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Football's national team competition, the Carlsberg Cup, will again be distributed via television worldwide by IEC in Sports.
Events

IEC in Sports has agreed to extend four of its ATP Tour client contracts for worldwide television distribution outside the host country.
Events

Deals have been signed with Scandinavian broadcasters for television rights to the men’s and women’s European Handball Championships in 2008 and 2010.
Business

SEIKO Corporation will continue its sponsorship agreement with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for a further four years.
Events

UEFA has revealed details of broadcast deals outside of the main European markets for three Champions League seasons from 2006 to 2009.
Events

Next year's Golden League athletics meetings will start in Oslo on June 2, the sport's ruling body (the IAAF) said.

Following Schumacher's domination of Formula One, television ratings have generally fallen but they've since picked up with the emergence of new world champion, Fernando Alonso.
Events

South Korea's second-largest city, Busan, plans to stage the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
Business

A survey has concluded that sports editors of daily newspapers allow the sports industry to set the agenda and the priorities for coverage of events.

Michel Zen-Ruffinen will deliver the keynote speech at the closing session of the world communication conference, Play the Game, in Copenhagen on November 10.
Events

IEC in Sports have signed up to distribute the Stella Artois Championships for a further four-year period from 2006-09.
Events

Swedish city Gothenburg has won the right to host the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.
Events

The first ever Abu Dhabi Golf Championship will be part of next year's European Tour International Schedule.

The Czech Republic has become the latest ice hockey federation to ratify a new transfer agreement between European teams and the NHL.

The IAAF says it is pleased with preliminary ratings for Helsinki's World Championship in Athletics .
Business

TNS Gallup in Sweden has become the tenth market to launch a sports research and sponsorship evaluation service.
Events

Rally Ireland has launched its bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship in the country from 2007.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has set a Monday deadline for officials from Russia and the Czech Republic to give a final reply to the proposed National Hockey League transfer agreement.