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

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

Asia's best players are set to take on the elite of Europe in a new team golf competition.

Indy-car racing will shrink from 17 races to 14 in 2006 and compress the smaller season into less than six months, Indy Racing League (IRL) officials have announced.

The IAAF says it is pleased with preliminary ratings for Helsinki's World Championship in Athletics .

The national unions of Australia and Japan have signed an historic Rugby Accord in Tokyo designed to promote cooperation between the two Unions.

The 2009 FISA World Rowing Championships will be hosted by Poznan in Poland.

This year's US Open tennis tournament marks the first time in 10 years that the event is distributed on a country-by-country basis in Asia.

Champ Car World Series has named Mark Reilly as its vice president of broadcast sales & distribution.

The BAR F1 team have urged the British government to clarify a new law on tobacco sponsorship before it comes into force at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The BAR F1 team have urged the British government to clarify a new law on tobacco sponsorship before it comes into force at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Governing body FINA has selected Rome to host the 2009 World Swimming Championships.

The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) is prepared to change the dates in its bid to host the 2011 World Cup.

The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) is prepared to change the dates in its bid to host the 2011 World Cup.

Dentsu has made its subsidiary iSe International Sports and Entertainment AG the exclusive worldwide agency outside Japan for the sale of broadcasting rights to the Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup for 2005 and 2006.

Manchester United's South Korean signing, Park Ji-Sung, was the most searched-for footballer on search engine Megasoccer.com last month.

Infront Sports & Media Bulgarian National Television (BNT) has agreed a deal to cover all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Charles-Henry Contamine, the head of FIFA New Media, outlines his plans for both FIFA.com and FIFAWorldCup.com