United Arab Emirates

Dubai Sports City unveiled its strategy to bring a share of the global sports business market to the UAE.

Chiefs of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport series are to create four individual territories responsible for expanding the series.

Formula One Management said that Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, has secured the rights to host a Formula 1 Grand Prix from 2009.

Abu Dhabi is to host cycling’s $1m Race of Champions in November 2007.

Soccerex are delighted to announce a unique panel that will be discussing Global Sponsorship at the 10th Soccerex, to be held at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, 26th-28th November 2006.

Soccerex is delighted to announce a unique panel that will be discussing Naming Rights at the 10th Soccerex, to be held at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, November 26-28, 2006.

Soccerex, the world's largest business to business football convention, is delighted to announce that subject to Parliamentary commitments, the UK Minister for Sport, Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP will be attending the 10th annual Soccerex convention, held at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, 26th-28th November 2006.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced another year of record TV broadcast figures for the popular IRB Sevens World Series.

Motor racing series A1 Grand Prix unveiled a provisional calendar of 13 races for its second season, 2006-07. The season kicks off on October 1, 2006 at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands and concludes at Brands Hatch in the UK, on April 29, 2007. A New Zealand race, although still to be confirmed, is new to the calendar, while races at the EuroSpeedway and Estoril have disappeared from the calendar.

Cricket’s world governing body the ICC has appointed Tim Anderson its new development programmes manager.

Dubai airline Emirates has unveiled a three-year sponsorship deal with French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain.

Dubai Sports City has confirmed a major sponsorship deal for industry event Soccerex 2006.

Cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, has given a guarded endorsement to a trial of the extended use of technology in the game, during a two-day meeting in Dubai.

Cricket world governing body the ICC has awarded the 2011 Cricket World Cup to the joint Asian bid of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed he will open Soccerex 2006 when it returns to Dubai in November.

Emirates Airline has signed a $195million deal to become a FIFA Partner from 2007 to 2014.