Events
Events

The issue of tobacco advertising around major sporting events could be about to reignited amid claims the German government is set to challenge the European Union over a ban.
Business

Adam Silver has been appointed NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer.
Events

UK sports minister Richard Caborn will be the keynote speaker at the 'Integrity in Sports Betting' conference today.
Events

Racing UK, Britain’s leading horse racing television channel, has signed up champion flat jockey, Jamie Spencer, for an integrated brand marketing campaign this summer.
Events

AOL will begin broadcasting news programmes this week supplied by Shanghai Media Group's broadband unit, an Associated Press report has said.
Events

TSE Consulting, the sports consultancy firm, is opening a new US office in Indianapolis.
Business

Emirates Airline has signed a $195million deal to become a FIFA Partner from 2007 to 2014.
Business

Heineken International has renewed its contract with Rugby World Cup Ltd to sponsor next year's tournament in France.
Business

Golf's European Tour has put up $100,000 to boost prize money for next month's inaugural Aamby Valley Masters in India.
Events

State free-to-air broadcaster TVP and pay operator ITI will screen the UEFA Champions League from 2006-09 under the terms of a new deal which ends the current pay TV arrangement with Polsat.
Business

SUBtv, the UK’s national youth media network, is offering advertisers sponsorship packages for its coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Events

SportAccord will be returning to Asia in 2007, when the convention takes place in Beijing.
Events

The ATP, the governing body of men’s professional tennis, has struck a multi-million dollar three-year deal with South African Airways to become the ‘Official Airline of the ATP’.
Business

For the first time in central and eastern Europe, an ESPN-branded block will air on a dedicated sport channel.
Events

Air Malta has again been appointed the official carrier of the UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship Grand Prix of Malta.
Business

The UK-facing online casino and poker operator, 32Red, has conditionally agreed to be the new official club sponsor of Premier League side Aston Villa.
Business

Limelight Projects, the company behind the creative delivery of many of the UK’s mass participation events and programmes, has created three new senior roles.
Business

Norwich Union is to extend its commitment to athletics until the end of 2012 in the biggest UK sponsorship deal outside football, worth nearly £50million over six years.