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The Volvo Ocean Race, which starts from Galicia in Spain next month, looks set to achieve record numbers of television viewers.

Independent sports producer Sunset+Vine has signed a deal with UK commercial station ITV to provide coverage of the Volvo Ocean Race.

San Juan, Puerto Rico has been awarded first and second round games of the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

Conrad Humphreys Racing will enter a British team in the Volvo Extreme 40 (VX40) grand prix circuit during 2005-06, backed by sponsors Motorola.

The NFL's first visit to Mexico for a regular-season game has paid dividends with an all-time attendance record.

SportBusiness' latest seminar, 'Mobile and Broadband: Opportunities for Sport', is now sold out.

Brazil's Globo TV International has appointed Marcelo Spinola as director of Globo TV Sports, its new sport events distributor for the international market.

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

Big names have signed up to the only conference and meeting forum for the business of Formula One and motorsport, to be held in Monaco on November 16-17, 2005.

Brazilian broadcast deals have been agreed with the pay-TV channels Bandsports and ESPN Brasil for next year's FIFA World Cup.

Peugeot has become the second global partner of IRB Rugby World Cup 2007.

A1 Grand Prix has confirmed its inaugural season race calendar, featuring 24 races over 12 weekends.

Sportev has reached agreement with the Korean media company, Media 2.0, to provide video coverage of Premier League matches on mobile phones in Korea for the next two seasons.

Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.

Bids from PyeongChang, South Korea, and Salzburg, Austria, are said to hold big leads over five other rivals in the race for the 2014 Olympics.

The world's first Grand Prix Masters Series revs up next year featuring some of motorsport's most famous names from yesteryear.

ESPN will deliver live coverage of the 'X Games 11' to 77 countries and territories and it will be the first time that live coverage has extended beyond the US.

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