Czech Republic

Prague city chiefs have rubber stamped plans to bid for both the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.

Rugby union’s premier European club competition, the Heineken Cup, has secured distribution in over 100 countries.

Sporting goods group Adidas acquired the distribution rights for its newly-acquired Reebok brand in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Media Partners & Silva Ltd agreed a deal with the Pragosport agency for the distribution of Italian Serie A rights in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Motor racing series A1 Grand Prix unveiled a provisional calendar of 13 races for its second season, 2006-07. The season kicks off on October 1, 2006 at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands and concludes at Brands Hatch in the UK, on April 29, 2007. A New Zealand race, although still to be confirmed, is new to the calendar, while races at the EuroSpeedway and Estoril have disappeared from the calendar.

Close to four in ten viewers of the global audience for the FIFA World Cup are women, according to soccer world governing body FIFA’s marketing agency Infront.

Mobile phone operator T-Mobile International has tied up mobile broadcast rights covering all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup across seven European territories.

Internet-based travel and leisure company Lastminute.com has agreed a deal to become the official online travel agency for Euroleague Basketball.

Silverstone and Brands Hatch will host rounds five and eight of the 2006 World Superbike Championship in May and August respectively.

Silverstone and Brands Hatch will host rounds five and eight of the 2006 World Superbike Championship in May and August respectively.

UEFA has revealed details of broadcast deals outside of the main European markets for three Champions League seasons from 2006 to 2009.

The Czech Republic has become the latest ice hockey federation to ratify a new transfer agreement between European teams and the NHL.

The Czech Republic has signed up to join the A1 Grand Prix series, confirming its national drivers at the same time.

Rally Ireland has launched its bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship in the country from 2007.

The Czech Republic and Russia did not meet Monday's deadline covering the transfer of players between the NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has set a Monday deadline for officials from Russia and the Czech Republic to give a final reply to the proposed National Hockey League transfer agreement.