Netherlands
Business

NOS and RTL have been awarded broadcast rights to Uefa Cup from 2006-2009 and Uefa Super Cup from 2006-2008 in the Netherlands.
Business

Motor racing series A1 Grand Prix unveiled a provisional calendar of 13 races for its second season, 2006-07. The season kicks off on October 1, 2006 at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands and concludes at Brands Hatch in the UK, on April 29, 2007. A New Zealand race, although still to be confirmed, is new to the calendar, while races at the EuroSpeedway and Estoril have disappeared from the calendar.
Events

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Business

The Dutch team racing in the A1 Grand Prix series has signed a major new sponsorship with heating company Remeha.
Events

Chiefs of the A1 Grand Prix series have agreed a variety of technical and commercial changes for the motorsport’s second season.
Business

It will come as little surprise to most, but Brazil’s soccer team is the most commercially attractive for corporate sponsorship to play at next month’s FIFA World Cup, according to a survey conducted by a sports marketing company.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Philips shavers have agreed a partnership deal to become the Male Shaving Partner of the WilliamsF1 team in 2006.

Twenty travel agencies from 11 countries across the globe are the first Official Travel Agents (OTAs) approved to sell packages, inclusive of match tickets, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
Events

NASN and Major League Baseball (MLB) have reached a groundbreaking five-year, pan-European broadcast deal, beginning with the 2006 season.
Events

NASN has secured exclusive pan-European rights to televise the inaugural World Baseball Classic.
Events

A series of television deals with broadcasters from Europe and beyond have been agreed for motor racing’s FIA GT Championship.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a big increase in the programme of One-Day International (ODI) cricket for associate member countries, to develop the game globally.
Media

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) says it is committed to providing additional content access to sports fans around Europe following record levels of new media coverage for the Winter Olympics.
Media

The Dutch Football Association KNVB and Sportfive have signed a deal for the national team’s qualification matches for EURO 2008 and World Cup 2010.
Events

Four new tournaments, two events upgraded, two new courses and two significant date changes feature in golf’s 2006 European Tour International Schedule.
Business

In a bid to bolster its event management expertise, Octagon has promoted Bob Verbeeck to president of global event management.

The UCI, cycling's governing body, says it has appointed a Dutch lawyer to investigate newspaper allegations that seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong tested positive for drugs in 1999.

NFL team owners have voted to continue to fund and provide players for NFL Europe for five more years.