SportAccord Delivers Financial Info Requested by Sheikh Ahmad

(ATR) SportAccord reveals financials from the 2014 World Mind Games.

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Chess players Pia Cramling (L)
Chess players Pia Cramling (L) of Sweden prepares to compete against Antoaneta Stefanova (R) of Bulgaria in a 'blinfold' chess tournament at the Beijing 2012 World Mind Games Tournament in Beijing on December 19, 2012. Some of the world's top chess players went eye-to-eye in the year's highest-level "blindfold" chess tournament -- seen by some as the toughest challenge in the game. Unable to physically see their own or their opponent's past moves, the players summoned headache-inducing levels of concentration to fight for gold in a silent conference room, lined up in front of laptop screens showing a blank board. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

(ATR) SportAccord released financial information on last year’s World Mind Games per a request by Sheikh Ahmad.

CIn a statement posted on the ANOC website on Tuesday, the ANOC president from Kuwait had a series of questions for embattled SportAccord president Marius Vizer, among them how the income from the organization’s multi-sport events like the World Mind Games was being distributed.

"I would like to learn from President Marius Vizer how SportAccord shares its income with the international sports federations … After all, NOCs and international sports federations ultimately share the same foundation which is the national sport federations and their athletes so it is vital that we all cooperate with each other," said Sheikh Ahmad.

The umbrella organization issued a statement of its own Friday, detailing the revenue distribution from the 2014 World Mind Games, held in Beijing.

Out of the total income of more than $2.7 million, SportAccord says 53.5 percent was redistributed to participating international federations and athletes through prize money, appearance fees and management fees.

The event cost $1.8 million to produce with another $657,000 set aside for staff salaries.

SportAccord says the event produced a profit in the neighborhood of $212,000.

The full financial report can be seen here on the SportAccord website.

Written by Nick Devlin

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