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Infront Sports & Media has signed an exclusive agreement with Five, Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, covering all 16 matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 for the UK.
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Ricoh, the IT giant, has signed a £10million sponsorship deal with the new Arena Coventry securing the international naming rights.
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Wimbledon prize money will approach a record $20million this summer.
Business

World Bowls, the sport’s world governing body, has secured the services of 110sport Management Ltd to act as sponsorship, marketing and media consultants.
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In a two-year deal with Frontiers Group, Betfair, the world’s leading betting exchange, has become the Official Betting Partner of the Test Match Grounds.
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Racing UK, the UK's leading horseracing channel, has joined forces with the Racing Post, the leading racing and sports betting newspaper, to provide a new broadband service.
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Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.
Business

McDonald’s Corporation and the NBA are teaming up to bring basketball to hundreds of thousands of fans with NBA events and promotions in four continents.
Business

Jon Phelps, vice president of marketing and strategy at The Celtic Manor Resort, has been appointed director of The Celtic Manor Wales Open.
Business

London’s decision to withdraw sweeteners offered to athletes and national Olympic committees has been seen as a PR disaster by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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The World Professional Snooker Championship is to remain in Sheffield until at least 2010.
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Infront Sports & Media has signed a non-exclusive radio agreement with RTL Radio Vermarktung GmbH & Co KG for radio broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the Confederations Cup in Germany.
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Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews the issues of the past seven days.
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London is still under investigation over its offer of sweeteners to help its 2012 Olympic bid, with New York likely to be cleared.
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The Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) has appointed Paul Keen as its new finance and commercial director.
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Infront Sports & Media has signed a deal with YLE for exclusive Finnish radio and TV rights for the IIHF World Championships from 2008-11
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Peter Salmon has quit as the BBC's director of sport.
Business

UEFA has award France and Greece the right to host the 2006 and 2007 Champions League finals.