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Industrial group Dempo has acquired a 34% stake in top Danish club FC Midtjylland in a move that aims to further develop football in India.

The TV4/Canal+ Group has snapped up media rights for the UEFA Europa League in Denmark, Norway and Sweden for the 2012-15 seasons.

Modern Times Group (MTG) has struck an extension to its agreement as the official broadcast rights holder for the UEFA Champions League across Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Sportfive has completed its first broadcast deal for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics by awarding TV2 the Norwegian rights to the Sochi and Rio de Janeiro Games.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has awarded hosting rights to three of its World Championships scheduled for 2015.

The National Hockey League (NHL) has announced it will launch its 2011-12 regular season by staging games in Finland, Sweden and for the first time in Germany.

Betsafe has penned a deal to become a major sponsor of the Danish football league, just months ahead of the country’s market opening up.

Scandinavian broadcaster TV4 has struck a deal with Infront Sports & Media, the exclusive commercial partner of the annual International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship, for coverage of the event in Sweden, Denmark and Norway from 2012-17.

Qatar has further enhanced its sports event portfolio after being awarded the men’s 2015 World Handball Championships.

Denmark and Poland have beaten a rival joint-bid bid from Finland and Estonia to host the 2013 Men’s European Volleyball Championships.

International sports media agency MP & Silva has agreed a four-season partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to distribute league programming across Scandinavia.

Swedish International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Gunilla Lindberg is to chair an 11-member commission to evaluate the three candidate cities for the 2018 Winter Olympics: Munich (Germany), Annecy (France) and PyeongChang (South Korea).

The City of Stockholm has leased the new 30,000-seat Stockholm Arena to international sports and entertainment venue operator AEG Facilities.

Carlsberg has become the fifth global partner for Euro 2012 under a deal with Uefa announced Friday.

Olafur Rafnsson was elected European president of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) by 51 member federations of FIBA Europe on Saturday at the 2010 General Assembly in Munich.

Tennis’s ATP World Tour has extended until the end of 2012 its sponsorship deal with Japanese office equipment maker Ricoh.