Events

Organisers of the inaugural European Grand Prix at Valencia will make available 112,700 tickets for the August street race.

US President George W Bush has said that he will attend the Beijing 2008 Olympics as a political row over China’s role in the Sudan continues to impact on Beijing's preparations for the Summer Olympics.

Athens has signed an agreement to host the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, which will take place June 25 through July 4.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has slammed the English Premier League's plans to play an extra league match abroad.

Asian Football Confederation President Mohamed Bin Hammam has urged member countries to boycott any proposed English Premier League matches staged in Asia.

Malaysia's Sepang Formula One circuit said it will be ready to host a night race from next year.

Argentina and Chile will host the 2009 Dakar Rally after agreeing a deal with organisers the Amaury Sport Organisation.

FIFA's executive committee is to review the Premier League’s plan to host five competitive matches overseas from 2011 at its next meeting in March.

The UK secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, Andy Burnham, said that the Premier League's plan to take English league games overseas raised serious issues about the “integrity of the game”.

Birmingham will bid to stage the 2009 World Half-Marathon Championships as part of a campaign to attract more major athletics events in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic games were one element in the government plan to promote sport and fitness for ordinary people.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, Sochi 2014 CEO, presented a report on the protection of Olympic and Paralympic Intellectual Property and on the forthcoming IOC Coordination Commission visit to Sochi.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has appointed Gullivers Sports Travel, trading under the business name 'Cricket Logistics', to act as its exclusive licensee of official travel and tours services for ICC events.

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone warned that Australia could lose its Formula One Grand Prix and said he was under "quite a lot" of pressure from other countries to take the Melbourne Grand Prix elsewhere.

Poland's Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, will meet UEFA president Michel Platini after the governing body criticised the country's preparations for Euro 2012. 

Bernie Ecclestone reiterated his call for the UK government to support the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.