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50-1035: Africa Sports d'Abidjan is a multi-sports club based in Abidjan , Ivory Coast . The club was founded in 1947. The club contains teams in the sports of track and field , handball , basketball , and association football . Of these, the football team is the best known. They play at the Stade Champroux. The club is currently playing in Ligue 2 , second tier of football in Ivory Coast. Sports club Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and may play other similar clubs on occasion, watched mostly by family and friends, to large commercial organisations with professional players which have teams that regularly compete against those of other clubs and sometimes attract very large crowds of paying spectators . Clubs may be dedicated to

100-599: A 10-metre ramp in homemade "flying machines" into a body of water (reminiscent of the Birdman Rally ); its own version of the soapbox derby called the Red Bull Soap Box Race ; the Red Bull Crashed ice, a world tour, in the winter extreme sporting event, ice cross downhill, which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes steep turns and high vertical drops. The Red Bull Art of

150-462: A Swiss motorsports constructor, up until the 2002 season when Petronas became the main title sponsor. In Formula One, Red Bull currently runs two teams: Red Bull Racing (previously known as Jaguar Racing; before Jaguar, it was known as Stewart Grand Prix ) and RB (Racing Bulls) . The latter was previously known as Scuderia Toro Rosso between 2006 and 2019 and as Scuderia AlphaTauri from 2020 to 2023, and preceding its purchase by Red Bull, it

200-918: A competition for driverless cars , was won by a student team from Stanford . The Team's robotically driven Volkswagen Touareg " Stanley " was sponsored by Red Bull. Red Bull sponsors the Red Bull Rope Masters competition with the National Double Dutch League for the Annual Holiday Classic at the Apollo Theatre in New York City, an event often dominated by teams from Japan featuring fusion double-Dutch (set to hip-hop or contemporary music), and they sponsor other regional events in Memphis, Tennessee and at Morgan State University , to name

250-437: A few. There are several YouTube videos documenting these events. The Stock Car Brasil team WA Mattheis was sponsored by Red Bull between 2009 and 2016; Cacá Bueno has won the 2009, 2011 and 2012 championships. The Australian Supercars Championship ' Triple Eight Race Engineering has also been sponsored by Red Bull since 2013. Jamie Whincup has won three titles in 2013, 2014 and 2017 and team-mate Shane van Gisbergen won

300-429: A larger multisports club are examples of this (namely, Portuguese SADs ( Sociedade Anónima Desportiva ) such as Sport Lisboa e Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal , or Spanish SADs ( Sociedad Anónima Deportiva ) Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. and Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. , as well as Italian clubs like Società Sportiva Lazio S.p.A. ). Some sports teams are owned and financed by a single non-sports company , for example

350-850: A number of other drinks including Simply Cola , the Carpe Diem range of herbal soft beverages and the Sabai Wine Spritzer (the latter in association with the Thai Siam Winery in Thailand). Initially, Red Bull distributed free cases of the drink to college students in an attempt at viral advertising . This strategy was wildly successful, resulting in the rapid proliferation of sales. Red Bull has since become known for its sleek marketing targeted at young urban professionals through various sports and entertainment-based advertising campaigns. The current motto, "Red Bull Gives You Wiiings", directly plays on

400-510: A partnership with Honda that lasts until the end of 2025. In 2021, Red Bull founded its own power unit division, Red Bull Powertrains , which will begin producing its own power units for the Red Bull-owned teams in 2026 with backing from Ford . Red Bull Racing chief technical officer Adrian Newey has been credited with designing highly-successful cars that are capable of championship contention. The Red Bull Racing RB19 , designed by Newey,

450-516: A player on one sports team within a sports and entertainment company to automatically play for another team in the same company. On the other hand, American varsity teams are generally organized into a structure forming a true multi-sport club belonging to an educational institution, but varsity collegiate athletics are almost never referred to as clubs; "club sports" in American colleges and universities refer to sports that are not directly sponsored by

500-602: A presence in the Australian Supercars Championship sponsoring Triple Eight Race Engineering , Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) especially the Abt Audi team, Dakar Rally sponsoring the KAMAZ Master , VW Race Touareg Team and Peugeot Sport, KTM's Factory teams in various motorcycle racing series, British Superbikes ( BSB ) Red Bull Honda and HM Plant Red Bull Honda teams, World Rally Championship with

