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The 24-hour sports channel ESPN Classic agreed a deal with Spanish telecoms company TelefC3nica for carriage on its IPTV platform Imagenio. The deal marks the channel’s first move into the Spanish IPTV market.
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Athletics fans in North, Central and South America can watch the IAAF World Cross Country Championships via a live webcast by the World Championship Sports Network (WCSN).
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Turkey is the latest country to sign up sports TV network ESPN Classic, following a carriage deal inked with Turkey’s leading digital platform, Digiturk.
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) says it is committed to providing additional content access to sports fans around Europe following record levels of new media coverage for the Winter Olympics.
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SEIKO Corporation will continue its sponsorship agreement with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for a further four years.
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UEFA has revealed details of broadcast deals outside of the main European markets for three Champions League seasons from 2006 to 2009.

Following Schumacher's domination of Formula One, television ratings have generally fallen but they've since picked up with the emergence of new world champion, Fernando Alonso.
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Swedish city Gothenburg has won the right to host the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.

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

The IAAF says it is pleased with preliminary ratings for Helsinki's World Championship in Athletics .

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.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has pushed for a return to a four-year ban in drug abuse cases.
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The 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, Finland has enjoyed a timely boost in ticket sales ahead of its opening this Saturday.
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Next month’s IAAF World Championships in Athletics will be broadcast to a record number of territories.
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A record level of athletics World Championship coverage will be delivered to the US from Helsinki this year.
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Three million viewers in the UK tuned in for live coverage of the England team’s first match in soccer’s European Women’s Championship on Sunday evening.
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Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews some of the issues of the past seven days.