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Portas Consulting find ideal fit in CAA Sports


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The CAA Sports, a division of Creative Artists Agency (CAA), has agreed on a deal to acquire Portas Consulting, a premier global management consulting firm, subject to customary regulatory approval.
‘VARIETY’ stated that the Executive Chairman and Founder David Portas and the Managing Partner, Portas Consulting, Donal McElwee, along with their team of 160 consultants and staff who have completed projects in more than 40 countries worldwide, will join the agency.
Los Angeles (US)-based the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) is the leading entertainment and sports agency with global expertise in filmed and live entertainment, digital media, publishing, sponsorship sales and endorsements, media finance, consumer investing, fashion, trademark licensing, and philanthropy.
Portas Consulting help the sports organizations achieve sustainable success through innovative strategies and operational excellence. They are dedicated to maximizing the benefits of sport and physical activity for the Governments, the sports bodies and corporates and through them for the society. Portas Consulting has offices in Dubai (UAE), London (UK), Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), and Singapore.
‘VARIETY’ further stated that the award-winning sports consultancy, which will be rebranded to CAA Portas, collaborates with the Governments, the federations, the Olympic committees, the leagues, the clubs, the investors, Ministers, Boards, the C-suite executives, the senior sports leaders, and the private sector organizations to develop innovative strategies that improve performance, enhance participation, optimize governance, and drive commercial growth. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Pointed out Paul Danforth, CAA Managing Director and President, CAA Sports, “The global sports marketplace is evolving rapidly creating unprecedented opportunities for the agency and our clients in both established and emerging markets. As CAA Sports continues its international growth plan we remain focused on creating new service offerings that we can deliver to the clients to accelerate their business objectives. The Portas Consulting is a best-in-class management consultancy whose like-minded leadership and collaborative approach to client service will fit seamlessly into the CAA Sports ecosystem. By adding this unique expertise to our already robust suite of services we are uniquely positioned to help shape the future of the global sports industry.”
Founded in 2006 Portas Consulting consistently ranks among the top sports management consulting firms providing its clients in the sector with a more tailored and specialist service and deeper subject matter expertise than the generalist management consultancies. Delivering impact across all areas of the sports economy Portas’ recent programs include: Transforming the sports economies, creating national sports policies, increasing sports participation, winning bids for the major events, optimizing the leagues and the clubs, securing increases in funding into sport at a national and City level, optimizing the global sporting calendars, supporting the federations, the leagues and the clubs with their investments and long-term commercial sustainability and providing sports investment advisory, and feasibility studies for the sports assets.
Averred McElwee, “Portas’ mission is to transform the world through sport. We have grown organically by 30 percent annually throughout the last 10 years to become the leading independent advisor to the senior leaders in sport. Our new goal is to expand even faster to create a world leading end-to-end advisory business. The CAA Sports is the ideal fit to achieve this growth and diversification for the benefit of the industry, our clients and our people.”
The CAA Sports is a diversified sports enterprise with global operations encompassing 18 divisions including property sales, brand consulting, media rights, executive search, venue development, and athlete representation. Since its inception the CAA Sports has completed more than $11 billion in new sponsorship business on behalf of its property clients and orchestrated precedent-setting naming rights agreements including the National Football League (NFL) team San Francisco 49ers’ 68,500-capacity Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the National Basketball Association (NBA) team Golden State Warriors’ the 18,064-capacity Chase Center in San Francisco, California, and the NBA team Los Angeles Clippers’ 18,000-capacity Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. The agency’s industry-leading sports media advisory practice has structured and negotiated more than $100 billion in media rights deals since its formation in 2010. The award-winning CAA Brand Consulting is currently advising, managing and activating on more than $4 billion in sponsorship rights deals on behalf of its global brand clients.
In 2017, the agency launched CAA ICON, the leading Owner’s Representative and strategic management consulting firm, which oversees the development, design and construction of major stadiums worldwide and the CAA Executive Search becoming the first major talent agency in the United States to build an executive search practice serving the sports, entertainment and the media industries. The agency most recently announced the launch of CAA Global Family Office Advisory to help support the unique complexities of generational wealth. Providing a level of strategic insight, cultural fluency and global connectivity that is unmatched in the industry the CAA Global Family Office Advisory helps the Family Office clients navigate structure and design, family governance and operational efficiencies and provides board, leadership, philanthropic and human capital advisory.
The CAA Sports represents more than 3,000 of the world’s best athletes in such sports as baseball, football, hockey, basketball, and soccer in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters and sports personalities. For nine consecutive years the agency has topped Forbes’ Most Valuable Sports Agencies list with $14.1 billion in current active contract value under management and nearly $4 billion in client marketing revenues.