550-897: A single sport or to several ( multi-sport clubs ). The term "athletics club" is sometimes used for a general sports club, rather than one dedicated to athletics proper. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn 's Turners movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin in 1811, was the origin of the modern sports clubs . Larger sports clubs are characterized by having professional and amateur departments in various sports such as bike polo , football , basketball , futsal , cricket , volleyball , handball , rink hockey , bowling , water polo , rugby , track and field athletics , boxing , baseball , cycling , tennis , rowing , gymnastics , and others, including less traditional sports such as airsoft , billiards , e-sports , orienteering , paintball , or roller derby . The teams and athletes belonging to

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600-706: A single sport. There are some exceptions, especially when multiple such teams are under one ownership structure, in which case the club may be referred to as a "sports and entertainment" company; see, for example, the One Buffalo sports club, which fields an NFL team (the Buffalo Bills ), two hockey teams ( Buffalo Sabres and Rochester Americans ), professional lacrosse ( Buffalo Bandits and Rochester Knighthawks ), and general athletics and fitness (Impact Sports and Performance). Even in such circumstances, collective bargaining agreements and contract laws generally do not allow

650-421: A sports club may compete in several different leagues, championships and tournaments wearing the same club colors and using the same club name, sharing also the same club fan base , supporters and facilities. Many professional sports clubs have an associate system where the affiliated supporters pay an annuity fee. In those cases, supporters become eligible to attend the club's home matches and exhibitions across

700-596: Is a title sponsor of Red Bull KTM Factory Racing and main sponsor of Repsol Honda . In 2006, Red Bull announced they would be sponsoring the NASCAR Team Red Bull . They debuted in the Nextel Cup Series at Lowe's Motor Speedway . The team was shut down in December 2011 and its assets acquired by BK Racing . The company has also been highly active in association football . On 6 April 2005, Red Bull bought

750-1413: Is also a multisports organisation, with badminton , cricket, association football and tennis facilities. In addition, like in several other countries, many universities and colleges develop a wide range of student sport activities including at a professional or semi-professional level. Fulham F.C. once ran a professional rugby league team and rowing club, which other football clubs have emulated since. Many football clubs originate from cricket teams. Today, most major cities have separate clubs for each sport (e.g. Manchester United Football Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club are based in Manchester ). Many clubs internationally describe themselves as football clubs ("FC", "Football Club" in British English and "Fußball-Club" in German; "CF", Clube de Futebol in Portuguese and Club de Fútbol in Spanish). Generally, British football clubs field only football teams. Their counterparts in several other countries tend to be full multi-sport clubs, even when called football clubs ( Futebol Clube do Porto ; Fußball-Club Bayern München ; Futbol Club Barcelona ). The equivalent abbreviation "SC" (for "Soccer Club")

800-630: Is an Austrian multinational private conglomerate company known for its range of energy drinks of the same name . It is also known for its wide range of sporting events and teams . The headquarters of Red Bull GmbH are located in Fuschl am See , Salzburg . Austrian entrepreneur Dietrich Mateschitz and Thai businessman Chaleo Yoovidhya founded Red Bull GmbH in 1984. While working for German manufacturer Blendax (later acquired by Procter & Gamble ) in 1982, Mateschitz traveled to Thailand and met Chaleo, owner of TC Pharmaceuticals. He found that

850-415: Is more common in the case of individual sports, such as the sport of athletics , where a distance runner may compete for a track and field team as well as a road running team, and also have further membership at a local sports club for training purposes. Some national sports bodies require an athlete to state a priority order of their club membership, outlining which club has the higher, or first, claim on

900-613: Is occasionally used in North American English (for example, Nashville SC and Orlando City SC ), but a general reluctance to decolonize the sport terminology means that most North American teams, somewhat ambiguously, as "football" in North American English refers to North American gridiron-style football still use "F.C." in their name instead (e.g. FC Dallas or Toronto FC ). Red Bull GmbH Red Bull GmbH ( German pronunciation: [ʁɛt ˈbʊl] )

950-563: Is one of the most dominant cars in Formula One history, winning 21 out of 22 races in the 2023 season. According to Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner in the Netflix original series Formula 1: Drive to Survive , Red Bull is in a unique position wherein they have four drivers (two at Red Bull Racing and two at Scuderia AlphaTauri ). He also stated that the two AlphaTauri drivers are Red Bull contracted drivers. In motorcycling, Red Bull

