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FIFA is to take steps to clampdown on players claiming dual nationalities to qualify for national team selection.

The new Formula One circuit in Bahrain has been officially opened.

The cream of the TV sport industry will gather in Dubai this week for the first Sportel to be staged outside its traditional US and European markets.

Home appliance brand Whirlpool Europe has signed a deal to become premier sponsor of the WTA Tour in Europe, in a major multi-million dollar, multi-year deal.

IEC in Sports has signed a deal to distribute TV rights for FIFA World Cup qualifying games in Malaysia.

The new Formula One season gets underway in Australia this weekend – with one leading TV ratings expert predicting the sport is back on track.

He may have retired, but Michael Jordan’s pulling power as the US public's favourite sports star shows no sign of slowing, according to the latest Harris Poll.

Franz Beckenbauer has blasted FIFA’s rotation policy for future World Cups.

The WTA Tour has signed a major multi-million dollar commercial deal with Dubai Duty Free.

The French government’s Minister for Sport, Jean-Francois Lamour, has become the latest heavy hitter to speak at a major sports conference taking place in Qatar next month.

Interactive sports marketing and technology firm Sportvision has recruited Tom Fox, senior vice president of sports marketing at Gatorade, to its board of directors.

More than 20,000 people attended a special festival in Bahrain to mark the countdown to the staging of the Middle East’s very first Formula One Grand Prix.

The first Sportel market to take place in Dubai has proved a big hit - with all available stands, screening kiosks and meeting boxes selling-out weeks before the event takes place.

Organisers of next month’s Sportel – held for the first time in Dubai – say more than 125 companies from 42 countries have so far registered to attend the event.

Two of the most powerful men in world sport met in Switzerland yesterday – with the issue of doping taking centre stage.

Sri Lanka has been chosen as the host nation for the revival of the sub continent's flagship limited-over cricket tournament the Asia Cup.