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TEAM Marketing has signed off two further TV rights deals for the next Champions League contract in Scandinavia and the Republic of Ireland.

The International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has appointed two experienced marketing agents to aid with its commercial activities.

An inspection team from the IOC arrives in Athens today for the latest progress check on preparations for the 2004 Games.

The IOC has ditched its marketing partners Meridian Management, in a split believed to have been caused by a clash of personalities.

Local organisers of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games say they will announce more than 40 bidding tenders to manage food and catering services between now and January.

The organising committee of the 2004 Olympics in Athens has restated its confidence that preparations for the Games are on schedule.

The Global Sport Forum - due to take place on November 12 in Athens has been shelved.

UEFA and its marketing partner TEAM have confirmed that a second TV rights deal has been signed for the new Champions League contract.

European sports channel ESPN Classic Sport has signed a new rights deal for archive Olympic footage.

Hungary says it hopes its solo bid to host soccer’s Euro 2008 tournament will put it before the many joint bids hoping for success.

The national football league in Greece may be suspended by its soccer clubs in protest at a government decision not to allow the state-controlled and sports betting company OPAP to take bets on their matches.

Television production facilities companies Gearhouse Broadcast and Stefi Productions have joined forces to offer such services to host broadcasters for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Addleshaw Booth & Co, the official lawyers of last month's Commonwealth Games in Mancheseter, have warned the organisers of the next Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 to be ready for the legal challenges facing them.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a TV rights deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the local Athens organising committee (ATHOC), ensuring continued free-to-air coverage of the summer and winter Games.

US host Olympic broadcaster NBC is scaling back its commitment for the 2004 Games in Athens.

Chinese preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics have been praised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - but work on Athens 2004 is still behind schedule.

Chinese preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics have been praised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - but work on Athens 2004 is still behind schedule.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that Matsushita Electrical Industrial has renewed up to and including the 2008 Games in Beijing.