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Mountain Hawks Produce Top Performances at Penn Select
The field events started the competition, where the Mountain Hawks had a few top performances. Senior Grace Aggen was Lehigh’s top performing thrower, where she led Lehigh in both events. Her best performance was in the shot put, where she threw 13.11 meters to place fifth. She also threw 13.38 meters in the weight throw, placing 15th. The Mountain Hawks had two other top five field finishes. The first was in the high jump, where sophomore Anna Troutman jumped 1.67 meters to earn fifth place. Senior Laura Reigle leaped 3.77 meters in the pole vault to secure a three-way tie for third. Senior Grace Nation may not have had the highest placing day for the jumpers as she finished seventh in the long jump, however she had the best individual jumping performance of the day. Her 5.56-meter jump was not just a personal best, but moved her up to seventh place on Lehigh’s all-time indoor performance list.
Senior Grace Kennedy and sophomore Jade Sanders had excellent days in the sprinting events earning top finishes. Their best performances were in the 400 meter where they both placed top ten and posted top Division I times. Kennedy led the way, placing second and running 56.53. That mark was not just the 42nd fastest time run in Division I this year, but also the 55th best time in the entire NCAA. Sanders ran 57.60, which landed her in ninth place and was the 89th fastest Division I time this year. In the 200 meter, Kennedy led the way once again with a 25.60-second run, earning her ninth place. Sanders clocked in at 25.85, which was good for 12th place and was an indoor personal best. Close behind them was first-year Harper Glennon, who ran a collegiate best time of 25.99 to place 14th. Glennon was also Lehigh’s top finisher in the 60 meters, where she placed 16th (7.87).
The 800 meters also featured personal best performances. Sophomore Lauren Bower ran an indoor personal best time of 2:14.02. This performance was the 48th best time in the NCAA, and placed her at seventh in the meet. Senior Amber Barrios was just behind in ninth place. She finished in 2:16.24, which earned her the 84th best time in the NCAA this year.
Lehigh had two other top ten placements in the competition. First was first-year Lyssi Penn in the 60 meter hurdles, who’s 9.27-second run earned her ninth. Senior Dakota Russell also placed ninth in her event, she ran 10:21.79 over 3000 meters.
The Mountain Hawks also placed well in the 4×400-meter relay. The team of Barrios, Bower, first year Kayleigh Jamieson, and senior Corinn Brewer placed sixth by running 3:59.55.
Lehigh next competes next week, when the Mountain Hawks will split their squad. Some of the team will head back to Philadelphia to compete at the Quaker Invitational, while the others stay on campus to compete at the Moravian Blue and Grey Invite at Rauch Fieldhouse.
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Bulldogs Set Three School Records in Season Opener at Tryon
MILL SPRING, N.C. – The UNC Asheville Track and Field team kicked off the 2026 indoor season in impressive fashion on Saturday, breaking three school records at the season opener. The meet marked the first collegiate competition at Tryon International since the facility added the Mondo Super X 720 Indoor Track.
School Records Set
- Nkosi Jeju opened his season by winning the men’s long jump with a mark of 7.40 meters, surpassing his own previous school record of 7.34 meters set at last year’s Gamecock Opener.
- Kelechi Anyanwu made a memorable collegiate debut in the men’s 300m, finishing in 34.29 seconds to set a new school record. The previous mark of 34.74 seconds was held by Shemarr Session.
- Bennett Moreno also set a school record in his collegiate debut in the men’s 600m, taking third overall in 1:22.08. The previous record of 1:22.74 had stood since 1995.
Other long jump competitors included Elijah Able (4th, 6.82m), Aaron Higgins (6th, 6.78m), and Max Smydra (7th, 6.63m), with Able entering the record book at No. 5. Ty’Vell Foskey (7th, 35.47) and Demorris Jordan (10th, 35.83) also represented Asheville in the top-10 of the 300m.
Top Individual Finishes
Women’s 1,000m
Women’s Weight Throw
Women’s Shot Put
Men’s Shot Put
Men’s Triple Jump
Women’s 300m
Women’s 600m
Men’s 60m Finals
Men’s 60m Hurdles
Men’s High Jump
Men’s 1,000m
Men’s Mile & 800m
Women’s Mile
Women’s 800m
Men’s & Women’s 200m
Men’s & Women’s 3,000m
Men’s 400m
Relays
For a complete look at all of the results, click here.
