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More than 4,200 companies have signed up to Rugby Business Class Australia (RBCA) – a trade organisation set-up to capitalise on this year’s Rugby World Cup.

A new Hispanic-focused sports marketing group has been launched by US-based RL Public Relations & Marketing.

Lloyds TSB is building on its investment in rugby union by signing a major sponsorship deal for this year's Rugby World Cup in Australia.

The ATP has unveiled a number of scheduling changes for next year including the incorporation of the Olympics as an official rankings event on the men's tennis tour.

The global reach of the National Basketball Association (NBA) received a further boost after a record nine international players were taken in the first round of the league's annual draft.

Representatives from the three cities bidding for the 2010 Winter Olympics - Vancouver, Pyeongchang and Salzburg - are in South America this week to promote their respective campaigns.

Brazil is set to get a clear run at hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup after it secured the all-important support of the South American Football Federation (CSF).

Australian soccer chiefs have scrapped plans to stage a friendly against Argentina in the UK amid fears the fixture could lose money.

Bernard Lapasset, chairman of French rugby's Federation Francaise de Rugby (FFR) has blasted England's bid to host the 2007 Rugby World Cup.

ESPN's newly launched service in Argentina, ESPN+, has scored an early ratings success with its coverage of the World Basketball Championships.

UEFA's executive committee meets in Istanbul; bids to stage the 2007 Rugby World Cup are due to be submitted to the International Rugby Board (IRB); the International Volleyball Federation holds its annual congress in Buenos Aires and the World Sports Forum takes place in Lausanne.

Sunday's World Basketball Championships final between Yugoslavia and Argentina drew a television audience of just one million people - about six million less than for the Agassi v Sampras US Open tennis final.

Video screen specialist MC$ssteknik has been awarded the contract to supply the outdoor screens for the Belgian Grand Prix in September.

Video screen specialist MC$ssteknik has been awarded the contract to supply the outdoor screens for the Belgian Grand Prix in September.

The world's biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes has confirmed that betting turnover during the World Cup was the company's biggest betting event to date.

The world's biggest bookmaker Ladbrokes has confirmed that betting turnover during the World Cup was the company's biggest betting event to date.