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The IOC today opens the tender process for the sale of the Olympic broadcast rights in Europe for the 2010 and 2012 Games with a major advertising campaign.
Business

Sponsorship and evaluation firm S-Comm Australia has signed a deal with STW Sport and Events group.
Business

Insurance firm Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance (MassMutual) has extended its worldwide sponsorship of tennis’ US Open.
Events

The French government’s Minister for Sport, Jean-Francois Lamour, has become the latest heavy hitter to speak at a major sports conference taking place in Qatar next month.
Business

The new WPP sponsorship agency joint venture, created through an alliance between MindShare and Global Sportnet, will be called Performance Sport & Entertainment.
Events

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Events

IMG has recruited the former CEO of Sportvision to head up TWI’s interactive operations in north America.
Events

Beijing is on course for the 2008 Olympic Games – and assured IOC chiefs all venues will be ready two years before the opening ceremony.
Events

US race track owner Churchill Downs Inc (CDI) is planning a major bid for a former Marine Corps air base in California and if successful will turn it into a racetrack, say reports.
Events

The English Rugby League has signed a new four-year TV deal with the BBC.
Business

Octagon UK has been appointed by the Australian Soccer Association (ASA) to manage the Socceroos forthcoming international friendly against South Africa in London next month.
Events

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has signed a new video games deal.
Events

UK-based the Sports Recruitment Company is to run a programme of graduate training schemes in a bid to identify and prepare the cream of the crop of new talent for the sports industry.
Business

European digital sports channel the North American Sports Network (NASN) has strengthened its offering after securing a new deal with the NBA.
Events

Tiger Woods has secured a new presenting sponsor for a series of charity concerts he lends his name to – and confirmed music legend Prince as one of the star turns for this year.
Events

The IOC will decide within the coming weeks whether to approve plans to extend the speed skating programme at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin – giving the sport crucial extra exposure on the biggest sporting stage.
Events

More than 20,000 people attended a special festival in Bahrain to mark the countdown to the staging of the Middle East’s very first Formula One Grand Prix.
Events

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