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FIFA agents Infront have signed four agreements for its standard 2006 World Cup new media broadcast rights packages for France, Canada, Sweden and India.
Business

The world’s biggest steel company Mittal Steel has agreed a deal to support the Ukrainian Football Association as lead sponsor in its bid to host soccer’s Euro 2012.
Business

Asia’s ESPN Star Sports has signed a major four-year deal with the rights-holders of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC).
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Irish broadcaster Setanta today ensured there will be a new look but not a revolution in the broadcast of English Premier League football by acquiring the rights to show 46 give games per season live for three years from 2007.
Events

The TVNW Media Group is to produce TV coverage of Canada’s premiere track and field meeting.
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UK pay-TV platform Sky has unveiled plans to broadcast live sport simultaneously on both conventional TV and mobile phones.
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The International Rugby Board has unveiled the hosting criteria and tender process details for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009.
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The International Rugby Board (IRB) has unveiled recruitment company Vediorbis as a tournament sponsor of the Rugby World Cup 2007.
Business

BSkyB look set to once again dominate the grab for English soccer Premier League rights after kicking off by securing a hat-trick of deals.
Business

Cricket world governing body the ICC has awarded the 2011 Cricket World Cup to the joint Asian bid of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Business

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has become the first company to sign up as a FIFA World Cup sponsor for the period spanning 2007 to 2014.
Business

Eurosport has signed a new five-year deal with World Snooker designed to further boost the sport across Europe and the Middle East.
Business

FIFA has lost vital copyright protection on a key slogan ahead of this summer’s World Cup in Germany – a decision which soccer’s world governing body warns could have major ramifications for sporting events.
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Technology firm Arqiva has signed a three-year deal with the UK’s Sky Sports to provide high-definition outside broadcast facilities.
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UK terrestrial broadcaster the BBC has hinted it may look to once again capture the rights to England cricket action when they next come for up for grabs.
Business

WTA chief Larry Scott has blasted the decision by organisers of tennis Grand Slam Wimbledon to continue paying the men more than the women.
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UK broadcaster the BBC has confirmed it is to scrap its traditional Saturday sports show Grandstand two years short of its 50th birthday.
Business

The race to become the candidate city for Japan for the 2016 Olympic Games has stepped up after Fukuoka confirmed it wanted to stage the event.