Events

The postponed global soccer conference Soccerex 2003 will now take place in Dubai on 29 and 30 November.

The total prize money available at this year's Wimbledon tennis championships has been increased by 9.5 percent.

The restructuring of Leeds United has begun with the resignation of troubled soccer club's finance director Stephen Harrison.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has agreed to extend its partnership with IEC in Sports to cover television coordination and TV sales for beach volleyball - one of two of FIVB’s Olympic disciplines.

The Kentucky Derby takes place later this weekend - one of the horse racing calendar's most prestigious and glamorous events.

The AFL is set to recruit a head-hunting firm to find it a new chief executive officer.

Sports licensing and merchandising agency Re:Activ has signed a contract with European Rugby Cup Ltd for the governing body's major properties including the Heineken Cup.

Rights agency Infront Sports & Media has signed a domestic TV rights deal for the German Bundesliga, securing the continued terrestrial coverage of the national league.

Soccer governing body UEFA and its marketing partner TEAM have announced a clutch of TV rights deals for the new Champions League contract.

New Zealand pay-TV platform Sky Television has launched its new interactive TV sports offering including a betting service.

A $500m plan to redevelop Los Angeles' Rose Bowl in a bid to attract an NFL team has been unveiled.

A number of US pay-TV operators are providing digital customers with free previews of the National Basketball Association's broadcast offering NBA TV.

After years of talking about it, Cuba has finally confirmed it will bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

Online sports publisher Fast Web Media is running a free website health check to promote the launch of the company's own internet presence.

Toyota Motor Corporation has signed a lucrative sponsorship contract with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for this year's World Championships in France.

Horse racing's Singapore Cup has been cancelled due to the continued health concerns over the spread of the deadly SARS virus.

Organisers of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games are set to put more than five million tickets up for sale, after marketing chiefs presented their plans for the ticketing system.

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