The Bulldogs will return to action at Tryon next weekend (Jan. 16-17) for the Tryon International Winter Invitational.
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Kiplagat, Matthews Winners in Gamecock Opener
COLUMBIA, SC. – Andrew Kiplagat picked up right where he left off from the cross country season with a program record first-place finish in the 3000m, Saturday at the South Carolina Indoor Track & Field Complex.
Kiplagat highlighted a plethora of top-10 finishes with an 8:18.68 finish in his first event of indoor season.
He was not the only Wildcat to take home the top spot in an event, as Ashton Matthews topped the leaderboard in the high jump with a 1.95m.
Shanard Walker added to his strong start to the season with a 6.81 in the 60m, taking third in the event. He also placed second in the 200m with. a 21.31.
Jancent Wallace took third in the 200m with a 21.71, as well as second in the 400m with a 47.75.
On the women’s side, Valencia Butler finished secon in the mile with a time of 5:33.67. Also in second was Selena Rutland, who finished as the runner up in the high jump with a 1.50m, and Haely Grant, who posted a 57.20 in the 400m.
Morgan Middleton finished third with a 1:42.03 in the 600m, with Nyidjah Ives finishing third in the 800m with a 2:35.71.
In the jumps, Zion Harvey and LaNeeya Garrison each earned top-three finishes in the long jump and triple jump, respectively.
The full list of B-CU times and finishes is listed below:
Men’s 60m
3. Shanard Walker 6.81
Men’s 200m
2. Shanard Walker 21.31
3. Jancent Wallace 21.73
5. Ethan Sharpe 21.76
16. Jonathan Gaines 22.35
Men’s 300m
13. Makhii Fleming 35.48
Men’s 400m
2. Jancent Wallace 47.75
3. Ethan Sharpe 49.05
8. Jonathan Gaines 49.85
Men’s 600m
4. Dashawn Buist 1:22.35
6. Donovan Walker-Collins 1:23.35
9. Andre Sewel 1:26.84
Men’s 1000m
3. Dashawn Buist 2:37.66
5. Andre Sewel 2:48.08
Men’s Mile
6. Gerrard Griffin 4:40.06
7. Jalen Jackson 4:40.71
9. Majet Bethely 4:59.73
Men’s 3000m
1. Andrew Kiplagat 8:18.68
Men’s 60m Hurdles
3. Harrison Robinson 8.10
Men’s High Jump
1. Ashton Matthews 1.95m
Men’s Pole Vault
4. Jabari Armant 4:05m
Men’s Long Jump
4. Amariion Grant 7.00m
9. Lester Williams 6.20m
Men’s Triple Jump
2. Jaheim Hines 14.54m
Women’s 60m
9. Amani Jones 7.77
11. Kayla Hopkins 7.80
Women’s 200m
6. Betina Jean 24.97
8. Zion Harvey 25.09
14. Haely Grant 26.07
15. Mariana Morillo 26.15
Women’s 300m
6. Betina Jean 40.18
9. Amani Jones 42.02
13. Kayla Hopkins 43.89
Women’s 400m
2. Haely Grant 57.20
Women’s 600m
3. Morgan Middleon 1:42.03
5. Jamariya Robinson 1:42.83
7. Kavay Johnson 1:48.87
Women’s 800m
3. Nyidjah Ives 2.35.71
Women’s Mile
2. Valencia Butler 5:33.67
Women’s 60m Hurdles
10. Kavay Johnson 9.18
11. Ay’Keelah Green 9.32
Women’s High Jump
2. Selena Rutland 1.50m
5. Darryn Hough 1.50m
Women’s Long Jump
3. Zion Harvey 5.55m
4. Ay’Keelah Green 5.53m
7. Selena Rutland 5.28m
Women’s Triple Jump
3. LaNeeya Garrison 11.15m
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Hill & Marques Set School Records, Handful of Eagles Break into Winthrop Record Books at Gamecock Opener
COLUMBIA, S.C. — School records fell Friday at the Gamecock Opener, as Mitchell Hill and Kayah Marques highlighted Winthrop’s first meet of 2026 with record-setting performances in the 600 meters.
MEET INFORMATION
Jan. 10 | Carolina Indoor Track & Field Complex | Final Results
IN THE FIELD
- Autumn Craig won the women’s weight throw event with a mark of 14.42 meters.
- Maurion Jamison placed third in the men’s triple jump with a 14.27-meter effort, moving into fifth place in the Winthrop record book.
- Timothy Speaks captured the men’s weight throw title with a 16.06-meter throw, ranking sixth in program history.
