Events

Pay-TV operator Hong Kong Cable has bought up the exclusive TV rights in the region to the 2006 soccer World Cup after reaching a deal with marketing agency Infront Sports & Media.

UK travel company TUI has appointed Sportacus – the company run by former TEAM and English Premier League executive Stephen Pearson – its sponsorship agency.

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is continuing to refuse to suspend the league to allow players to compete in the Olympic Games – despite the US’ humiliating defeat in a qualifying game for Athens 2004.

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Recruitment firm United Media Entertainment Partners will be presenting to the students of this year CIES MA in Management, Law and Humanities in Sport on career opportunities within the sport and entertainment industries at De Montfort University in the UK.

Sports marketing giant IMG is behind a move to introduce a golf tournament in Denmark to the European Tour next year.

NFL team the New York Jets have signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with electronics firm Toshiba.

Pharmaceutical firms Eli Lilly & Co and Icos Corp have signed a four-year sponsorship deal with the PGA Tour to promote a new male impotence drug they are launching to compete with market leader Viagra.

Men's tennis is the latest to catch the reality TV bug after it was announced that world number one Andy Roddick will be the subject of a no holes barred documentary series next year.

AIM-listed ocean racing company, Clipper Ventures, has confirmed Durban has become the latest city to invest as a host port.

Bruce Langham, CEO of English Premier League club Fulham, has been axed.

Paris has unveiled its budget for its bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

As widely expected, CART’s decision to cancel its final race of the season in California last week is set to take to the courtroom.

Oil giant Shell has appointed the Carlson Marketing Group as its event management agency for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

The ITF has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with watch firm Fossil to become an international sponsor and ‘official watch’ of the Davis Cup.

The North American Sports Network (NASN), broadcaster of US college sports in Europe, has renewed its programming deal with CBS Broadcast International.