South Africa
Beijing makes $3bn park investment
Beijing is investing more than $3billion in the development of four expansive logistics parks in time for the 2008 Olympics.
GEM wins BG Group yacht account
UK agency the GEM Group has won the account handling contract for energy supplier BG Group's yacht sponsorship in the fourth Global Challenge race.
O’Neill happy with World Cup crowds
Australian Rugby Union managing director and CEO John O’Neill has expressed his delight with the support for the Rugby World Cup and that crowd figures had exceeded expectations.
RWC data site goes live
Sponsorship Intelligence (SI), the sponsorship research and consulting arm of ZenithOptimedia, has officially launched a dedicated online information service to help keep staff and clients informed of media and marketing developments from the Rugby World Cup in Australia.
ITV’s 26 million viewer bonanza
UK commercial free-to-air broadcaster ITV has claimed that its line-up of sports content over the last weekend pulled in over 26 million viewers to the network.
CAF stays neutral for 2010
Africa soccer chiefs say they will not back any one bid in the running for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
S2 sets sail with BPUK
S2 Marketing has been recruited as PR agency for Volvo Ocean Race syndicate Boating Partners UK (BPUK).
Infront signs FIFA agency deal
Infront Sports & Media has signed an exclusive broadcast agency deal with Leading Independent Media (LiM)for a package of FIFA rights – including the 2006 World Cup – for the Sub Saharan Africa region.
Blatter ‘no’ to joint 2010 bids
FIFA has ruled out any joint bids for the 2010 World Cup in Africa – crushing hopes of a united Tunisia and Libya proposal.
Nigeria out of 2010 WC race
Nigeria has pulled out of the race to host the 2010 World Cup and announced its support of the South African bid.
MCC wears new hat
Cricket headgear firm Albion has signed a joint venture with the MCC.
FIFA set for 2010 bids
The African nations bidding to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup will present their bid dossiers to soccer's governing body next week.
PCB offers to omit Karachi
The Pakistan Cricket Board has offered to omit Karachi from South Africa's match schedule in a bid to convince the latter nation to resurrect its tour of the country.
ICC confirms World Cup expansion
The International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani has confirmed that the 2007 Cricket World Cup is to be expanded by two teams to 16 competing nations.
Women’s golf tees up in SA
A major new annual women's golf tournament - with a $1m prize pot - is to be staged in South Africa from 2005.
Rugby a class apart for business
More than 4,200 companies have signed up to Rugby Business Class Australia (RBCA) – a trade organisation set-up to capitalise on this year’s Rugby World Cup.
PCB to allay South African concerns
The Pakistan Cricket Board has stated its intention to convince its South African counterpart not to change cricket fixtures over security fears during their tour of the country later this month.
SABC land World Cup TV rights
The Infront Sports & Media Group has signed an exclusive deal with national broadcaster the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) for broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.