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Scotland has emerged as a candidate to host the Grand Départ of the Tour de France. 
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Manchester will host The Paralympic World Cup for the fourth consecutive year in 2008. 
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Fifa's newly-formed ethics committee will have a “pivotal function” in overseeing the bidding process for the 2018 World Cup according to world football's governing body.
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The Infront Sports & Media agency agreed a deal to become the exclusive marketing partner of Swiss-Ski, the Swiss Ski Federation.
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TSE Consulting, the international sports consultancy firm headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, has completed the first round of its international expansion with the launch of a new office in Moscow.
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has scheduled the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast at the start of August between the six ODI Associate teams, Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands and Scotland.
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The population of Qatar has demonstrated overwhelming support for the Doha 2016 Olympic and Paralympic bid.
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Donald Trump's controversial £2 billion golf complex in Scotland has been given the green light by local councillors.
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Tiger Woods has elected not to take part in the European Tour's Dubai World Championship, the new end-of-season tournament with prize money of $10m.
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The International Olympic Committee said that the process to select a host city for the first ever Winter Youth Games in 2012 will begin in early 2008.
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The International Cricket Council earned "provisional recognition" from the International Olympic Committee, the first step on the road to possible inclusion in the Olympic programme.
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French Sports Minister Bernard Laporte said that France would bid to host the 2016 European Football Championship.
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There will be three new races added to the US horse racing’s prestigious Breeders' Cup meeting next year.
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Taiwanese computer maker Acer Inc signed a deal with the International Olympic Committee to become a worldwide Olympic sponsor.
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The Heads of State of all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries pledged their unanimous support for the Doha 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Bid at their summit in Doha this week.
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The Tokyo 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee said 62 per cent of people surveyed in an opinion poll answered that they support the city’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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The Japanese Islands Golf Tour Organisation and the PGA Tour of Australasia are reported to have signed a memoranda of understanding to create a OneAsia Tour.
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Lenovo Group, said it will not renew its sponsorship contract with the International Olympic Committee after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.