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Madrid's bid team has dismissed claims that the bomb scare involving soccer giants Real Madrid could damage their chances of hosting the 2012 Games, reports the BBC.
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New Zealand Rugby Union chairman Jock Hobbs has confirmed that the Union has had talks with their Japanese counterparts about co-hosting the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup.
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Infront Sports & Media has reached an agreement with German pay-TV company Premiere Fernsehen & Co.KG, for a package of broadcast rights that includes all 64 matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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It’s been a long-time overdue, but NHL chiefs finally met with representatives from the players’ association yesterday in a bid to crack the deadlock which is decimating the season - and were presented with a serious new proposal.
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Qatar Airways has been named as the official airline of two major tennis tournaments taking place in the Middle East next year.
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Bid regulations for the Euro 2012 soccer tournament will be near the top of the agenda when the UEFA Executive Committee meets in Switzerland next week.
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NFL chiefs have unveiled a four-city shortlist in the race to host the 2009 Super Bowl.
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Sky Sports will broadcast seven live matches in round four of the Heineken Cup, delivering more live Heineken Cup rugby in one weekend than ever before.
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Carlsberg International has re-appointed London-based Ketchum Sports Network to handle the PR and exploitation of Carlsberg’s sponsorship of the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
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The NFL has extended its deal with Visual Data to provide searchable video of every key play for each team to power it's fantasy football offering.
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UK Athletics has launched a new competition to improve standards for club and junior athletes.
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Moscow's Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has underlined the importance of the city's river to its bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Madrid bid chief Feliciano Mayoral insists the contents of the city's dossier are more important than presentations.
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A powerful television boss warned of pulling the plug on Australian professional golf after TV ratings plunged to all-time lows.
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ABC Radio Networks and ESPN will team up to produce Spanish-language broadcasts of Major League Baseball's biggest games of the year.
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Following the 10-minute presentations by the five cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games before the assembly of European Olympic Committees in Dubrovnik Croatia, there were mixed reviews.
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A UK High Court judge ruled against Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone on Monday, in a legal dispute with three banks over the appointment of two directors to the board of Formula One Holdings.
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Alastair Campbell will be hired as a consultant to advise on media and communications for next year's British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.