- Carina Fiorucci finished fifth in the women’s pole vault after clearing 3.30 meters, tying her own mark for fifth in the school record book.
ON THE TRACK
- In the men’s 60 meters, Michael Boucher clocked a 6.893 to place sixth, moving into sixth place in the Winthrop record book.
- A time of 22.70 in the men’s 200 meters from Carlos Frank resulted in a 20th-place finish and the ninth-fastest mark in program history.
- The men’s 300 meters featured a strong showing, led by Tristen Patterson’s 35.08, which placed ninth and ranked second all-time at Winthrop.
- Kendale Cooke followed closely with a 35.17 to finish 10th, moving into fourth in the school record book.
- Darrell Price added another top-15 effort in the event, placing 14th with a 35.69 that ranks eighth in program history.
- A school record highlighted the men’s 600 meters, as Mitchell Hill ran a 1:22.14 to place third.
- Hill doubled back in the men’s 1,000 meters, finishing second in 2:36.70, the sixth-fastest time in Winthrop history.
- On the women’s side, Jordan Bailem placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.78, tying the third-fastest mark in the program record book.
- Alex Cameron recorded an 11th-place finish in the women’s 300 meters after crossing in 42.90, the fourth-fastest time in school history.
- Jayla Weeks followed with a 44.90 in the women’s 300 meters to place 15th, ranking eighth all-time at Winthrop.
- Another school record fell in the women’s 600 meters, as Kayah Marques posted a 1:42.34 to finish fourth.
- Marques closed the meet by winning the women’s 1,000 meters in 3:01.71, the second-fastest mark in program history.
- The women’s sprints wrapped up with Amaiya Whitlock’s 7.89 in the 60 meters, good for 14th place and tied for seventh in the record book.
NEXT UP
The Eagles will be back next week for a two day event, the Tryon International Classic.
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Greenwell Breaks 1000m School Record, Ohio Women’s Track & Field Concludes Marshall Alumni Classic
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. – Junior Ellie Greenwell (Park Hills, Ky.) led Ohio women’s track & field team at the Marshall Alumni Classic with a record breaking performance in the women’s 1000 meters on Saturday, Jan.10.
In Greenwell’s first time competing in the 1000 meters, she won the event with a time of 2:49.92. Greenwell’s performance is a new school and program record. Two other Bobcats finished in the top three of the 1000 meters alongside Greenwell. Sophomore Kaitlyn Stewart (Floyd Knobs, Ind.) placed second (2:54.84) and senior Sara Doughman (Lebanon, Ohio) placed third (2:56.36).
Ohio kicked off the meet with a handful of field events. Junior Emilee Baumann (Powell, Ohio) won the women’s pole vault with a mark of 3.65 meters (11-11.75). Ohio had three throwers place in the top five of the women’s shot put. Graduate student Jasmine Correa (Holland, Mich.) placed second with a PR of 12.73 meters (41-9.25). Sophomore Lauren Mader (Green Bay, Wis.) placed fourth (11.56m/37-11.25) and sophomore Kiyah Baker (Troy, Ohio) took home fifth place (11.51m/37-9.25, PR). In the women’s weight throw, freshman Aubree Beery (Lancaster, Ohio) placed second (16.66m/54-8) in her collegiate debut while sophomore Ashley Cornathan (Hilliard, Ohio) took home fifth place (14.90m/48-10.75, PR). Freshman Kewogo Bendick finished eighth in the women’s long jump with a mark of 5.20 meters (17-0.75).
Ohio’s first track events of the day were the preliminaries of the 60m and 60m hurdles. In the 60m hurdles preliminaries, freshman Zoey Caldwell (9.18) and junior Gracie Smith (9.27) (Grove City, Ohio) both qualified for the finals. Caldwell went on to place fifth (9.02) in the finals and Smith took home seventh place (10.01). Freshman Alexys Sterling qualified for the 60m finals and placed seventh overall (7.97/7.82). Sterling also placed third in the women’s 200m (25.68) followed by senior Ashley Long (Hilliard, Ohio) in fourth place (25.83, PR)
In the women’s 300m, freshmen Sydney Huckstep and Alyvia Mentlow both recorded stellar performances in their collegiate debuts. Huckstep placed second (40.43) and Mentlow placed third (40.48). Ohio swept the top three of the women’s 800m with sophomore Jaclyn Garvey (Grand Blanc, Mich.) in first (2:14.90), senior Sophie Besett (Twinsburg, Ohio) in second (2:17.14) and junior Elinor Shuttleworth (Beavercreek, Ohio) in third place (2:20.25).
