Scandinavia

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.

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

Sweden has pulled out of the running to host the 2018 Ryder Cup, leaving five countries in the race.

International sports federations are looking for host cities with a clear sports strategy, and believe bidders could save time and money by undergoing training in sports strategy, according to a survey by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES).

Madrid’s bid to organise the 2018 Ryder Cup has received a major boost from a survey conducted amongst 1,000 UK golf fans.

Greece and Portugal are the latest European territories where the IEC in Sports agency has agreed television deals for the athletics’ World Championships in 2011 and 2013.

Sports rights agency Kentaro has extended its agreement to represent the media rights for the Swedish Football Associations Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF), Föreningen Svensk Elitfotboll (SEF) and Elitföreningen Damfotboll (EFD) from 2011 to 2015.