Events

Extreme Entertainment, the UK-based programme producer and distributor, has sealed a multi-year agreement with The Poker Channel.

Rally Ireland has launched its bid to host a round of the World Rally Championship in the country from 2007.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has pledged his full support to the city bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has pledged his full support to the city bidding for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

MTN South Africa has signed an exclusive agreement for mobile telephony rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

MTN South Africa has signed an exclusive agreement for mobile telephony rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The latest SportBusiness conference, ‘Mobile and Broadband: The opportunities for sport’, has added a number of new speakers and two new sponsors to the roster.

NASCAR and its official members club (ONMC) is undertaking what it describes as an "aggressive grassroots programme" to bring the spirit of NASCAR to communities across America.

Channel 4 expects to make a loss on its cricket coverage this summer, despite the popularity of the Ashes contest with viewers.

The Netherlands has officially unveiled its A1 Grand Prix car to compete in the first ‘World Cup of Motorsport’.

Toyota Motor Asia Pacific and IMG will jointly stage the inaugural Lexus Cup in Singapore this December 2005.

Australia is to hold talks during this weekend’s FIFA Congress in Morocco ahead of a likely bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup

London 2012 has appointed Odgers Ray & Berndtson to handle the appointment of the CEO for the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG).

Participants at SPORTELMonaco 2005, the major sports broadcasting event, will be kept informed of news and events during the October market via an in-house radio service.

Sydney is to host the Australian leg of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations after the New South Wales Government pledged $1million to upgrade the Eastern Creek International Raceway.

UK Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has told the BBC that the current broadcast status of Test cricket could be revised.

Exclusive television rights and non-exclusive radio rights to all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup have been agreed for Turkey.

Changes to IOC rules will allow cities bidding for the 2014 Olympics more opportunities to promote themselves.