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NEW CHIEF AT ESPN STAR SPORTS
Jamie Davis, most recently president of STAR China, will take over from Rik Dovey as managing director of ESPN STAR Sports, the pan-regional sports venture.
NEW CHIEF AT ESPN STAR SPORTS
Jamie Davis, most recently president of STAR China, will take over from Rik Dovey as managing director of ESPN STAR Sports, the pan-regional sports venture.
KOREA WINS PREMIER LEAGUE MOBILE DEAL
Sportev has reached agreement with the Korean media company, Media 2.0, to provide video coverage of Premier League matches on mobile phones in Korea for the next two seasons.
TWI MOVES SENIOR EXECS
TWI has moved key senior executives to new positions across the globe.
CSCG TO MARKET CHINESE NATIONAL TEAM
China Sports Consulting Germany (CSCG) has won the marketing contract for Team China, the Chinese national soccer team.
OLYMPIC HOPEFULS FACE LONG WAIT
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says the two sports axed from the Olympics and the five new sports rejected for 2012 should look towards 2009, the next time a programme change will be considered.
GUNNERS UP CHINA PRESENCE
Premier League giants Arsenal have agreed an exclusive deal with China.com Inc. to launch an official Chinese website and wireless services in Greater China.
SHANGHAI START FOR EUROPEAN TOUR INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE
Golf’s 2006 European Tour International Schedule will begin in Shanghai, China, on November 10, 2005.
WORLD SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS UNITE
The biggest ever single event in World Squash will take place at the end of the year when the Men's and Women's World Open Championships are jointly staged for the first time.
PAYNE IS GAIN FOR SPORTS XCHANGE
Totals Sports Asia Ltd has confirmed that Michael Payne of Formula One Management will be one of the key speakers at their forthcoming Sports Xchange forum at the Hyatt Hotel in Singapore on July 4, 2005.
CCTV PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT SPORT XCHANGE
Ma Guo Li, president of CCTV Sports, has been confirmed as a headline speaker at Sport Xchange to be held in Singapore on July 4.
NBA AND NOKIA EXPAND INTO CHINA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nokia have reached a multi-year agreement to expand their US relationship into China.
BOWLING OVER THE GLOBE
World Bowls, the sport’s world governing body, has secured the services of 110sport Management Ltd to act as sponsorship, marketing and media consultants.
REAL LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE ASIAN SHOW
Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.
McDONALD’S AND NBA IN LIFESTYLE PARTNERSHIP
McDonald’s Corporation and the NBA are teaming up to bring basketball to hundreds of thousands of fans with NBA events and promotions in four continents.
NAMIBIA TO HOST ICC INTERCONTINENTAL CUP
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Namibia will host the semi-finals and final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005.
THE WEEK THAT WAS…
Editorial Director reviews the issues of the past seven days.
RWC SEVENS TO REACH 300 MILLION HOMES
The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005 in Hong Kong from March 18 to 20 will be broadcast to a record number of countries and homes.