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Sport marketing consultancy IraqiSport has signed an agreement with ICTAS, the precursor administration to the National Olympic Committee of Iraq (NOCI), to assist in the development of sport and the management of rights and other commercial interests.

Financially troubled English Premier League soccer club Leeds United may be able to extend a crunch deadline in its bid to avoid going into administration.

The Qatar National Olympic Committee (QNOC) is to repeat its successful business event Qatar Sports International (QSi) in April.

Bernie Ecclestone has once again spoke out in defence of the first Formula One Grand Prix to be staged in the Middle East – and played down reported terrorist threats to the event.

Dubai-based international airline Emirates has appointed German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer as its global ambassador for sport and social activities.

Construction on the new Formula One Grand Prix race track in Bahrain is ahead of schedule prior to the circuit's FIA inspection date of March 7.

The billionaire Russian owner of English Premier League soccer club Chelsea has denied he is planning a takeover of the Jordan Formula One team.

Prize money for next year's Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament will reach $2million for the first time in its history.

The Boeing Company has signed up as the latest official supporter of one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar – the 2004 Dubai World Cup.

English soccer club Leeds United has secured some breathing space in a move to avoid the threat of slipping into administration.

Representatives from Formula One Management and the Bahrain International Circuit have met with television executives to discuss the production needs of F1's latest venue.

English soccer club Leeds United has seen its shares make a rare rise on the stock market amid rumours of an imminent takeover.

Danny Jordaan, CEO of South Africa’s bid to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says he holds no bitterness to Germany after they won the right to host the 2006 finals by a single vote.

The Bahrain Formula One circuit has corrected earlier reports that Sheikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa has become the track's new managing director.

Organisers of the sports TV industry’s leading exhibition – Sportel – have confirmed it will venture into the Middle East for the first time after it confirmed the marketplace would take place in Dubai next March.

San Francisco Giants star Barry Bonds has told the Major League Baseball Players Association he will not be signing the organisation's group licensing agreement next year and will instead pursue such opportunities on his own.