Events

NBC has signed a partnership deal to send real-time alerts from next year’s Winter Olympic Games direct to users’ PCs.

Paul Deighton, chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs' European business, is the new CEO for the London Olympic Games Organising Committee (LOCOG).

Royal Ascot is to end years of tradition after confirming next year’s meeting will go ahead with commercial sponsorship for the first time.

Australian cricket chiefs say they will not make an announcement until February over possible plans to bid for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

The International Badminton Federation (IBF) has appointed IEC in Sports to exclusively handle the European television rights for all major IBF properties from 2006-09.

Soccer's world governing body FIFA hopes to secure the return of £40million which it believes it is still owed.

TelefC3nica S.A. has agreed a package of new media broadcast rights covering all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup for almost all territories in Latin and South America.

Hawk-Eye inventor, Dr Paul Hawkins, is to speak at Sport and Technology: The Conference 2006.

Fast Track, the UK-based events and sports agency, is to merge with sponsorship consultancy Lighthouse Communications.

Indian public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has bagged the 2006 Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights for $4million.

Sirius Satellite Radio and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have reached a new broadcasting and marketing agreement that expands their current broadcasting deal.

WPP-owned sports marketing agency Global Sportnet, broadband technology company Narrowstep and French media group L'equipe have teamed up to deliver exclusive live coverage on broadband of the UEFA Cup.

IEC in Sports has agreed to extend four of its ATP Tour client contracts for worldwide television distribution outside the host country.

The 2006 Visa Paralympic World Cup will be staged over seven days in Manchester, UK from May 1 to 7, 2006.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to re-open bidding for the rights to screen the national team's matches on television.

Clipper Ventures has appointed Pitch PR to oversee the global PR and communications campaign for the VELUX 5 Oceans Race.