Events

MTV Networks Music Group, a division of Viacom's MTV Networks, and US network NBC Sports agreed a strategic partnership to expand the Action Sports Tour.

The United Arab Emirates will host Fifa’s World Club Cup in 2009 and 2010, after beating rival bids to host the tournament from Japan, Australia and Portugal.

Russia is to launch a new Continental Ice Hockey League with 24 teams in September.

Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, has raised further doubts over the future of the British Grand Prix after 2009.

The organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have received a resounding endorsement from the International Olympic Committee at the end of their three day visit.

American city Pittsburgh is to host a marathon in 2009, five years after the city’s marathon, which had been run since 1985, was discontinued.

A new two-day international conference and networking event, LeadersinFootball 08, will bring together up to 1,000 senior figures from football clubs, leagues, federations, sponsors, and suppliers in London this autumn.

Scotland's Murrayfield Stadium will host the rugby union 2009 Heineken Cup final.

The International Olympic Committee's monitoring team will today begin a three-day visit to London to check on progress for the 2012 Games.

London’s businesses will be partnered with the capital’s top academics to produce technological solutions to the problems posed by hosting the 2012 Olympics under a new scheme sponsored by the London Development Agency (LDA).

Boris Johnson is to appoint a financial expert to scrutinize the budget for the London Olympics.

Britain’s Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, is to review police powers to stop violent public drunkenness after fears that clashes like those surrounding Wednesday’s UEFA Cup final in Manchester, may hinder England’s chances of hosting a major football event.

Sportswear manufacturer, Reebok International and its corporate parent, Adidas Group, one of the Olympic sponsors, are dropping plans for a hospitality facility to host athletes, guests, and the media at the summer games in Beijing because of logistical demands made by the Chinese government.

Rio de Janeiro’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games has received the backing of the 15 National Olympic Committees represented by the South American Sports Organisation (ODESUR).

The University of South California (USC) has signed a lease that will keep the USC Trojans college American Football team playing at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum stadium for at least the next 25 years.

Walt Disney World Resort and ESPN are joining forces to re-brand Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex with the ESPN brand.