Events

The International Olympic Committee switched several events finals, including swimming and most gymnastics, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to the morning in order to suit US broadcaster NBC’s scheduling.

According to a recent study commissioned by WPP Group, Chinese sports fans have greater affinity with Olympic sponsors.

An early sell-out is expected for the 2007 edition of SportAccord, be held on 23-27th April 2007 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Beijing, with the Beijing 2008 Organising Committee confirmed as event hosts.

A record total of 2,117 participants, representing a record 932 companies from 67 countries worldwide, took part in SPORTELMonaco 2006, making it the largest SPORTEL event ever.

The UK is to get a predicted £115 million tourism boost when the Tour de France starts in the UK for the first time in July 2007.

The International Rugby Board postponed its 2006 Asian Rugby Football Tournament because of the worsening security situation in Sri Lanka where the tournament was to have been staged from November 18-25.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge urged the organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics not to lose focus ahead of the 2008 Olympics and received reassurances from Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of the Chinese government's support for the Games.

A proposal from English rugby union’s Premiership clubs giving them a greater say in the running of the Heineken Cup is likely to be rejected, a move which could lead to the threat of a breakaway.

The organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games told an English parliamentary committee that the Games would be on time and on budget.

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon has said the Spanish Primera Liga football club has reached an agreement with a top Formula One team for next season to put its logo on a Formula One car at next year's Spanish grand prix.

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee hit back at criticism from some quarters that the Olympic Games are getting over-commercialised.

The organisers of the 2012 London Olympics announced that financial grants totalling around £9 million will be made available to encourage overseas Olympic and Paralympic teams to use pre-Games training camps in the United Kingdom to prepare for the London 2012 Games.

Gauteng province, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa has fought off stiff competition from several European and Middle East rivals to win the rights to host the world’s largest soccer exhibition, Soccerex, from 2007 to 2009.

The final of Rugby World Cup 2007 is exactly twelve months away and the International Rugby Board says the Tournament, held in France, is on course to be the most successful in Rugby World Cup’s 20-year history.

The London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority appointed an insurance broker for the delivery of venues and infrastructure connected with the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, and for post-Games legacy conversion.

Soccerex announced the latest Host Cities, Royalty and Ministers to join the ever-growing delegation representing South Africa, home of the 2010 World Cup, at the Soccerex conference.