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In response to massive demand the town council of Cheste, Valencia, has allocated an extra 100,000 square metres of land for motor cycling fans to camp out prior to the Valencia grand prix September 21-23.

Italian Serie A soccer club SS Lazio has said net profit was 21 billion lire ($9.8m/B

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials have said plans to stage a Formula One race on September 30 are unchanged despite Tuesday's airliner attacks in New York and Washington.

Golf’s American Express Championship scheduled for this week at Bellerive Country Club has been cancelled after Tuesday's terror attacks on the US.

New Zealand has cancelled its forthcoming three-test tour of Pakistan because of the US terror attacks.

Organisers of two of the sport industry’s biggest trade shows say the recent attacks will not impact on their events.

Major League Baseball has once again pulled the plug on games this week in the light of the terrorist events in the US earlier this week – the first time all regular season games have been postponed since D-Day, 1944.

CART CEO Joseph Heitzler has confirmed this weekend’s inaugural European race will take place – as reported yesterday on sportbusiness.com.

InterClubNet, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed online player-trading platform, has appointed Alec McGivan as its international sales and marketing director.

Tennis tournaments in the US and Brazil will continue this week despite Tuesday's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

UFA Sports has signed a deal with Turkish soccer club Galatasaray to act as the marketing agency for the club for four years .

The first European CART race this weekend is expected to take place in Germany, despite security fears following Tuesday's terrorist attack in the US.

Premier One Racing is set to announce its first English soccer club later this month - as it promises all major European clubs will be represented in the new motorsport.

The International Olympic Committee said the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City will go ahead as scheduled between February 8-24.

Golf's Ryder Cup looks almost certain to become the latest victim of the terrorist monstrosity in the US yesterday - as sport is put on hold across the globe.

Glasgow Rangers’ appeal against playing its Uefa Cup tie in Dagestan has been rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Real Madrid has clinched a six-year deal with an unnamed Middle Eastern company for the rights to its RMTV channel - believed to be Arab Radio & Television (ART).

MP Web, the new media company of Milan-based sports marketers Media Partners Group, and Italian Serie A soccer club AC Parma have signed an exclusive management agreement for the official website of AC Parma until 2009.

Arlington Park has been named as the “conditional” host of the 2002 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships after Breeders’ Cup Ltd approved a tentative schedule through 2005.

Francis Baron, secretary of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), has confirmed they will bid to host the 2007 World Cup tournament which will put England in direct competition with France.