The José Higueras forum “Football and Tennis – Two Professional Sport Models”
The Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, the Spanish Tennis Foundation and the Godó Group organised the José Higueras Forum at the Olympic Museum for the purpose of promoting and disseminating the values of sport, particularly tennis.
An original inaugural ceremony ticket to the Monjuïc Olympic Stadium in 1929 becomes a part of the Joan Antoni Samaranch Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport museum collection
Pedro Hernández, Professional Tennis Area Manager for the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation and a sport item collector has donated an original ticket to the Museu Olímpic i de l’Esport corresponding to the inauguration in 1929, of the Monjuïc Olympic Stadium on the occasion of the International Expo of Barcelona.
Olympic Forum: Final Day and Conclusions
The second and final day of the Olympic Forum ended with a warm welcome by the public. Romà Cuyàs, patron of the Fundació, was responsible for closing the event.
J.M. Gay de Liébana, Júlia Bosch and Joan Anton Camuñas – Exceptional Speakers during the First Day of the Olympic Forum on Economics and Sport
The inaugural ceremony was presided by Xavier Amador, Director of Institutional Relations of the Qualitat de vida, Igualtat i Esport department; David Moner, Chairman of Unió de Federacions Catalanes (UFEC); Gerard Figueras, Director of the Consell Català d’Esport and Josep Salom, representative of the Provincial Government of Barcelona.
China’s Tongii University exhibits “Imaging Barcelona – The Transformation of an Olympic City”
The exhibit, which was commissioned by the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, is comprised of a series of photographs demonstrating the Olympic legacy left by the 1992 Olympic Games.
The Eurocup 2013-2014 Drawing at the Museu Olímpic
The regular Eurocup season will begin on 15 October. Forty-eight clubs from 24 countries have taken part in the drawing of one of the most important European basketball events. We will have to wait until next May to know who will be the next EUROCUP champion.
The European Parlamentarians with Africa (AWEPA) association of consuls and representatives in African countries has met to establish the cooperation initiatives and objectives for development in Africa
Senator Josep Maldonado, the President of the AWEPA, together with Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, were given the task of welcoming them to the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum.
Olympic medal-winners Ona Carbonell and Joel González will be the ambassadors of the 4th Oxfam Intermón Trailwalker event
Athletes Joel Gonzalez and Ona Carbonell, alongside Francesc Mateu, the Oxfam Intermón Director in Catalonia, and Juli Pernas, Director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation, were at the Olympic and Sport Museum to present this 4th edition of Trailwalker, the charitable project promoted by Intermón Oxfam.
‘On 28 September the response to Alzheimer’s comes through music’. The Pasqual Maragall Foundation is staging a major concert to help in the fight against Alzheimer’s at the Palau Sant Jordi
Performers of the standing of Joan Manuel Serrat, Noa, Barbara Hendriks, Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Miguel Poveda will be putting on a unique show with a symphonic backdrop courtesy of the El Vallès Symphony Orchestra conducted by Joan Albert Amargós, under the artistic direction of Manuel Huerga, with the essence of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games playing a key role in commemorating some very special moments.
The “Barcelona Law and Sport” seminar, courtesy of the Barcelona Professional Lawyers’ Association (@comunicacioicab)
The event was presided over by Oriol Mercè Deputy Director of the Catalan Sports Council, Xavier Amador, Director of Institutional Relations at the Quality of Life, Equality and Sport Department, and Oriol Rusca, the Dean of the Barcelona Lawyers’ Association.
