Event Notes: Global Sports Breakfast Panel In London To Feature NBA, EPL, F1 Execs

The NBA Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center CEO Brett Yormark, Arsenal CCO Tom Fox, and Red Bull Racing F1 Team Principal Christian Horner will participate in The Leaders Sport Breakfast, a discussion about the globalization of sports and the role played by owners, talent, and commercial partnerships on Wednesday at Bloomberg’s European Headquarters in Finsbury Square, London (Brooklyn Nets). ... The camp of boxer Alex Leapai "are hopeful of having a date set" within days as the heavyweight begins work for his Cinderella title shot against world champion Wladimir Klitschko (BRISBANE TIMES, 1/10). ... Rory McIlroy and Europe's Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley "have backed the decision" to move the Irish Open from Carton House in County Kildare to Fota Island. The June 19-22 tournament is to be held in Cork, the country's southern-most county, this year for the first time since '02 (REUTERS, 1/13).