1000-596: Is sponsoring two new NASCAR teams under 2007; racing under the new Toyota Camry label. Aside from that, its Thai unit and its Philippine partner has been responsible in forming, licensing, and funding the Red Bull Barako basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 2000. It has become one of the more successful sports teams in the Philippines , winning three championships in

1050-593: Is the name of the Red Bull subsidiary that operates the team, while the squad itself is known as the New York Red Bulls . Anschutz Entertainment Group was about to begin building the MetroStars their own stadium, but groundbreaking was delayed a month as AEG completed the sale of the team. The company paid for the team's new stadium, Red Bull Arena , which had its match opener 20 March 2010. In 2007, Red Bull established

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1100-485: Is the owner of the Cardiff Arms Park site. It is responsible for much of the premier amateur sporting activities in city with cricket ( Cardiff Cricket Club ), rugby union (it is the major shareholder of the semi-professional Cardiff Rugby Club ), field hockey ( Cardiff & Met Hockey Club ), tennis ( Lisvane (CAC) Tennis Club ) and bowls ( Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club ) sections. Catford Wanderers Sports Club

1150-590: Is trained to know the properties of the energy drink thoroughly and present them to consumers. The company uses numerous historic fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft in their promotions including: The brand is promoted via various music-related activities. In 2007, the company launched its own record label Red Bull Records . It runs the Red Bull Studio recording facility, in Santa Monica. The Red Bull Music Academy organises music workshops and festivals around

1200-489: Is visible on the back of his bat. The sponsorship of Exeter Chiefs and England winger Jack Nowell has seen him become the first player with branding on a scrum cap. Red Bull sponsors extreme cyclists Danny MacAskill and Fabio Wibmer. Red Bull has extended its presence to purchasing and entirely re-branding a number of sports teams. Before acquiring the ailing Jaguar Racing Formula One team in 2005, Red Bull sponsored multiple teams. In 1995, Red Bull sponsored Sauber ,

1250-805: The Sauber and Arrows Formula One teams, the Red Bull Cheever Racing Team in the IRL , and from 2007 to 2011 Team Red Bull competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series . Also Red Bull is now sponsoring the Cyberathlete Professional League and formerly sponsored its own air racing event called the Red Bull Air Race World Championship which contested its final season in 2019. The 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge ,

1300-600: The United States major institutions like The New York Athletic Club and Los Angeles Athletic Club serve as athletic clubs that participate in multiple sports. Examples also abound of sports clubs that are in effect one sports team. Each team from the NFL (American football), CFL (Canadian football), NBA (basketball), MLB (baseball), NHL (ice hockey) or MLS (association football) North American sports leagues , can be called sports clubs, but in practice, they focus solely on

1350-626: The 1990s, Red Bull sponsored the rower Xeno Müller , who won an Olympic gold medal in the single sculls in 1996. In 1995, Red Bull sponsored its first motorsports team, the Swiss Formula One team Sauber and in 1999 started sponsoring the Flying Bulls , a Czech aerobatics team. Red Bull also owns and conducts the Flugtag ("flight day" in German ), a competition where entrants launch themselves off

1400-538: The 2020 edition. In June 2009, the company purchased the football licence of German fifth division club SSV Markranstädt based near Leipzig , renaming them RB Leipzig for the 2009–10 season onwards. The company stated that its goal was to reach the country's first division, the Bundesliga , within ten years; this goal was ultimately achieved, with RB Leipzig winning four promotions in seven seasons to secure Bundesliga football starting in 2016–17 season . In May 2024,

1450-586: The Austrian club SV Austria Salzburg and renamed it to Red Bull Salzburg , a move which has been heavily criticised by supporter groups within Austria and across Europe. They also purchased FC Liefering as Salzburg's feeder club. In 2005 , Red Bull purchased the MetroStars, a team in Major League Soccer representing New York City , from Anschutz Entertainment Group and renamed the franchise; Red Bull New York

1500-538: The Can Competition, an international art competition in which artists are asked to create works using the Red Bull can; and the Red Bull BC One individual breakdance competition; also events such as the motorcycle Erzberg Enduro where less than two percent of entrants finish the course. Red Bull has had a sponsorship presence in a number of sports for some time, especially in the world of motorsport, and has

