GiantsGaming renews contract with noodle brand Meiji FUSIAN
Giantsgaming, the Spanish eSports team, has recently renewed its contract with Nestlé's noodle brand, Meiji FUSIAN. The FUSIAN range consists of oriental noodles and is part of Meiji's brand of seasonings, soups and other food products. Meiji FUSIAN will be Giantsgaming's official global partner, and the brand's logo will be featured on eSports athletes' uniforms. The first partnership between the two companies is in 2021.
Become an official supporter of the Soccer World Cup in France
Accorlivelimitlesss (ALL), the booking platform and loyalty program of the Accor Group, recently became an official supporter of the 2023 Football World Cup. The tournament will open on September 8 and last for 51 days. France's biggest sporting event of the year offers ALL a promotion . com as a hotel booking platform opportunity that exemplifies the benefits of ALL as a lifestyle loyalty program and showcases Accor's hospitality expertise through its 1,600 hotels and 21 brands across the country that will welcome and host fans from around the world. Accor's list of partners includes the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, Paris Saint-Germain, the French Open, Accor Stadium Sydney and SailGP France.
Became the official foreign exchange payment partner of Football Australia
Corpay, the cross-border business of global commercial payments leader, recently reached an agreement with Football Australia to become their official foreign exchange (FX) payments partner. As part of the partnership, Corpay has also been named the official partner of the Australian men's national soccer team and the Australian women's national soccer team. As the Corpay brand and business grows globally, so too does its family of key partners in the sports industry.Corpay is committed to supporting Australian soccer and the success of the national team at upcoming soccer championships, international tournaments and the World Cup.
NFL's Cleveland Browns end home title partnership with Firstenergy
The NFL's Cleveland Browns recently terminated its partnership with Firstenergy for the naming rights to its main stadium, which was set to expire in 2029. The stadium reverted to the name "Cleveland Browns Stadium". Firstenergy has been the naming partner of the Browns since 2013. The deal is reportedly worth $6 million a year. The Browns have been under pressure to cut ties with the electric service company after it admitted to bribing Ohio lawmakers. The Browns owners said they are "committed" to renovating the team's stadium in the coming years, which could pave the way for a new naming rights deal.
Industry News
Up to 10 hours! Tencent Games Releases Notice of Minor Play Restrictions for May Day Labor Day Holiday
On April 19, Tencent Games released a notice on the restriction of play by minors during the May Day Labor Day. In conjunction with the notice on further strict management and effective prevention of minors' indulgence in online games and the actual holiday schedule, the following are the restrictions on minors' play of online games operated by Tencent Games in mainland China before and after the May Day Labor Day in 2023.
Minors are limited to play:
April 21-22 (Friday and Saturday)
Friday, April 28
April 29-May 3 (May Day)
Friday, May 5
Sunday, May 7
Minors can log in to the game between 20:00 and 21:00 every day.
The rest of the weekdays, as well as Sunday, April 23 and Saturday, May 6, are no-play periods.
China's mobile game publishers ranked by global revenue in March: Tencent, NetEase, Mihayou top 3
On April 18, Sensortower released its global revenue ranking of Chinese mobile game publishers for the month of March. A total of 41 Chinese manufacturers made it into the top 100 global mobile game publishers in terms of revenue, attracting a total of US$1.93 billion, which accounted for 37.1% of the revenue of the world's top 100 mobile game publishers in this period.
The top ten are: Tencent, NetEase, MihaYou, Rhinoceros HootSuite, Sanqi HootSuite, Lilith, IM30, Shellwood Games, Dot Interactive, and Shiyue Networks.
In addition to the list, Chinese mobile game publishers that made it to the top 100 in global revenue include 41 vendors such as Duoyi Network, Athletic World, Lemon Microfun, Friendship Time, Eagle Corner Networks, Poké City, Yale Technology, Perfect World, Visitor Networks, Purple Dragon Games, and Yuca Networks.
Guangzhou Evergrande player Golat decides to retire from the game
BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Former 31-year-old, Guangzhou Evergrande player Golat has decided to retire from the game, with details to be confirmed on Friday, according to several Brazilian media reports. Recently, naturalized player Golat won the Bahia state championship with his team. He scored 10 goals for the team in the state league.
It is reported that Guangzhou Evergrande had invested 800 million yuan to naturalize Golat, but in exchange for 0 appearances in the national football team.In January 2015, Golat transferred from Barclays Premier League's Cruzeiro to Guangzhou Evergrande. He played 174 games for Guangzhou, scoring 110 goals + 54 assists. He also helped Guangzhou Evergrande win three Chinese Super League titles, an AFC Champions League title and an FA Cup title. Later, he joined Santos and Bahia in the Barclays Premier League. Last season, he helped Bahia return to the Barclays Premier League, where he won the State Championship with Bahia in early April, and his contract with the team expires in 2023.
Xu Jiayin put forward the spirit of the new Guangzhou team: wolfishness, collaborative struggle, perseverance, hammering the elite
Xu Jiayin recently convened Evergrande soccer management meeting, Guangzhou Football Club is required to comprehensively select and boldly appoint Evergrande Football School outstanding young talent, and make every effort to create a "new Guangzhou team spirit", full of wolverine, collaborative struggle, perseverance, and hammering the elite.
This season, Guangzhou, the eight-time champion of the Chinese Super League, has been relegated to the Central League, and the team has lost core players such as Wei Shihao and Yang Liyu.
According to the plan, the China First Division League will be unveiled this weekend. Xu Jiayin recently convened Evergrande Football Management Conference, requesting Guangzhou Football Club to comprehensively select and boldly appoint the excellent young talents of Evergrande Football School, and make every effort to build the "New Guangzhou Team Spirit" of "full of wolves, collaborative hard work, perseverance, and hammering the elites".
Xu Jiayin said that the club should continue to follow the group's goal of "making Evergrande Soccer School the cradle of Chinese soccer stars, and the Guangzhou team should be a good cradle platform", and unswervingly take the "one-stop" talent cultivation road from the Evergrande Soccer School to the Guangzhou team to make contributions to the development and revitalization of Chinese soccer. Evergrande Soccer School will make solid contributions to the development and revitalization of Chinese soccer.
