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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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Labatt Breweries has become latest sponsor of the Rendez-Vous Montreal 2006 Gay and Lesbian Games and Festival.

Rights giant Global Sportnet and internet broadcast firm Narrowstep have teamed up to create what it claims is ‘the most advanced overall solution for global and direct digital content broadcasting and delivery’.

Employment opportunities within the sports sector in Australia are on the up, according to a major survey.

Chinese snooker’s highest profile national event has secured a new title sponsor.

In what promises to be a memorable year for major sporting events, a new report looking at how to get the most from corporate hospitality is now available.

FIFA's finances come under the spotlight tomorrow as the internal audit committee meets in Zurich.

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Rugby league's Tetley's Super League and National League competitions will be shown on terrestrial television in the UK following a new broadcast agreement with BBC Regions.