Events

Karen Earl PR (KE PR) has scored an appointment to manage the PR of Wilkinson Sword’s sponsorship of soccer giant Manchester United.

Valentino Castellani, the chief organiser of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games, is reported to have announced that he is resigning amid an internal power struggle for control of the Games.

Infront Sports & Media has reached two long-term agreements with Czech TV for television rights to the IIHF World Championships in ice hockey from 2007 to 2011 and the European Handball Championships between 2004 and 2010.

Connexus PreciSion, the specialist research division of sponsorship agency Connexus Group, has launched a new service designed to identify how effectively sponsorships work.

The NHL has called off its annual all-star game, due to be played in Atlanta on the weekend of February 12 to 13, 2005, because of the continuing dispute between owners and players.

South Africa’s position as a central location for world class sports events is likely to be strengthened after F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone threw his weight behind a South African bid to join the circuit.

England’s Football Association will hold final interviews with three candidates for its chief executive post on Thursday, November 25.

French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has signed an agreement for 2.5billion euros of state money to be used to help finance the 2012 Paris Olympic bid.

Infront Sports & Media has reached agreement with OTI (OrganizaciC3n de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas) for the broadcast rights to the 2006 FIFA World Cup across Central and South America.

The National Lacrosse League (NLL), North America’s professional indoor league, has retained the services of TWI to assist in securing a US national television partner for the 2005 season and beyond.

Organisers of the European Masters Series tennis tournaments will meet in Paris today to discuss ways to curb the number of withdrawals by leading players from their events, reports Reuters.

The popularity of watching live Premier League soccer on television, a key element of the top flight's commercial success, is in decline reports The Observer newspaper.

Clipper Ventures, the AIM quoted marine sports company, has agreed a new marketing alliance with Global Sportnet, (GSN), the WPP-owned sports marketing agency.

UK press reports suggest that English soccer champions Arsenal are considering a full market listing.

UK press reports suggest that English soccer Champions Arsenal are considering a full market listing.

Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews the issues of the past seven days.