Ireland
LAND ROVER ADDS WEIGHT TO LIONS DRIVE
Land Rover will be ‘Official Vehicle to the British & Irish Lions’ Rugby Union team for this summer’s tour to New Zealand.
WWE ENJOYS EURO SELL-OUT
The WrestleManiaB. Revenge Tour rumbled across Europe during April 2005, selling out every one of its 14 live events.
MILLENNIUM GOES WIRELESS
Real Wireless Solutions (RWS), part of Real Creative Group (RCG), and Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium have expanded their pilot scheme to introduce wireless digital media displays at the venue.
FUJITSU SIEMENS PARTNERS WC QUALIFIERS
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has become an official partner of ‘Qualifiers 2006’.
SPORTEL ASIA REGISTRATION BOOST
With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.
TALKSPORT IN WORLD CUP AGREEMENT
UK radio station, talkSPORT, has reached agreement with Infront Sports & Media for non-exclusive rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
RFL CONFIRMS EUROPEAN NATIONS CUP
Rugby League’s European Nations Cup will be staged for the third successive year this autumn.
HILTON GOES ATHLETIC
Hilton UK & Ireland has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with UK Athletics, making Hilton the Official Hotel Partner of the UK Athletics team.
CASH INJECTION FOR RUGBY CLUBS
England’s 12 Zurich Premiership clubs are each to be given £250,000 to increase the size of their squads in an attempt to address player burn-out.
VOLVO STOPOVERS NAMED
Rotterdam, Portsmouth and Gothenburg will be the last two stopover ports and the finish of the 31,250 nm Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06.
SOCK-TIE STAND AGAINST RACISM
Wales, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland will wear a sock-tie product in their friendly matches today (Wednesday) featuring the slogan “Let’s Kick Racism Out of Football”.
HEINEKEN AND ERC EXTEND PARTNERSHIP TO 2009
Heineken and ERC, the Heineken Cup tournament organisers, have revealed that the beer brand will continue as title sponsor of the club tournament for another four years.
ARENA FOOTBALL TOUCHES DOWN ON NASN
The North American Sports Network (NASN) is back to showing weekly coverage of the Arena Football League (AFL) in the UK and Ireland.
RYDER CUP 2020 VENUE NAMED
The US PGA of America has announced that Whistling Straits, Kohler, Wisconsin, USA, will be the venue for the 43rd Ryder Cup in 2020.
O’DRISCOLL’S TOUR DIARY IN MOTION
World In Motion has agreed a deal between Penguin Ireland and rugby union star Brian O’Driscoll for his diary of the 2005 rugby season.
O’DRISCOLL’S TOUR DIARY IN MOTION
World In Motion has agreed a deal between Penguin Ireland and rugby union star Brian O’Driscoll for his diary of the 2005 rugby season.
ENGLAND HOSTS VOLLEYBALL QUALIFIERS
England will host the first round of qualifying for volleyball’s FIVB World Championships at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield from January 12 to 16.
CDI & MEC AGREE EURO DEAL
US race track owner and operator Churchill Downs (CDI) has teamed up with rivals Magna Entertainment (MEC) to unveil a simulcast distribution deal to deliver the two companies horse racing product to a European audience.