Germany
SKY ITALIA SECURES WORLD CUP RIGHTS
Italy’s Sky Italia, part of the News Corporation, has agreed a rights deal for next year’s FIFA World Cup.
HC6RMANN REINFORCES EURO SPONSORSHIP
HC6rmann KG, Steinhagen (Germany), a leading European manufacturer of construction elements, has strengthened its commitment to sport sponsorship across the continent.
GERMAN PLAYERS WARNED OVER BOOT DEAL CONFLICT
Germany’s leading footballers have been told they won’t be picked for the national team if they refuse to wear boots manufactured by sponsors Adidas.
WWE ENJOYS EURO SELL-OUT
The WrestleManiaB. Revenge Tour rumbled across Europe during April 2005, selling out every one of its 14 live events.
GERMAN SAILING FIRST
Germany plans to send a boat to the challenger series for the 2007 America’s Cup, which would be its first entry in the competition.
ONLINE DEAL FOR ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
PLAZAMEDIA, an EM.TV Group subsidiary and Germany's leading sports television producer, has been chosen by MediaZone to produce live Internet coverage of all the games in ice hockey’s 2005 IIHF World Championship.
FIVE STRIKES CONFEDERATIONS CUP DEAL
Infront Sports & Media has signed an exclusive agreement with Five, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, covering all 16 matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 for the UK.
FIFA HAILS FINANCIAL SUCCESS
Soccer’s world governing body FIFA says it is on course to meet its targets, given its position at the halfway point of the 2003-2006 financial period.
2012 BID NEWS: LONDON DEFENDED OVER ITS ACTIONS
London has been defended over its decision to withdraw sweeteners offered to athletes and national Olympic committees.
2012 BID NEWS: LONDON’S PR GAFFE
London’s decision to withdraw sweeteners offered to athletes and national Olympic committees has been seen as a PR disaster by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
INFRONT SIGNS UP RTL
Infront Sports & Media has signed a non-exclusive radio agreement with RTL Radio Vermarktung GmbH & Co KG for radio broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the Confederations Cup in Germany.
THE WEEK THAT WAS…
Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews the issues of the past seven days.
ROGGE: ‘STRONG FEDS HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR’
Jacques Rogge has dropped a heavy hint that no sports will be ditched for the 2012 Olympic Games.
BLATTER CONFIRMS BID FOR THIRD TERM
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter has reaffirmed at this week's SportAccord in Berlin that he will stand for a third term as president of soccer’s governing body.
CITIES MAKE LAST PUSH AT SPORTACCORD
The start of this year’s SportAccord was marked by a flurry of media interest as the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games touched down for five days of frantic campaigning.
SPORTACCORD REGISTERS 1000 DELEGATES
Organisers of the third SportAccord convention, which begins in Berlin on Sunday, say that 1,000 delegates have registered.
THE WEEK THAT WAS…
Editorial Director Kevin Roberts takes a look at the events of the last seven days.
JUDGE RULES CAMEROON ONE-PIECE IN ORDER
A judge in Germany has ruled that the controversial bodysuit uniforms worn by Cameroon's soccer team at the African Cup of Nations broke no FIFA rules.