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English Premier League club Chelsea’s chief executive Peter Kenyon told a workshop at the international Soccerex forum that “the market place for football talent is now a truly global one” and praised the work of the Doha based Academy for Sports Excellence.

The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) inaugurated the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) which will welcome more than 1,800 rights-holding broadcasters and 2,000 host broadcaster staff during the Games.

Getty Images was appointed by Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) as official photographer for the 15th Asian Games 2006.

The 15th Asian Games, held in Doha on 1-15 December, will be broadcast live on Eurosport and Eurosport 2. It is the first time the Asian Games, held every four years since 1951, will be shown live in Europe.

MotoGP finalised its 2007 calendar with the season beginning on March 10 in Qatar.

MotoGP chiefs have confirmed Qatar will host the start of next season’s world championship.

Qatar National Bank agreed a sponsorship deal with the Qatar National Olympic Committee (QNOC).

Qatar Airways agreed a deal to become the official airline sponsor to English Test Match Grounds in a deal brokered by Frontiers Group.

Grand Prix Masters has agreed a three-year deal with Sistema Brasileiro de TelevisC#o (SBT) for free-to-air coverage of the series across Brazil.

The Olympic Council of Asia and the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee have signed a partnership deal with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.of Japan, makers of sports drink Pocari Sweat.

One of Qatar’s leading banking institutions, Commercialbank, will become title sponsor of MotoGP’s Grand Prix of Qatar.

FIFA's Tsunami Task Force has approved six projects in Indonesia, Maldives and Sri Lanka worth $1.48million.

Every round of this year's Formula One World Championship will be available free-to-air on Al Jazeera Sports TV Network.

Icon Display, the event branding specialist, has opened new offices in Germany and the Middle East.

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) wants to host the 2015 Asian Cup finals, with many facilities in place after being built for this year's Asian Games.

David Gill, CEO of Premier League giants Manchester United, will be a keynote speaker at The Soccerex London Forum on April 5.

Manchester United have decided against going to the Gulf for a friendly match the week before their Carling Cup final clash against Wigan.

A delegation of event security strategists, specifiers and managers from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games has confirmed its attendance at the second International Sports Security Summit.