Boat Race Company Ltd (BRCL), the organisers of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which will see the UK and Middle East based sports marketing agency handle sponsorship, marketing, PR and community event management for the event. read more
For 24 hours non-stop, a team of injured service personnel, supported by Olympic rowers, celebrity sports stars and volunteers pitted themselves against the clock on ergo rowing machines in London’s Horse Guards Parade to complete one million metres. read more
Xchanging, the title sponsor of the University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge, will end its backing of the annual race when the current contract expires next year. read more
The University Boat Race is to make a significant commercial structural change after allowing its primary sponsor Xchanging to take over the naming rights to the prestigious annual race between Oxford and Cambridge. read more
The running of the National Water Sports Centre near Nottingham, a key training venue for a number of water sports such as rowing and canoeing, has been taken over by the county council. read more
The prestigious Oxford v Cambridge University Boat Race will remain a televised event after the BBC stepped in to take the rights for the traditional rowing race following ITV's decision not to renew its existing deal after this year's event. read more
In the lead up to London 2012, GB Rowing has renewed its sponsorship deal with the electronics and engineering giant Siemens, on account of the team’s success at the Beijing Olympics. read more
ITV announced that it will no longer televise the legendary Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridgee after next year. read more
Sir Steve Redgrave has joined sponsorship agency brandRapport as chairman of its International Advisory Board. read more
Siemens has appointed sports marketing agency Threepipe Sport to handle the PR for the company’s sponsorship of GB Rowing. read more
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