Belgium
BRUSSELS PULLS OUT
Brussels has withdrawn from the race to host the 2009 World Athletics Championships due to financial difficulties, officials have announced.
NORDIC WORLD CUP RIGHTS DEAL
Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with a group of leading Nordic broadcasters for a substantial package of rights to FIFA’s top events, including the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
UEFA IN HOMEGROWN TALENT PLEA
UEFA has urged its member associations to embrace proposals to "create a level playing field" by introducing a Europe-wide policy on clubs using homegrown players.
INFRONT SECURE CZECH WORLD CUP RIGHTS
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.
THE WEEK THAT WAS…
Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews some of the issues of the past seven days
INFRONT SECURE WORLD CUP RIGHTS
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.
TALKSPORT IN BBC SPAT
UK radio station TalkSport has complained to the European Commission that the BBC overpaid for its three-year deal to broadcast live Premiership football.
Nations set for 2012 push
Scotland and Ireland are set to team up once again to present a joint bid to stage the Euro 2012 soccer tournament.
IAAF’s Euro bids
Europe will host the 2009 IAAF World Championships after the final bids to stage the athletics showcase were received by the sport’s governing body.
Financial backing for Champions Tour
The Stanford Financial Group has signed up as official sponsor of the rankings on tennis’ Delta Tour of Champions.
G14 hopes for Swiss support
The G14 hopes to discover later this month if Swiss competition chiefs will push for further action against FIFA in the on-going row over the use of players for international tournaments.
G14 meeting next week
European soccer lobby group the G14 will meet in Brussels next week to consider its next move.
Eurodata set for Euro 2004
International TV data bank service Eurodata TV is to launch a service during this summer’s Euro 2004 to provide its clients with overnight TV audiences of all the tournament’s matches.
Sponsorship’s new Proposal
A new sponsorship consultancy has been set-up – created following a comment made in our sister publication SportBusiness International.
Blackshaw’s latest legal challenge
International sports lawyer, and regular sportbusiness.com contributor Ian Blackshaw has been appointed the first Fellow of the International Sports Law Centre at the prestigious Asser Instituut in The Hague, Holland.
Hammonds strengthen sports side
UK law firm Hammonds has appointed two partners from Olswang: EU and competition law partner, Alasdair Bell, and sports and advertising/marketing law partner Louise Quinn.
MotoGP speeds up TV growth
MotoGP's TV growth shows no signs of slowing after it clinched a string of rights deals as it continues to rev up for the start of the new season.
Mosley and EC clash again
The war of words between Formula One chiefs and the European Commission has flared up once more, with FIA chief Max Mosley calling recent comments ‘unacceptable’ – heightening the prospect of a boycott of European races.