Middle East

Craig Pollock, the boss of Formula One team British American Racing (BAR), has confirmed that Japanese manufacturer Honda will continue to power the team in 2002 despite rumours to the contrary.
Business

Shares in Manchester United opened up 1.5p at 171.5p this morning following weekend press reports that Formula One team boss Eddie Jordan was planning a substantial investment in the club.

The Extreme Sports Channel has extended its coverage beyond Europe after it signed a deal with pay-TV platform Showtime in the Middle East and Africa.
Business

Manager Martin O'Neill and Formula One motor racing boss Eddie Jordan have joined a group of Irish businessmen in splashing out £17 million ($24m/27.2m Euros) to invest in Celtic, Scotland's soccer champions

Players in Thailand's national soccer team will earn $44,000 (B

Turkey wants to build a Formula One circuit in Istanbul within three years, the head of the Turkish Automobile Federation said on Thursday.
Business

For a Formula One team there is only one sound more comforting on race day than the roar of their car's engine on the track and that is the whirr of their sponsors' helicopters overhead
Sponsorship & Marketing

Manchester United will take another step towards global brand status by opening a chain of retail shops in the Middle East.

The Thailand Football Association has written to FIFA to request a change of venue for their Asian World Cup qualifying match scheduled for Baghdad on Friday, a Thai official said on Tuesday.

Players in Thailand's national soccer team will earn $44,000 (?50,000) between them for each away game they win during the second phase of Asia's World Cup qualifying tournament.

India will host a 16-nation soccer tournament from January 10 to 25 next year, the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has said.

Japan and Saudi Arabia will host the round-robin, quarter-final stages of the Asian Club Championship, the Asian Football Confederation announced.
Stadia

US soccer officials have refused to bow to Moslem sensibilities and remove Budweiser beer advertisements from the stadium and programmes for a groundbreaking Iranian-U.S. game.
Business

Iranian women will soon be able to play football, one of the Islamic republic's most prominent sports officials has said.
Media

American wrestlers will attend an international tournament in Iran in September, months after a groundbreaking visit by a U.S. team which launched exchanges between the two hostile countries.

The Goodwill Games failed to live up to their name when politics intruded.
Stadia

Iran is proving not to be the place to get into the bus business.

Iran's soccer federation is weighing an invitation to play friendly matches in the United States, a federation official has said.