Events

Following a technical review of the World Cup 2006 conducted on September 11-13, FIFA and Germany’s World Cup organising committee reported a revenue surplus of €135 million for the event.

Civil rights initiative Afriforum has warned that proposed legislation could negatively affect South Africa's participation in the 2010 football World Cup.

South Africa has won the right to host the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Swimming World Championships in Durban in December.

Companies recruiting staff could fall foul of the law if new practices are not introduced, according to specialist recruiter, The Sports Recruitment Company.

On the eve of the first match day of the new UEFA Champions League season UEFA has announced a series of significant milestones with respect to the marketing of the competition.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) said that it would launch the next stage of its sale of media and sponsorship rights for its events, from late 2007 to 2015, this month.

Formula 1’s Ferrari team has asked Bernie Ecclestone, the sport’s commercial director, to reinstate the San Marino Grand Prix in 2007.

The future of the Global Challenge yacht race could be in doubt after the 2008 event was postponed because of the lack of a title sponsor.

English Premier League club Manchester United agreed a deal to tour South East Asia in summer 2007.

The Australian Rugby Union has approved the formation of an eight-team national club competition.

Twelve of the UK’s leading brands - representing over $90 million of reported sponsorship spend in the UK alone over the last three years - will be contributing to the line up at the UK’s leading conference for sponsorship seekers, Think!Sponsorship.

The diving competition at the 2007 world swimming championships in Melbourne has been moved back a day to avoid a clash with the Australian Formula One Grand Prix.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and related projects, as well as the new Code of Ethics, will be key points on the agenda for FIFA’s Executive Committee meeting to be held in Zurich on 15 September.

The Confederation of African Football chose Angola as the host of the 2010 African Cup of Nations finals.

The London 2012 Organising Committee has appointed Alex Balfour as Head of New Media.

A session designed to help potential host cities understand and respond to the security criteria highlighted by International Federations as part of the bidding process will be among the highlights of the third International Sports Security Summit in London on January 24 and 25, 2007.