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Sponsorship & Marketing

Joelle Macoin, head of licensing at FIFA Marketing & TV, is to host a session at Soccerex.
Business

Industry show Soccerex will be probing transparency in the sport with a special panel session at the event in Dubai in November.
Business

The WTA Tour has unveiled plans to expand into the growth markets of India and the Middle East.
Sponsorship & Marketing

UEFA has appointed Warner Bros Consumer Products (WBCP) its worldwide licensing partner for Euro 2008.
Business

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) launches the first of its Evening Seminar Series next month, looking at the role that experiential marketing plays in the sponsorship and marketing mix.

Microsoft and some of its technology and sports partners have teamed up with Soccerex 2005.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is reportedly set to ignore aplea from the UK Government for Test-playing nations to boycottZimbabwe.
Events

Rally Ireland has launched its bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship in the country from 2007.
Sponsorship & Marketing

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

The International Cricket Council (ICC) says it is considering plans to extend the quick-fire Twenty20 version of the game to the international arena.

Organisers of next year’s FIFA World Cup have taken out a euros 158million insurance policy against its cancellation.
Sponsorship & Marketing

A1 Team Ireland is the latest national team to join the A1 Grand Prix series, taking the competitor list to 20 countries across the globe.
Business

The Middle East will stage a World Championship rugby tournament for the first time.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA will deliver a keynote address on issues surrounding the adoption of artificial turf at Soccerex 2005.
Events

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.

Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone says it has been approached by five Formula 1 teams currently running on Michelin tyres about a possible switch, according to Reuters.
Business

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.
Business

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.