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Sports marketing giant IMG is expanding into global tourism as it looks to increase its consultancy base.

A major new global motorsport series is to be launched next year – with nations rather than individuals battling it out for glory.

A major new $95m motorsport venue in the Middle East has been inaugurated.

Organisers of the first ever SportelDubai have hailed the event ‘an unqualified success’.

The cream of the TV sport industry will gather in Dubai this week for the first Sportel to be staged outside its traditional US and European markets.

Home appliance brand Whirlpool Europe has signed a deal to become premier sponsor of the WTA Tour in Europe, in a major multi-million dollar, multi-year deal.

Franz Beckenbauer has blasted FIFA’s rotation policy for future World Cups.

The WTA Tour has signed a major multi-million dollar commercial deal with Dubai Duty Free.

The first Sportel market to take place in Dubai has proved a big hit - with all available stands, screening kiosks and meeting boxes selling-out weeks before the event takes place.

Organisers of next month’s Sportel – held for the first time in Dubai – say more than 125 companies from 42 countries have so far registered to attend the event.

Sri Lanka has been chosen as the host nation for the revival of the sub continent's flagship limited-over cricket tournament the Asia Cup.

Dubai-based international airline Emirates has appointed German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer as its global ambassador for sport and social activities.

Prize money for next year's Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament will reach $2million for the first time in its history.

The Boeing Company has signed up as the latest official supporter of one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar – the 2004 Dubai World Cup.

Danny Jordaan, CEO of South Africa’s bid to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says he holds no bitterness to Germany after they won the right to host the 2006 finals by a single vote.

Organisers of the sports TV industry’s leading exhibition – Sportel – have confirmed it will venture into the Middle East for the first time after it confirmed the marketplace would take place in Dubai next March.