Latin America

Plans to bring the Montreal Expos Major League Baseball team to Northern Virginia have taken a step forward after plans were unveiled for a new ballpark.

The IOC will confirm tomorrow the cities going through to battle it out in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

Sportswear firm Reebok has signed a major deal with Mexican soccer team Chivas Rayadas.

Sports marketing giant IMG is expanding into global tourism as it looks to increase its consultancy base.

The new Champ Car season gets underway next weekend with 18 cars lining-up on the starting grid – and a number of new international TV deals.

The team behind New York’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games has unveiled its new logo.

Germany is to host the 2005 Confederations Cup in what will be seen as a dry run prior to the following year’s FIFA World Cup.

The six nations competing in the first women’s World Cup of baseball have been confirmed.

Morocco’s bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup has received a boost after Luiz Felipe Scolari, the man who led Brazil to their 2002 World Cup victory, publicly spoke out in support.

FIFA has confirmed the host nation for the return of its controversial Club World Championship – and totally reversed previous announcements stating it would be held in the CONCACAF region.

Spanish-language TV programming giant TV Azteca has secured exclusive rights to Mexican First Division soccer side Chiapas Jaguares.

Terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired the UK TV rights to soccer tournament Copa Libertadores 2004, South America’s equivalent to Europe’s Champions League.

The organisers of the Sportsmedia Rio conference, scheduled for next month, have issued a statement postponing the event by a year.

All nine cities bidding to host the 2012 Olympic Games have returned their questionnaires to the IOC, setting the scene for what is set to become one of the most hotly contested battles in recent history.

Formal details of the bids by the nine cities hoping to stage the 2012 Olympic Games have started arriving at the IOC’s offices, ahead of tomorrow’s deadline.

RDA Communications has been appointed by South American agency Traffic Sports Marketing as its exclusive television agent for the UK in a three-year agreement.