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PA Sport, the leading sports news and information provider, has teamed up with the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) to launch a mobile soccer information service.

Departing Welsh Rugby Union CEO David Moffett predicts troubled times ahead for professional rugby union in Europe.

Rugby World Cup Ltd and Rugby Travel and Hospitality ’07 Ltd has appointed Official Travel Agents (OTAs) and Official Corporate Hospitality Agents (OCHAs) for Rugby World Cup 2007.

The General Secretary of the G14 group of leading football clubs says it will continue to press for changes in the relationship between clubs and soccer’s international governing bodies.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has given his backing to South Africa’s preparations for the 2010 World Cup and dismissed concerns over public transport.

The Extreme Sports Channel is to launch a dedicated Polish feed of the channel on January 1, 2006.

Japanese rugby chiefs have expressed disappointment and surprise after it lost out to New Zealand for the right to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Kaiser Chiefs, Africa's pre-eminent sports brand and holders of South African soccer’s PSL championship, has attacked its sponsor Nike.

New Zealand will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup after beating Japan and South Africa in an International Rugby Board (IRB) secret ballot in Dublin.

Cricket Australia has recorded an A$11million loss for the past financial year and is predicting another significant loss next year.

International Rugby Board chiefs will decide today (Thursday) which of Japan, New Zealand and South Africa will host the 2011 World Cup.

The (English) Football Association says it will not make a decision on a formal bid to host the 2018 World Cup until autumn 2006.

South Korea's second-largest city, Busan, plans to stage the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

The UK Government and the Football Association are in talks about a bid for the 2018 World Cup, the Treasury has said.

Danny Jordaan, CEO of South Africa’s organising committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, has admitted that a successful bid for the 2006 tournament may have come too soon for the country.

Four new tournaments, two events upgraded, two new courses and two significant date changes feature in golf’s 2006 European Tour International Schedule.