Italy

The Ladies European Tour has confirmed seven countries have made bids to host the 2011 Solheim Cup.

Big spending sponsors for the FIFA World Cup are already seeing the benefits of their marketing campaigns, according to a leading research firm.

Makers of a movie based around the MotoGP series started shooting action scenes at this weekend’s race in Italy.

English soccer Premiership clubs remain the most commercially successful in the world – but total spending on wages has dropped for the first time in the league’s history, according to Deloitte’s latest Annual Review of Football Finance.

UEFA chief executive Lars Christer Olsson has confirmed he will be holding talks with the new head of Italian soccer federation the FIGC to discuss the match-fixing allegations which have shook the sport – and its impact on a host of key upcoming decisions.

The Italian soccer club at the centre of match-fixing allegations has vowed to introduce a salary cap, according to reports in the local media.

It will come as little surprise to most, but Brazil’s soccer team is the most commercially attractive for corporate sponsorship to play at next month’s FIFA World Cup, according to a survey conducted by a sports marketing company.

A senior executive of the ATP has called for changes to the tennis calendar to prevent player withdrawals which are upsetting ‘sponsors, TV channels and spectators’.

A landmark legal case brought against soccer’s world governing body FIFA has been referred, as expected, to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

Italian Serie A giants Juventus face being kicked out of the league – and left hundreds of millions of dollars out of pocket as the scandal engulfing Italian soccer continues.

The world’s biggest steel company Mittal Steel has agreed a deal to support the Ukrainian Football Association as lead sponsor in its bid to host soccer’s Euro 2012.

Franco Carraro, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), has stepped down from the post after more than five years in charge amid a scandal engulfing Italian soccer.

Monza will host host this season's Italian Grand Prix after the conclusion of a long-running row over noise pollution at the track.

Mittal Steel, the world’s largest global steel company, will become the Polish Football Association’s lead sponsor in its bid to host the UEFA European Football Championship in 2012.

A top executive with Visa says the Turin Olympics and Paralympics have helped propel the brand's point of sale penetration to new levels in Turin and across Italy.

The new Wembley Stadium is bidding to host the 2008 Champions League final.