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Sports Marketing Surveys has launched a major new research programme focusing on the specialist tennis retail market.

The NBA's growing international presence has again been proven after the league signed a raft of TV rights deals across the globe.

The European Pro Beach Soccer League (EPBSL) is set to expand in 2004 after organisers agreed to take on more clubs.

A number of major Italian soccer clubs face a possible financial crisis if the EU rules against a rule passed by the Italian government granted clubs the opportunity to spread repayment of debts.

Formula One’s efforts to pump up its global TV audience has produced results, according to Mediametrie.

UK commercial free-to-air broadcaster ITV has claimed that its line-up of sports content over the last weekend pulled in over 26 million viewers to the network.

Sports marketing has a major new player after rights agency Global Sportnet and communications giant Mindshare joined forces to increase their presence within the sector through the formation of a new company.

UPS has signed a deal with Italian Serie A soccer giants Inter Milan to become its official logistics partner.

Belgium's capital Brussels has said it plans to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Italy's Serie A is the most popular European soccer league among Chinese fans - with the English Premiership close behind, according to a major new report entitled Football in China.

Print communications firm Oki has unveiled its first ever pan-European sports sponsorship deal for a new sailing race - the Oki European Challenge 2005.

UEFA has signed the first batch of wireless rights for the 2003-2006 Champions League seasons.

Representatives from the Indian government will travel to Italy next week to meet with Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone in a bid to further the nation's bid to stage a Grand Prix.

Italian soccer giants Inter Milan has agreed a groundbreaking deal to launch a Thai-language version of the club's official website, in a bid to boost its global reach.

European soccer's G14 lobby group will meet in Monaco next month for its management committee and general assembly meetings.

New research from Sport+Markt indicates that televised football is more popular in the Far East than Europe.