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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.
Events

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

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.
Stadia

Sponsors of the England soccer team, Nationwide, is to put in place new initiatives to help the experience of fans when travelling abroad.
Business

The world's first Grand Prix Masters Series revs up next year featuring some of motorsport's most famous names from yesteryear.
Business

Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort is to bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics just weeks after Moscow failed in its effort to attract the 2012 Summer Games.

The European Challenge Tour is set to benefit from The 2006 Ryder Cup in Ireland following the establishment of a new event on the 2005 Schedule - the 'Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge'.