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Anton Schutti is the new managing director for the Salzburg 2014 bid.

Swedish city Gothenburg has won the right to host the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.

Apace Media plc (AIM: APA), the intellectual property and branded content company, is set to acquire a stake in MM Televizia OOD, the integrated media group.

UEFA chief Lars-Christer Olsson has dropped a huge hint as to who will be on the short-list to host Euro 2012.

Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.

Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee says that seven cities will bid for the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympics

Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort is to bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics just weeks after Moscow failed in its effort to attract the 2012 Summer Games.

UEFA have received five bids to host the European soccer championship in 2012. They comprise joint bids from Croatia-Hungary and Poland-Ukraine and single bids from Greece, Italy and Turkey.

Infront Sports & Media Bulgarian National Television (BNT) has agreed a deal to cover all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Ivan Slavkov of Bulgaria, implicated in a vote-buying scandal exposed by a BBC programme last year, has been expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Visa International has agreed a sponsorship deal with the IAAF Grand Prix Zagreb athletics meeting.

Around 30 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are reportedly still undecided as to which city to vote for to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

There is a new look to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) executive committee following its Annual General Meeting in Shanghai on May 1.

ESPN Classic Sport has now spread its coverage to Croatia, via cable TV operator, Digital City Media (DCM).

The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round ties on March 4-6 delivered strong television ratings and market shares around the world.

FIFA has ordered Albania and Costa Rica to play their next two home World Cup games behind closed doors.

This weekend’s World Group first round ties in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas are set for worldwide television exposure.