Italy
Events

A second broadcast deal for the 2006 FIFA World Cup has been signed with Italy's national broadcaster RAI.
Business

England appear increasingly likely to bid to stage the FIFA World Cup if it returns to Europe in 2018.
Business

Uefa has named a shortlist of three candidates to host the European Championship in 2012.
Events

Former tennis star Jim Courier’s event company will launch a four-stop senior men’s tennis tournament in 2006, five years after the last circuit failed.
Business

Soccerex will host a debate on the key legal battle between G14-backed Charleroi and FIFA over the injury to Moroccan International Abdelmajid Oulmers.

Soccerex will run an exclusive preview to the second part of the Goal! movie trilogy at its forthcoming convention in Dubai on November 13-15, 2005.
Business

Argentina is set to launch a South American Super 10 rugby competition involving its own provincial sides and teams from Chile and Uruguay.
Business

The role of sponsorship in delivering key messages to affluent, ageing, sophisticated, media savvy and increasingly resistant consumers comes under the spotlight at the European Sponsorship Association’s 15th Congress in Rome on November 24.
Business

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) believes that ambush marketing should be treated as a civil and not a criminal offence.
Sponsorship & Marketing

A new UK-based sports marketing company will focus on the promotion of blue chip clients within China and emerging markets around the world.
Events

UEFA chief Lars-Christer Olsson has dropped a huge hint as to who will be on the short-list to host Euro 2012.
Business

Industry show Soccerex will be probing transparency in the sport with a special panel session at the event in Dubai in November.
Media

Teams from Austria, Italy and Japan have joined the starting grid for the new A1 Grand Prix series which roars into life this weekend.
Business

Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment marketing agency Wasserman Media Group has extended its European operation.
Stadia

The official UEFA website, uefa.com, registered a record number of page views and visits following last night's Champions League games.
Media

Red Bull has confirmed it has reached agreement with Paul Stoddart to buy the Minardi Formula One team
Business

A sponsorship row has brought down the curtain on the career of one of the worldC-s best-loved and most-respected soccer referees.

Home matches for ItalyC-s Serie A clubs Lazio, Lecce, Treviso andCagliari are set to air live in the US on Fox Soccer Channel and FoxSports en Espanol.