Bahrain

Icon Display, London-based specialists in sports event branding, provided the services of its newly-launched Icon Look division for the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup.

SP Holdings plc, the marketing services company, has signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Bahrain in a bid to become the pre-eminent professional sports marketing company in the territory.

Italy's Imola circuit will host grands prix for at least another five years, local officials said after meeting Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

Mexico has been awarded a Formula One Grand Prix after a 12-year hiatus, it was announced by Mexican authorities.

Sky Sports will become the UK’s first broadcaster to screen live coverage of the brand new A1 Grand Prix motor racing series, starting in autumn 2005.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has received a joint bid from four nations to host the 2007 Asian Cup.

KHP Consulting’s Martin Whitaker has become the new general manager of Formula One’s Bahrain International Circuit.

Bahrain has hailed its debut Grand Prix on the Formula One circuit a great success, and said it paves the way for future sporting events.

A major new global motorsport series is to be launched next year – with nations rather than individuals battling it out for glory.

A sensational report in the latest issue of Autosport magazine suggests the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix was almost shelved for 2004.

The new Formula One circuit in Bahrain has been officially opened.

The new Formula One season gets underway in Australia this weekend – with one leading TV ratings expert predicting the sport is back on track.

More than 20,000 people attended a special festival in Bahrain to mark the countdown to the staging of the Middle East’s very first Formula One Grand Prix.

Organisers of the first Formula One Grand Prix to be staged in the Middle East have appointed one of the sport’s best-known names to ensure the project is delivered on time and is a success.

Financially troubled English Premier League soccer club Leeds United may be able to extend a crunch deadline in its bid to avoid going into administration.

Bernie Ecclestone has once again spoke out in defence of the first Formula One Grand Prix to be staged in the Middle East – and played down reported terrorist threats to the event.