1550-903: The Citroën, Volkswagen, M-Sport Ford and Škoda teams, the SEAT team in the World Touring Car Championship , in Champ Car with Neel Jani and PKV Racing , Rhys Millen's Pontiac in Formula D , sponsoring the GP2 Series team owned by Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner , Arden International . In Japan , from 2021, Red Bull has a presence in Super GT and Super Formula sponsoring Mugen Honda , before that, from 2019 to 2020, sponsoring Tom's Toyota . They previously sponsored and co-owned both

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1600-622: The PBA. Red Bull covers the costs to organise the Wings for Life World Run since its first edition in 2014. This permits that the entry fees for the participants can entirely be given to the nonprofit Wings for Life foundation. Red Bull Sponsorship FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour . They also sponsor several cyclocross riders including Wout van Aert and Pauline Ferrand Prevot. This most viable as both riders have Red Bull branded helmets. They have also sponsored England cricketer Ben Stokes, and their branding

1650-637: The United States market during 1997, grabbing 75% of the market within a year. The wealth of Red Bull's founders grew with the company's success, and by March 2012, both Chaleo and Mateschitz had estimated net worths of over $ 5.3 billion each. Expanding its distribution to over 171 countries, the company sold over 11.5 billion cans of Red Bull in 2022, making it the world's most-consumed energy drink. In 2018, Red Bull launched its line of organic sodas called Organics by Red Bull , most of it without caffeine . The Red Bull company also distributes and markets

1700-634: The athlete's services. In many regions of the world like Europe , North Africa , West Asia , the Indian subcontinent or Central and South America , sports clubs with several sports departments (multisports clubs) or branches, including highly competitive professional teams, are very popular and have developed into some of the most powerful and representative sports institutions in those places. In general, student sports can be described as composed by multisports clubs, each one representing its educational institution and competing in several sport disciplines. In

1750-863: The championship in 2016, 2021 and again in 2022 at the Gold Coast 500 . Red Bull also has sponsored various racing drivers including NASCAR driver Brian Vickers and Kasey Kahne and Formula One drivers Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi . Red Bull is also sponsor to young Canadian racing prodigy Robert Wickens and teammate John Michael Edwards in the Champ Car Atlantic Series , as well as rally driver Travis Pastrana , MotoGP riders Dani Pedrosa , Marc Márquez , Pol Espargaro , Brad Binder , Stefan Bradl , Joan Mir and Jack Miller , American Superbike ( AMA ) riders Eric Bostrom , Ben Bostrom and Jake Zemke and British Superbike (BSB) riders Jonathan Rea , Eugene Laverty and Ryuchi Kiyonari. Red Bull

1800-540: The city's team in the Austrian Hockey League , in 2000 and renamed it Red Bull Salzburg . Furthermore, Red Bull took over DEL club EHC München, becoming the team's title sponsor in 2012 before purchasing it outright in 2013. In January 2024 Austrian Federal Competition Authority (FCA) announced Red Bull GmbH's planned acquisition of a controlling interests of 51% in RD pro cycling GmbH & Co KG and RD Beteiligungs GmbH,

1850-579: The colleges but by student organizations (see National Club Football Association and American Collegiate Hockey Association for two leagues consisting entirely of college "club" teams in American football and ice hockey , respectively). In the United Kingdom , almost all major sports organisations are dedicated to a single sport, the exception to this is Cardiff Athletic Club based in Cardiff , Wales, which

1900-465: The company purchased a minority ownership stake at Leeds United along with being the club's front of shirt sponsor in a multi-year agreement. In August 2024, the company took over Japanese side Omiya Ardija from previous owners NTT , marking them as the company's first Asian club in their portfolio. In October 2024, it was announced that the company would purchase a future minority ownership stake at Paris FC . The company purchased EC Salzburg,

1950-417: The company. Between 1984 and 1987, Red Bull GmbH modified the formula for Krating Daeng to better match European tastes by carbonating the beverage and making it less sweet. In 1987, the company introduced their adapted energy drink into Austria under the name Red Bull . It found huge success there by marketing to young professionals. The brand expanded throughout Europe during the early 1990s, exploding into

2000-458: The energy drink Krating Daeng , developed by Chaleo's company during the 1970s, helped to ease his jet lag. After seeing market potential in the drink, he partnered with Chaleo in bringing it to Europe. Under their agreement, the partners invested $ 500,000 each into founding Red Bull GmbH. In return, they would each receive a 49% stake in the company, with the remaining 2% stake going to Chaleo's son Chalerm. They also agreed that Mateschitz would run

