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Meetings will take place in Kuwait this week to discuss how to rebuild the Iraqi Olympic programme, following the recent regime change in the country.

Bernie Ecclestone will be forced to give car manufacturers a bigger slice of TV revenues to prevent the formation of a breakaway motorsports series, the Jordan team's marketing chief believes.

Qatar will host a round of the MotoGP championship next season after signing a deal with the property's commercial partnering agency Dorna Sports.

The sale of the new Wembley Stadium's premier seating and hospitality programme could not have been achieved last year to the slump in the economy, a senior IMG executive has confirmed.

The Jordan Formula One team is bringing legal proceedings against Vodafone, claiming that the mobile phone company reneged on an agreed sponsorship deal.

The Belgian government is planning a last-ditch attempt to help its Spa motor racing arena regain its place on the Formula One circuit.

Subscribers to sportbusiness.com and our sister title SportBusiness International can now take advantage of a 50 percent discount to the Financial Times' Business of Sport conference in London next month.

London has finally confirmed it will bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, after months of delays.

The IOC is set to approve a recommendation at its Executive Board meeting next week for the establishment of a new Iraqi Olympic Committee.

FIFA has given its first seal of approval for an artificial pitch in the Middle East.

Michael Jordan has been offered a job at the new NBA franchise team in Charlotte after the basketball legend retired for the third and last time at the end of the regular season.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan - the man who transformed sporting endorsement deals - will meet with Washington Wizard officials this week to discuss a return to the administration of the club following his retirement.

London's hopes of bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games have received a timely boost after new research revealed seven out of 10 Londoners believed there would be long-term social benefits to hosting the event.

Aerial Camera Systems (ACS) has won the deal to provide track and remote camera systems for the World Athletics Championships in Paris later this year.

The postponed global soccer conference Soccerex 2003 will now take place in Dubai on 29 and 30 November.

Soccer governing body UEFA and its marketing partner TEAM have announced a clutch of TV rights deals for the new Champions League contract.