{"id":42430,"date":"2025-11-20T23:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42430"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:53:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:53:26","slug":"cy8v8ml1817oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/cy8v8ml1817oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Premier Tech: Cycling team taken over by Andres Iniesta&#8217;s company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The team formerly known as Israel-Premier Tech have been taken over by a branding company co-founded by<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> <\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Barcelona legend and World Cup winner Andres Iniesta.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was announced on Thursday evening the team had changed ownership and registered as Swiss, following their Israeli owners being the subject of several pro-Palestinian protests and the loss of their title sponsor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The team will now be known as NSN Cycling from 2026, and say they are &#8220;a Swiss team with a Spanish structure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a statement, which suggested they had been sold by the Israeli owners &#8211; although this has not been formally confirmed to BBC Sport after a request for comment &#8211; the team said they had made an &#8220;acquisition of the team&#8217;s [governing competition] licence, and subsequent role in the team&#8217;s operations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">NSN, which stands for Never Say Never, is a company co-founded by Iniesta, and claims to &#8220;connect global audiences through the power of sports and entertainment&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former title sponsor Premier Tech ended its association this month, despite the team initially agreeing to remove Israel from their name. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The team had agreed to the change in October after public pressure from the Canadian company, citing pro-Palestinian protests during the Vuelta a Espana in September &#8211; many of which were directed towards Israel-Premier Tech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Canadian rider Derek Gee also cancelled his contract with the team days before the Vuelta, citing &#8220;serious concerns&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome signed for the team in 2020, but was released last week following serious injuries sustained in a training accident this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams has been co-owner of Israel-Premier Tech since 2014, but recently stepped back from day-to-day operations following controversy surrounding the team during the Vuelta as a result of the Israel-Gaza conflict. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The conflict was sparked by a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel responded by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which more than 69,00 people have been killed, according to the territory&#8217;s Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#IsraelPremier #Tech #Cycling #team #Andres #Iniestas #company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team formerly known as Israel-Premier Tech have been taken over by a branding company co-founded by Barcelona legend and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42432,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42430\/revisions\/42432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}