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Heineken International has renewed its contract with Rugby World Cup Ltd to sponsor next year's tournament in France.

Infront Sports & Media will be the exclusive global marketing partner for the Chinese men’s and women’s national football teams until the end of 2010.

The FINA World Cup Swimming Series has achieved a high in television exposure, reaching more than 100 countries across five continents.

Twenty travel agencies from 11 countries across the globe are the first Official Travel Agents (OTAs) approved to sell packages, inclusive of match tickets, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

Nimbus Communications Limited, the global media rights partner of the BCCI, has agreed TV deals for terrestrial broadcasts of Indian cricket across a number of African countries.

South Africa has been warned that it needs to make a major investment in telecommunications to avoid chaos in broadcasting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

After selling out Soccerex is negotiating another 25 places with the Institute of Directors for its London Forum, and have set up a first come first served waiting list for tickets.

NASN has secured exclusive pan-European rights to televise the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has received bids from 15 member boards for its package of events from 2007 to 2015.

Australia and New Zealand have announced a joint bid to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith has called on the International Cricket Council to rethink its recommendation for a Twenty20 world championship.

Oregan Hoskins has been elected president of the South African Rugby Union (SARU), defeating the incumbent Brian van Rooyen.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a big increase in the programme of One-Day International (ODI) cricket for associate member countries, to develop the game globally.

UK public broadcaster the BBC has won exclusive radio rights to all international tour matches in India for four years, including next month's England series.

Television production company Nimbus Communications has bagged the global media rights to Indian cricket for the next four years in a $612million deal.

Rugby Union's expanded Super 14 series has enjoyed record crowds for round one.