Cornish Pirates completed fifth within the Championship final season with 13 wins from 22 matches The chairman of Cornish Pirates, Paul Durkin, says he expects a brand new construction for English membership rugby with a Premiership One and Premiership Two. The highest flight has been diminished to 10 groups for this season after Wasps, Worcester … Read more
Peter Thomas was one of many longest-serving chairmen in skilled European membership rugby Former Cardiff chairman and businessman Peter Thomas has died aged 79. Thomas performed for Cardiff RFC within the Nineteen Sixties and returned to assist run the membership earlier than its 2003 transition to certainly one of Wales’ areas. Thomas first invested within … Read more
PHILADELPHIA — Dave Scott will retire as chairman of the Philadelphia Flyers‘ dad or mum firm Comcast Spectacor and get replaced by Dan Hilferty. Hilferty, who was just lately named CEO of Comcast Spectacor, will succeed Scott as chairman of the corporate on April 17 and because the workforce’s governor on July 1. Scott joined … Read more
David Buttress has been chairman of Dragons RFC since 2017 Dragons chairman David Buttress says there was an “unbalanced” relationship between the areas and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). Buttress additionally informed the BBC’s Wales Dwell programme there was an “unhealthy give attention to workforce Wales”. Nonetheless, the entrepreneur welcomed the WRU’s reform proposals introduced … Read more
Tony Rowe (left), has been instrumental in the building of the off-field foundations that will allow Rob Baxter, director for rugby, to lead Exeter to two domestic championships and a European Champions Cup Tony Rowe, Exeter chairman and chief executive, has agreed to purchase a stake at a hotel owned club by the government to … Read more
John White (right) was a Northampton Saints fan for many years and was elected as the club’s chairman in 2017. Northampton Saints are “in a resilient position” after returning a £300,000 profit and record turnover during the last year, says chairman John White. Saints brought in £20.8m in the financial year ending 30 June 2022. … Read more
Simon Muderack was appointed Scarlets chairman by Nigel Short Simon Muderack, Scarlets’ executive chairman, stated that Wales’ professional rugby teams are in a “perilous” situation and that a long-term agreement with the Welsh Rugby Union is needed. The WRU is currently in negotiations with Scarlets, Cardiff Dragons, Ospreys, and Ospreys to solve the long-term financial … Read more
Ieuan Evans was a club rugby player for Llanelli and Bath. Former Wales wing Ieuan Evans has been appointed chair of The British & Irish Lions board. Evans, who made 72 appearances for Wales and scored 33 tries, will replace Jason Leonard, an ex-England prop, in October. The vice-chair of the Welsh Rugby Union is … Read more
The Orioles Baltimore will never be forgotten. John Angelos, the team chairman and CEO, made this statement Monday amid a family legal battle. Thursday’s lawsuit was filed by Louis Angelos alleging that John, his brother, tried to seize control and relocate the franchise to Tennessee. The CEO, Margaret Valentine, is a singer-songwriter and owns a … Read more
Phoenix SunsRobert Sarver, majority owner of Western Alliance Bancorporation, will be retiring in June as the executive chairman. This marks the end to a nearly $56 billion asset company’s two-decade-long tenure. Sarver’s announcement comes amid an NBA investigation into the Suns. The league was founded in November 2021 following a ESPN story that detailed allegations … Read more