OREANDA-NEWS. TLA Worldwide plc (AIM: TLA), a leading athlete representation and sports marketing group, is pleased to announce Manchester City as the second of the world's top football teams to be playing in the elite International Champions Cup (ICC) tournament to be held in Australia next year. The club will compete against Real Madrid and one other premier European club, which will be unveiled for the 2015 fixture in the coming weeks.

As announced on 18 June 2014, TLA has partnered with Nine Live and Relevent Sports, a division of RSE Ventures, to organise, promote and deliver for the first time the annual ICC to the Asia Pacific region from 2015 to 2018 in Australia.  

The three teams will play all their matches in the 2015 fixture  at the prestigious 100,000-capacity  Melbourne Cricket Ground between 18 - 24 July 2015.  The event will run in parallel with the already-established tournament held in the United States and  will  be broadcast live in  150 countries.  

Bart Campbell, Chairman of TLA Worldwide, commented: "Introducing the ICC tournament to Australia and the Asia Pacific region is a key part of TLA's strategy to diversify the sports and regions in which we do business. We are delighted to be bringing the world's most widely followed clubs and famous brands, including current Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City, to Melbourne. With such high calibre teams on board, this tournament is set to make a flying start to our business in the region from next year and will help drive our growth."

Ferran Soriano, Chief Executive of Manchester City FC, said: "We are looking forward, once again, to being a part of the tournament. We are particularly excited to be visiting Melbourne, which is home to our sister Club, Melbourne City FC. We know that it will also be a home away from home for Manchester City and we can't wait to play in front of our Australian fans."