Events

Nigeria has expressed an interest in bidding to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The Boeing Company has signed up as the latest official supporter of one of the highlights of the horse racing calendar – the 2004 Dubai World Cup.

FIFA's rights selling agency Infront Sports & Media is working closely with the governing body's electronics partner Philips to produce the first ever World Cup in widescreen television format.

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has signed a new sponsorship deal for the Freestyle World Cup.

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Michael Payne – 15 years marketing director of the IOC – has been given a new role as part of a major shake-up of the International Olympic Committee’s administration.

US pay-TV operator Cablevision and the Yankees Entertainment & Sports (YES) Network have chosen the arbitrators to rule over their ongoing carriage dispute.

The Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix will go ahead as planned next year after a reversal of a court injunction against it.

UK terrestrial broadcaster the BBC has renewed its contract to broadcast live coverage of the US Masters golf tournament from Augusta until 2006.

CBS and its affiliates have reached an agreement on a ‘value exchange programme’ relating to the network's yearly broadcast of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

Canadian broadcaster CTV is looking to challenge rival network CBC in a bidding war for the TV rights to the Olympics.

IMG’s TWI Interactive is supplying ISP Tiscali UK’s regular daily sports bulletins for delivery to its broadband customers.

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The BBC is to sell off its technology arm which is responsible for much of its sports broadcasting facilities.

ESPN Deportes, the US sports broadcaster's new Spanish-language network, will debut on Wednesday, January 7.

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