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US marketing company Electric Artists (EA) have signed a deal with FIFA to promote the official website of this summer's World Cup.

Venues hoping to host Golden League athletics meetings will now have to meet strict criteria for TV coverage and financial security, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said.

ITMS Sports, a division of ITMS Marketing GmbH, an advertising and marketing communications group based in Germany, has launched its own website.

Bankrupted KirchMedia, the owner of the soccer rights to Germany's top league, the Bundesliga, has offered to pay the clubs EUR20m (417.9m) for the next two games.

The re-election of Lennart Johansson as UEFA president at the UEFA Congress in Stockholm has been overshadowed by pro-Sepp Blatter elections for the FIFA Executive Committee.

The re-election of Lennart Johansson as UEFA president at the UEFA Congress in Stockholm has been overshadowed by influential elections for the FIFA Executive Committee.

A leading official with Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid has warned big clubs from small markets that they must act now or risk losing their historical status in the game.

Tele Muenchen Group Chief Executive Officer Herbert Kloiber is interested in buying KirchMedia's rights to Germany's Bundesliga soccer games if the insolvent unit is forced to offload them.

UK government minister Tessa Jowell has officially opened the SportBusiness 2002 conference - and pledged support to English soccer clubs suffering in the aftermath of ITV Digital's slip into administration.

Soccer governing body FIFA has released details of the stadiums to be used for the World Cup in 2006 when the event will be hosted by Germany.

Finland's capital Helsinki has been chosen to replace London as the host city for the 2005 World Athletics Championships, the IAAF announced yesterday.

Germany's premier football league, the Bundesliga, has called an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss the potential financial crisis facing the division in the wake of the Kirch crisis.

Leading German sports websites Sport1.de may be one of the first victims of the financial crisis facing KirchMedia, sportbusiness.com can confirm.

The venue for the 2005 World Athletics Championship will be unveiled on 14 April by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in Nairobi.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said the 2010 World Cup finals will definitely be held in Africa.

Franz Beckenbauer has offered his support to FIFA president Sepp Blatter and believes he will remain leader of soccer's world governing body.