Samsung Team Up with Jordan Olympic Committee

Jordan Olympic Committee

Samsung sponsor Jordan Olympic Committee athletes for 17th Asian Games in Incheon

Samsung, the global technology giant and International Olympic Committee (IOC) TOP Partner today teamed up with the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) to sponsor athletes competing at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, which will take place from 19 September to 4 October.

As part of the partnership, five athletes have been selected as the ‘faces’ of Team Jordan and Samsung Electronics Levant, working together as Team Samsung. Both Team Samsung and the rest of the Jordanian delegation are busy making final preparations for the Games. The JOC is excited to be sending its largest-ever delegation to an Asian Games, with 156 athletes, officials and coaches due to attend.

Mr. Bumsuk Hong, President of Samsung Electronics Levant, said:

“Sponsoring Team Samsung in the Asian games affirms Samsung’s commitment towards supporting youth and Jordanian talent, and highlighting Jordan’s participation in the Asian Games.

“At Samsung we believe in supporting Jordanian athletes to participate and compete in global sporting events, and to have pride in Jordanian achievements by encouraging and supporting top athletes to help them inspire others with their passion. We wish Team Samsung the best of luck in the Games, representing the spirit of Jordan with their honourable sportsmanship.”

Jordan Olympic Committee

Lana Al Jaghbeer, JOC Secretary General said:

“This partnership with Samsung Electronics Levant marks a new direction for the Jordan Olympic Committee following the launch of our new Living Sport initiative earlier this year. One of the key elements to Living Sport is making the JOC, and sport in general, more accessible and marketable. For a company the size and with the reputation of Samsung to recognise this is a massive boost to our continuing efforts to make sport and healthy living integral to the lives of all Jordanians.”

As Jordan’s talented young men and women stepped up their training for the 17th Asian Games, the JOC came to the rescue as six national team cyclists were sent to hospital after being hit by a car on Jordan’s Airport Road. Thankfully, despite some nasty injuries, the team have now resumed training, thanks to new equipment supplied by the JOC.

JOC athletes are set to compete in 12 different sports including football (men and women), basketball, taekwondo (men and women), karate (men and women), boxing, triathlon, cycling, judo, squash, wushu, wrestling and weightlifting. Approximately 20,000 participants, including 13,000 athletes and team officials from 45 NOCs, are due to take part in the 16 day competition.

The 17th Asian Games in Incheon will provide an exciting opportunity for Jordan Olympic Committee and Team Samsung’s most promising young athletes to compete on the international stage, and demonstrate the Living Sport vision: for sport and healthy living to play a role in the lives of all Jordanians.

SuperSport Promises Quality Live HD Coverage Of Games In the Barclay’s Premier League

Obinna Anyalebechi, Marketing Manager, Guinness; Mr. Martin Mabutho, General Manager, Marketing, MultiChoice Nigeria; Mr. Gbenga Moses, Head, Sponsored Assets, Globacom and Mr. Koye Sowemimo, Head, Corporate and Consumer Electronics Marketing, Samsung during the live Screening of New Football Season at the Harbour Point Event Center, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday 16th August, 2014.

Football fans were thrilled and excited as SuperSport, the biggest sports content provider on DStv and GOtv over the weekend commenced the Barclay’s Premier League season with fun and great aplomb as it brought a live studio audience to watch the opening match in Victoria Island, Lagos.

Speaking at the event, General Manager Marketing, MultiChoice Nigeria, Martin Mabutho said MultiChoice and SuperSport wanted soccer fans to feel the passion of the game, which was why a live studio experience was created for the opening games of the Barclays Premier League.

Mabutho promised that MultiChoice through DStv and GOtv will bring quality live high definition coverage of games in the Barclay’s Premier League, to its subscribers. “We want our subscribers to enjoy quality football this season and in the tradition they are used to.

The games will be brought to them in excellent quality and sound, as well as in HD.” he remarked. He also thanked broadcast sponsors of the Barclay’s Premier League; Guinness Nigeria PLC, Globacom, Samsung, Honeywell and Wakanow, calling them partners in the love of football, for their support of the game, which is arguably the World’s most watched sport.

The live audience at the MultiChoice BPL Kick off saw the SuperSport panel of analysts offer projections about what to expect this season, as well as highlights to look forward to. The analysts were, Charles Anazodo, Prince Victor Ikpeba, Segun Agbede and Chisom Mbonu

Various BPL fans during live Screening of New Football Season at the Harbour Point Event Center, Victoria Island, Lago on Saturday 16th August, 2014.

IOC And Samsung Extend Worldwide TOP Partnership Through To 2020

The IOC today announced that it has extended its Worldwide TOP Partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) through to the end of 2020. Samsung will be the official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communication Equipment and Computing Equipment category.

The extension of the partnership between the IOC and Samsung was made official during a signing ceremony with IOC President Thomas Bach, and Jay Y. Lee, Vice Chairman at Samsung Electronics, in Nanjing, China, host of the 2nd Youth Olympic Games, which officially opened yesterday.

IOC President Thomas Bach said: “We are delighted to be able to continue our partnership with Samsung. The funding generated by the TOP Programme directly supports the staging of every Olympic Games, as well as every one of the National Olympic Committees, enabling athletes from all over the world to prepare for and compete at each Games. Samsung also supports the operations of each Games by providing leading wireless telecommunications and technology equipment. In addition, Samsung’s technologies and global marketing reach will engage fans around the world with the Olympic values and the Olympic Movement.”

IOC Marketing Commission Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda said: “I am delighted that we have now reached agreements with all of our existing partners through to at least 2020. This is a clear sign of the strength of the programme and the global appeal of the Olympic Games and the Olympic values.”

Younghee Lee, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, IT & Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics, said: “Samsung aims to spread the Olympic spirit through our innovative wireless and computing technologies, enabling all fans around the world to stay connected and share the excitement of the Games. We are proud to extend our involvement in the Olympic Movement, as it is meaningful to us to inspire people through the passion that lies behind the Games and contribute to creating a smarter Olympic Games”.

The extension of the partnership means that Samsung now supports the Organising Committees of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, in 2016, the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (2018) in PyeongChang and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad (2020) in Tokyo, as well as the Organisers of each Youth Olympic Games through to 2020. Samsung will also continue to support the IOC and every National Olympic Committee.

Samsung’s first Olympic Games as a Worldwide TOP Partner was the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games; and Samsung is the 11th company to commit to the Worldwide TOP Programme through 2020.