Events

London's proposed Olympic stadium will be scaled to a world-class athletics facility rather than being passed to a football club after the 2012 summer Games, according to mayor Ken Livingstone.

Paragon Sports Management, the London-based corporate hospitality and athlete management agency, has teamed up with Eddie Irvine’s ‘Track Marque’ Hospitality business.

Anita White, president of the Olympic Board, was axed from her job yesterday, plunging the future of British Hockey into chaos.

The South African government has refused to back a bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, despite the International Rugby Board (IRB) announcing that the country had joined New Zealand and Japan as official bidders.

A pair of heavyweights are set to challenge Japan's hopes of hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with Czech TV for the television rights of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in the Czech Republic.

Recently formed Etihad Airlines has secured its first sponsorship deal as platinum sponsor of the 17th Gulf Cup to be held in Doha, Qatar in December.

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

Sponsorship research specialists Connexus PreciSion have been reappointed by the FA Premier League to provide research and evaluation services for three more seasons.

The Football Association is set to remain without a chief executive at least until the new year, as it continues to draw up a list of potential candidates.

The NFL’s San Francisco 49ers Candlestick Park has been renamed Monster Park in a $6 million deal with a local electronics company.

The IRB has appointed Pro-Active Television as the new worldwide production and distribution partners for the IRB Sevens Series over the next two years, and for the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Hong Kong next March.

FIFA’s marketing and TV division is to launch a tender process for to sell rights for the 2010 World Cup region-by-region.

HSBC has announced a multi-million dollar headline sponsorship of the Oryx Quest 2005 – a new ground breaking round-the-world sailing event.

Today sees the celebration of World Tourism Day, with the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having renewed their partnership to promote sport and tourism.

Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement for the television rights to the 2006 FIFA World CupTM for the territory defined as French-speaking Belgium.