2050-447: The entire season, and have the right to practice almost every kind of sport at the club's facilities. Registered associate member fees, attendance receipts, sponsoring contracts, team merchandising , TV rights, and athlete/player transfer fees , are usually the primary sources of sports club financing. In addition, there are sports clubs, or its teams, which are publicly listed - several professional European football clubs belonging to

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2100-554: The events is relatively low key. In the same year, the Red Bull Amplifier was launched with help from Sidekick Studios. It plans to assist digital startups by giving access to its audience, events, and facilities. In return Red Bull gets associated with trendy startups. Since the initial viral campaign, Red Bull's efforts have included sponsoring extreme sport events including cliff diving , BMX , skiing , flying , downhill and free-ride mountain biking and skateboarding . In

2150-523: The field of competitive club sports, an athlete will typically be registered to only one club for a given discipline and will compete for that club exclusively for the duration of a competition or season. Exceptions to this include player trades and transfers, athlete loan agreements and unattached trialists. Where an athlete competes in multiple disciplines, or where club membership has social or training aspects such as local athletic clubs, then athletes may register with multiple clubs. Multiple membership

2200-1034: The formation of their new League of Legends team, Red Bulls, which competed in the European League of Legends Challenger Series before folding in 2018. Red Bull sponsors several fighting game players who compete in Tekken and Street Fighter , as well as the Dota 2 team OG , winners of The International 2018 and 2019 tournaments. Red Bull Media House is a media company specialized in sport, lifestyle, music and games. The company publishes several magazines: The Red Bulletin (lifestyle), Servus (food, health and gardening); Terra Mater (nature, science and history); Bergwelten (alpinism) and Seitenblicke (celebrities). Other Red Bull Media House divisions are Red Bull TV , Red Bull Photography, Benevento Publishing, Red Bull Music Academy , Red Bull Records and Red Bull Music Publishing. Red Bull Racing eSports competed in

2250-564: The lower-division Red Bull Brasil team in the city of Campinas , São Paulo . As the plan to reach the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 10 years failed, Red Bull became owners of Série B side Clube Atlético Bragantino in March 2019 and renamed the team to Red Bull Bragantino . Red Bull Bragantino became the champion of the 2019 edition of Série B , and was promoted to the Série A for

2300-410: The owner of the professional road cycling team BORA-Hansgrohe. The FCA approved the acquisition on Monday 29 January 2024. Bora-Hansgrohe's manager Ralph Denk stated "the foundations of our partnership with Red Bull are now officially in place. This is the green light we've been waiting for to go ahead with the formalities and many specific parts of the collaboration." In 2017, Red Bull announced

2350-711: The several sports teams owned by Red Bull GmbH and collectively known as Red Bulls . Other examples of this are the several sports teams owned by Bayer AG and Philips corporations through the Bayer 04 Leverkusen and PSV Eindhoven respectively, that originally were works teams , the teams owned by the Samsung Group ( Samsung Sports ), and the teams owned by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). They may compete in several different sports and leagues, being headquartered in some cases across several countries. In

2400-552: The stimulating properties of the beverage. In addition to this, Red Bull has developed the MET (Mobile Energy Team) program. The teams consist of mostly college students, who drive specially designed Red Bull "Racers". The racers are detailed with the Red Bull logo and most carry an oversized can of Red Bull on their chassis (Suzuki Vitara, MiniCooper, SportTrac, etc.). The METs complete daily missions that include sporting events, businesses, colleges, shopping centres, etc. The Mobile Energy Team

2450-410: The world. The brand also organises and sponsors the famous Red Bull Batalla de Los Gallos, a freestyle competition of hip hop which takes place every year in many Spanish speaking countries. In 2013, it started an artist development program called Red Bull Sound Select. Randy Randall, of No Age , said he was okay working with Red Bull as the company is not owned by a larger company and the branding of

2500-627: Was known as the Minardi F1 Team . Both teams have scored Grand Prix victories, with Red Bull Racing winning the 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2022 and 2023 Constructors' Championship. Two Red Bull Racing drivers have won the Drivers' Championship; Sebastian Vettel won the championship in 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , and 2013 , with Max Verstappen winning the 2021 , 2022 , 2023 and 2024 Formula One Drivers' Championships. Red Bull Racing used Renault engines between 2007 and 2018, before beginning

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