Italy

Inter Milan will today discover how they will be punished by UEFA after their fans forced the Champions League tie with AC Milan to be abandoned.

World Champions Brazil and South American arch-rivals Argentina will have their 2006 World Cup qualifying matches televised in Scandinavia and Turkey under new distribution agreements, rights owner Traffic Sports Marketing has announced.

The Soccerex London Forum on April 20 has attracted interest across industry sectors and territories.

Marcel Vulpis has been taken on by Media Partners as a consultant to run its press office.

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.

Media Partners & Silva Ltd, a joint venture between the Italian sports agency Media Partners and the sports rights consultant Riccardo Silva, has revealed its package of Italian Serie A international TV rights.

The World Endurance Championship is set to achieve a wider distribution through television than ever before.

Extreme Entertainment, the worlds leading distributor of Action Sports programming, has added Sports Italia to its list of Extreme Sports Channel ‘Branded Block’ clients.

The Soccerex London Forum on April 20 will boast some of the biggest names in world soccer.

TNSSport, the sports sponsorship, market and consumer research provider, has launched a new international tracking service that allows brands to monitor the impact of their sponsorship of Formula One teams.

TNSSport, the sports sponsorship, market and consumer research provider, has launched a new international tracking service that allows brands to monitor the impact of their sponsorship of Formula One teams.

Emirates Airline recently launched its worldwide advertisement campaign to mark its Official Partner status of the 2006 World Cup.

Eurosport has acquired exclusive cable and satellite rights in Europe for live coverage of all major Italian cycling races.

Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews the issues of the past seven days.

Traffic Marketing Esportivo, holder of the broadcasting rights to South American soccer’s Libertadores Cup, with the exception of the Americas, has started the distribution of rights to 55 countries.

Soccerex has announced that The FA, FA Premier League, The Football League and The Football Conference have all signed up to The Soccerex London Forum.