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UK-based F1 marketers Podia Group plc has signed a three-year exclusive merchandising and licensing agreement with Arrows Grand Prix International.

UK-based F1 marketers Podia Group plc has signed a three-year exclusive merchandising and licensing agreement with Arrows Grand Prix International.

Administrators from accountants Baker Tilly expect to raise a seven-figure sum from the sale of Sports.com, the financially troubled sports website provider backed by IMG financier George Soros, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan.

Administrators from accountants Baker Tilly expect to raise a seven-figure sum from the sale of Sports.com, the financially troubled sports website provider backed by IMG financier George Soros, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan.

FIFA is confident that a "marked improvement of the (World Cup) ticket situation" will now take place in Japan following an agreement between the organisers and its ticketing agents.

FIFA is confident that a "marked improvement of the (World Cup) ticket situation" will now take place in Japan following an agreement between the organisers and its ticketing agents.

Following the buy-out of the Australian arm of the now bankrupt Sportsworld Media Group by the group's former majority stakeholder Jeff Chapman, the Antipodean unit has undergone a rebrand.

Following the buy-out of the Australian arm of the now bankrupt Sportsworld Media Group by the group's former majority stakeholder Jeff Chapman, the Antipodean unit has undergone a rebrand.

The UK's leading Formula One teams are planning to take control of Formula One in a bid to bring back lost sponsors and keep fans interested in the sport.

The UK's leading Formula One teams are planning to take control of Formula One in a bid to bring back lost sponsors and keep fans interested in the sport.

Jeff Chapman, the former majority shareholder in the bankrupt Sportsworld Media plc, has told sportbusiness.com that it is "unlikely" he will buy any of the UK assets or businesses of the company.

Sportsworld Media, placed in administration on March 27 when it failed to find a buyer after its debt facility expired, has sold two of the firm's international operations to the company's original owner, Australian entrepreneur Jeff Chapman.

FIFA presidential candidate Issa Hayatou failed to appear at leading football event Soccerex this morning - pulling out of his planned keynote speech at the last minute.

Soccerex president Tony Martin has told delegates at the international conference in Dubai: "We have political mayhem at the very top of our game."

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has won a gagging order to prevent the president of the Somalian Football Association, Farah Addo, spreading bribery accusations.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will deliver a keynote address today on day one of Soccerex in Dubai.