Latin America

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) has confirmed a second tournament is to debut in Mexico next year.

Infront Sports & Media has extended a partnership with Greek national broadcaster, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation SA (ERT), signing an exclusive agreement covering all matches for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005.

FIFA has voiced mounting concerns over government interference in the affairs of football associations.

Real Madrid is the football club with the biggest potential global fan base according to a survey of 1,000 people in 13 countries carried out by Sport+Markt.

The first significant sports business conference to be staged in Chile is scheduled for October 19 at the Edificio de las Industrias in Santiago.

US pro soccer league MLS is attracting an average attendance of 15,000 fans a game and generating well over $100 million in annual revenue. It is the third time in four years average attendance has risen

Major League baseball owners are today expected to give a thumbs up to plans for a baseball World Cup and a baseball television network.

The Asian Cup final between China and Japan has smashed viewing records to become the most watched single sports event in the history of Chinese television.

NASCAR has unveiled NASCAR Mexico, a new base of operations in Mexico that will support and build local stock car racing in the country.

NASCAR has advanced further from its roots by stripping one Southern track of its only race and reducing another to one event in 2005. Down the road, the stock cars will almost certainly be spending even less time in the Southeast, where the sport flourished.

Prince Tennis has re-signed tennis star and 2004 French Open finalist Guillermo Coria to an exclusive endorsement deal.

The host nation of the Copa America soccer tournament says it made a $2m profit courtesy of the event.

Europe will host the 2009 IAAF World Championships after the final bids to stage the athletics showcase were received by the sport’s governing body.

Olympic security officials will top meet with international law enforcement agency Interpol today.

Just days after a rival bid was sent to Major League Baseball chiefs, one of the favourites to land the Montreal Expos unveiled full details of its bid in the hope of convincing commissioner Bud Selig (pictured).

A proposal to buy the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball team has been submitted to commissioner Bud Selig.