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Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with Czech TV for the television rights of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in the Czech Republic.
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Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement for the television rights to the 2006 FIFA World CupTM for the territory defined as French-speaking Belgium.
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UEFA’s executive committee has called on the Swiss and Austrian authorities to make a greater commitment to the Euro 2009 championship which the two countries will host.

A new traffic record has been set on the official website of UEFA’s Euro 2004, following the Group B games between Croatia and England and Switzerland and France on Monday.

European basketball’s Adriatic League is to expand next season after an agreement between league chiefs and the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
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German commercial broadcaster RTL has signed a deal with Infront, giving it live rights to up to eight matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

UK broadcasters the BBC and ITV have reached an agreement on how to divide up the coverage of this year's European Championships.

The European Pro Beach Soccer League (EPBSL) is set to expand in 2004 after organisers agreed to take on more clubs.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has stated that Bulgaria would have a 'very big chance' of winning the 2014 Olympics were it to table a bid.

South Korea's Un Yong Kim has been voted in as vice president of the International Olympic Committee.

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.
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Korean candidate for vice-presidency of the International Olympic Committee, Un Yong Kim is believed to have withdrawn from the bidding for the prominent post.
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Soccer governing body UEFA and its marketing partner TEAM have announced a clutch of TV rights deals for the new Champions League contract.

Rugby's Hong Kong Sevens is set to go ahead as planned - despite the high-profile withdrawals of the Italian and French national teams.
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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and his Croatian-born wife, Slavica, today announced their support for the Croatian city of Rijeka’s bid to host the XVI Mediterranean Games in 2009.
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Four of the seven candidates to host the 2008 European Championships have been rejected by UEFA following today's vote in Geneva.
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Austria and Switzerland will jointly host the 2008 European Championships following a vote of UEFA members.

UEFA president Lennary Johansson has told the failed bidders for the Euro 2008 soccer tournament to try again and fight for the 2012 finals.