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Visa has launched an integrated national sponsorship programme across a number of markets in Europe as part of its sponsorship of the Olympic Games.

UEFA and its partnering agency TEAM Marketing have concluded a number of TV rights negotiations for the next Champions League contract after announcing a raft of new deals.

Madrid's bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games has a new man at the helm after Feliciano Mayoral took over as the campaign's chief executive.

Sportswear firm ASICS Italia has become an official sponsor of the Turin 2006 Winter Games - and sponsor of the Italian national Olympic teams.

A landmark steel dome at the Olympic stadium in Athens will be ready for the 2004 Games organisers have said, despite IOC concerns it was holding up plans.

The IOC has appointed Saatchi & Saatchi New York as its agency for the creative development and implementation of its global promotional campaign 'Celebrate Humanity'.

Rio has entered the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games after it beat off the challenge from Sao Paulo to become Brazil's official candidate - and now bids to become the first South American city to host the event.

Gianna Angelopoulos, leader of the organising committee for next year’s Athens Olympic Games, has for the first time admitted her fears over the slow progress of preparations for the event.

Ticket sales for the Athens 2004 Olympics are well over the predicted revenue at the end of the first phase of the process.

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, has denied that his visit to Paris yesterday to endorse the Olympic TV coverage of Eurosport also represented a promotion of the French city as a potential host for the 2012 Games.

The London Development Agency (LDA) has unveiled a shortlist of six bids for the brief to oversee the redevelopment of the area of east London designated for the proposed Summer Olympics in 2012.

Media reports are claiming that vital construction work on some of the sites for Athens 2004 Olympics has been stopped.

The Greeks are leading the way in snapping up tickets for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games - with the internet the method of choice to buy them, organisers have revealed.

The European Commission has given ticketing arrangements for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games the green light and agreed they are in line with the competition rules.

The SARS epidemic has forced another event to be relocated - this time FIBA's men's junior world championships.

The Greek government has awarded a contract for the security infrastructure of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.