Graduate students Kelsi Harris (Liberty Township, Ohio) and Theresa Hagey (Akron, Ohio) led a slew of Ohio runners in the women’s 3,000 meters. Harris won the event with a time of 9:43.21. Hagey followed behind Harris, placing second with a time of 9:50.11.
The Bobcats concluded the meet with the women’s 4x400m relay. Shuttleworth, Garvey, Besett and junior Abby Wells (Westerville, Ohio) placed second with a time of 3:58.77.
The Bobcats will be back in action at the Indiana Invitational on Friday, Jan. 16.
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Circumstances aside, Trent Moser happy in return to No. 8 BYU volleyball for senior season
PROVO — Trent Moser said it best with a smile and a nod.
After BYU’s 6-foot-8 senior transfer from Grand Canyon opened the season with 14 kills in a 3-0 win over Saint Francis in front of 3,343 fans at the Smith Fieldhouse, Moser smirked at the simple question: Good to be home?
“It’s amazing,” Moser said after hitting .333 with a dig, two assists and four blocks. “Playing here and playing at GCU was totally different. It was good, but we got around 1,000 people per game; it was awesome. But when I get here to warm up, there are already 1,000 people in the stands.
“It feels so good having that much support.”
Moser had seven kills on his first nine swings, hitting .667 to lead the Cougars to a 25-22 win over the Red Flash (0-1) in the opening set.
The outside hitter had the first kill of the opening set, and finished with 14 kills and four blocks as the No. 8-ranked Cougars opened the 2026 season with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-18 win over NEC contenders Friday night.
After which, Moser helped gather his teammates — returners, freshmen and transfers alike — and the group threw a Super Y (the kind you probably remember Chase Roberts introduced with the football team) and cheered with the crowd.
For Moser, who started his career at BYU, that moment alone was a unique one.
The Gilbert, Arizona native played two seasons in Provo, where he earned All-MPSF freshman team honors in 2023 and started nine matches in 2024.
But Moser transferred to GCU after that season, and went on to a standout career with the Lopes, leading the team in kills and earning All-America honorable mention honors by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Then early in the offseason, he got a message from the coaching staff: a mandatory team meeting in the locker room, where GCU officials told the players they were cutting the program.
Such a moment is never easy. But several close friends from Provo made it a little easier for Moser.
“GCU posted it on Instagram at the same time they told us,” he recalled. “In that meeting, I was sitting down and Jackson Fife (BYU libero) called me, as well as some other friends to see what was happening.
“Jackson said, ‘Dude, you should come back’. And I said, if Shawn wants me back, I’m cool with it.”
Turns out, BYU coach Shawn Olmstead was “very cool with it.” Moser was a standout under Olmstead before, was better after a year in the Valley of the Sun, and wanted to return to the school where his sister Tristyn also played volleyball in 2016-17.
“I think it’s such a cool story,” Olmstead said. “A kid like that, who has that kind of experience, goes to another school and becomes an All-American. Then circumstances fall the way they did, and credit to him — I think it’s a credit to the guys and all the coaching staff.”

Olmstead sent Moser a text when he found out the program was cut, but not inviting him back to BYU or trying to schedule a campus visit. He had a simple message: If you need anything, let me know if I can help you.
“I found out that day the guys were already talking to him,” Olmstead added. “He was talking to Jackson, and Jackson called us while we were in a staff meeting … and said, I’m talking to Trent; what do you think?
“We said, you know the answer to that. And right when he hung up, that’s when I texted Trent. From there, we immediately went back and forth.”
Moser also brought along some friends, including sophomore setter Kyle Zediker and 6-foot-5 outside hitter Connor Oldani, who had six kills and 10 digs Friday night. There was also Max Philippe, a 6-foot-6 freshman from Houston who initially committed to GCU but reversed course when the program was cut and signed with BYU.
Pair them with returning players like senior setter Tyler Herget, who had 35 assists and eight digs Friday night, and BYU lived up to the billing of a top-10 team nationally on opening night.
“I had great things to say about those guys; I love those dudes,” Moser said. “They were little freshmen last year at GCU, and it was fun leading them. So when Shawn asked me about them, I only had great things to say about those guys: great workers, want to win, want to compete every day.”
BYU continues nonconference play Saturday against Saint Francis (7 p.m. MST, Big Ten+), before hosting UC San Diego next week as part of six-straight home matches to open the season.
The Key Takeaways for this article were generated with the assistance of large language models and reviewed by our editorial team. The article, itself, is solely human-written.
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