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Hockenheim to host German Grand Prix for next 7 years
The German Grand Prix will be held at the Hockenheimring for another seven years after an agreement to extend the contract was reached between Formula One Holding and the Hockenheimring GmbH.
Activists put pressure on Chinese Olympic bid
Human rights groups, backed by China's best-known exiled dissident and Tibetan activists, have launched a campaign against awarding the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to China.
Samaranch out of intensive care
Juan Antonio Samaranch has left the intensive care unit of the Swiss hospital he has been in for a week after suffering from chronic fatigue.
Olympics 2008: Osaka looks to the future if bid stumbles
Osaka is putting a positive spin on its status as underdog in the race to stage the 2008 Summer Olympics.
London ‘not on brink of making 2012 Olympic Bid’
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has denied that it is on the verge of making a bid for London to host the Olympic Games in 2012, sportbusiness.com has learned.
Reedie bids for IOC board place
Britain's Craig Reedie will bid for a place on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s ruling executive board when the organisation appoints a new president for the first time for 21 years next month.
Olympics 2008: Toronto set for bid party time – win or lose
Win or lose, Toronto plans to show the world that it can throw a party of Olympic proportions.
IOC may hand top job to Belgian surgeon
The future of the Olympic Games looks set to pass into the hands of a Belgian surgeon-cum-yachtsman who has earned a reputation for a calm touch in a storm.
Kournikova back in the limelight
Anna Kournikova has done it again - without even hitting a single tennis ball.
Bubka set to clear new height in sport’s boardroom
World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.
Tennis star Chang backs Beijing bid
Former French Open tennis champion Michael Chang, whose family hails from China, is to act as a Goodwill Ambassador for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, bid officials have stated.
Pound optimistic about presidency chances
Nobody can accuse Dick Pound, the 59-year-old Canadian lawyer and former Olympic swimmer, of not keeping up with the times as he campaigns for the most powerful job in world sport - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.
Russian clubs sign new TV deal
Russian premier division soccer clubs, nearly halfway into the season, will finally get a chance to be seen on national television after finding wealthy sponsors for the broadcasts.
Kim bounces back to be IOC member
Kim Un-yong's position as a leading contender for the IOC presidency despite the warning he received in the biggest bribery scandal in Olympic history says a great deal about his influence in world sport.
Silverstone aims to be world class venue by 2003
Organisers of Silverstone’s Formula One British Grand Prix today promised to sweep away the muddy car parks and produce a world-class circuit by 2003.
IOC presidential campaign: Rogge – Fit to be king?
Hurt by the biggest corruption scandal in its history as well as the perennial problem of drugs, it is no surprise that the Olympic movement appears keen to call on a clean-cut doctor to run its affairs.
Anti-Beijing bid protestors target Embassy
Pro-Tibetan rights activists have climbed onto a ledge above the entrance to the Chinese Embassy in Washington and unfurled a banner protesting against Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics.
US to stay neutral on China’s olympic bid
The Bush administration will remain neutral on Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, despite powerful appeals from members of Congress to oppose the proposal on human rights grounds.