Events

The Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup are trading places on the calendar beginning next year.

Public relations giant Edelman has launched a new sport sponsorship consultancy in Europe.

Australian broadcaster the Nine Network has unveiled the planned schedule for its newly acquired coverage of the Australian Football League (AFL) after winning the rights from main rival the Seven Network earlier this year.

Photographic agency Empics has bought the exclusive rights to market historical sports pictures from the Sports & General and Barratts archives.

Olympic leaders have painted an apocalyptic picture this week of the potential devastation from an attack on the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games.

Professional teams from throughout the western USA will be looking to recruit new staff at the 2nd Annual Sports Career Seminar and Job Fair in Washington state next month.

Octagon UK’s success in attracting sponsors for European rugby union’s top club competitions has earned it the right to handle the event management and commercial arrangements of both the Heineken Cup and European Shield.

The town council of Spanish town Zaragoza is to demand compensation 'in image not in money' from Unipublic, the organisers of cycling’s, La Vuelta Ciclista a EspaC1a – the Tour of Spain – for not being able to broadcast the ninth stage because of strong winds.

South Africa will consider enforcing no-fly zones over cricket stadiums at the 2003 World Cup after last week's terrorist attacks on the US – as sporting events around the world tighten up on security.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has changed the venue of its October Executive Board meeting from Pakistan to Malaysia, in recognition of recent world events and the uncertainty over the security aspects of international travel to the region.

RTL Klub, the Hungarian unit of German media giant Bertelsmann , has won the broadcast rights until 2006 for Formula One motor racing, event organiser Hungaroring Rt has said.

The Indian government has indefinitely delayed the Afro-Asian Games due to be held in New Delhi between November 3 and 11.

Organisers of next summer’s soccer World Cup say they will work closely with the CIA and other international security agencies to ensure safety at the event.

English Premier League soccer club Leeds United, has confirmed its selection of the TALENT sports, venue and event management service from Software4sport following a successful twelve months trial.

Doubts over the wisdom of staging the first CART race in the UK next weekend are intensifying following events in Germany.

The impact of sport’s suspension in the US following the terrorist attacks is set to run into hundreds of millions of dollars if games are unable to be rescheduled – and the postponement of golf’s Ryder Cup until next September will send losses soaring yet higher.