Canada

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Wrigley Canada have agreed a multi-year extension of their marketing partnership.

The ATP today has unveiled its 2006 calendar, comprising 64 tournaments in 31 countries.

The ATP today has unveiled its 2006 calendar, comprising 64 tournaments in 31 countries.

TVNW Media Group will produce coverage of the 2005 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic and the inaugural Canada v China Pacific World Cup for Canadian sports broadcaster TSN.

Real Madrid footballer Luis Figo is one of the owners of the Portuguese motor racing team which will compete in the new A1 Grand Prix series.

G2 Strategic and the French Tennis Federation will work together to develop strategies to increase ticket sales for the BNP Paribas Masters.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005 in Hong Kong from March 18 to 20 will be broadcast to a record number of countries and homes.

G2 Strategic and SRO Strategies have joined forces in an agreement with Tennis Canada to develop strategies to increase ticket sales for Canada’s two premier professional tennis events.

G2 Strategic, providers of global sports business solutions, has gone live with its new website, www. g2strategic.net

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and The Golf Channel have extended their agreement for The Golf Channel to televise a minimum of 10 official LPGA events each year through 2009.

With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.

An investment firm and a sports advisory company has reportedly made a joint bid to buy all 30 NHL teams for as much as $3.5billion.

TVNW Media Group, the Canada-based media agency, has appointed Adrian Metcalfe as its first president.

ESPN International has announced several personnel moves within the company’s programming and production units.

Canadian broadcast rights for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and the 2012 Games have been awarded to Bell Globemedia/Rogers Media for $153million.

Donna Wilson is Vancouver 2010’s new senior vice president of Human Resources.

Billionaire Toronto businessman Alex Shnaider is reportedly poised to buy a major stake in the Jordan Formula One team.

The South Korean winter sports resort of PyeongChang has been confirmed as the country’s candidate for the 2014 Winter Games.