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French rugby’s national league (LNR) and England’s Premier Rugby formed an official alliance during a meeting yesterday. Both have pulled out of rugby’s premier European competition, the Heineken Cup next season.
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Sailing’s Volvo Ocean Race will visit China, stopping in two cities, in early 2009 along a new route that will include stopovers in the middle-east, India and Asia.
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OC Events officially announced that there will be a 2008 edition of The Transat, formerly the OSTAR, the first ever single-handed ocean race that began in 1960.
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The Sochi 2014 bid saw its Olympic dreams move one step closer to reality as the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and the Football Union of Russia approved ground-breaking plans for two proposed venues to be located in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Park.
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Independent agency, Hyperactive was appointed by mobile phone company Vodafone to organise and execute Vodafone’s hospitality programme around the UEFA Champions League.
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Poland and Ukraine have been chosen as joint-hosts of UEFA's EURO 2012™.
Business

The US Olympic Committee voted for Chicago as the US bidder for the 2016 Summer Olympics, ahead of Los Angeles.
Business

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are among the top men’s tennis players to be concerned over the pace of proposed changes to the structure of men's professional tennis.
Events

With the decisive 2007 season just underway, attendance at the 32nd America's Cup during events has just broken the two million barrier.
Business

Five major motor sport companies have achieved a unique hat-trick after signing up to participate at the Motor Sport Business Forum for the third-year in a row.
Business

Andrew Gillespie, Group Brand and Communications Director at Lloyds TSB will deliver a fascinating insight into the bank’s decision to become the first Tier One partner of London 2012 when he delivers the opening keynote on the second day of SportBusiness Campus 2007 next Thursday.
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Belfast was recently announced as the host city for the 2013 World Police and Fire Games which bring up to 25,000 competitors and their families, supporters and officials to Northern Ireland.
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Europe's basketball clubs and leagues met yesterday to discuss the EU white paper on sport.
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European rugby chiefs will meet today to try to rescue next season’s Heineken Cup competition.
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The chief executive of cricket’s world governing body, the ICC, has dismissed claims the Cricket World Cup has been blighted by thousands of empty seats at every game.
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Azerbaijan is the latest country to throw its name in the hat to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
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The leader of UK government opposition party the Conservatives – David Cameron – is to outline for the first time his vision for sport in next month’s Sport Industry Lecture 2007.
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Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is reported to be considering the idea of holding one of the Asian Grands Prix at night.