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UEFA president Lennart Johansson is the latest to express his opposition to the prospect of reintroducing the FIFA World Club Championship.

The Evian Ladies European Golf Tour (LET) has appointed Ian Randell as its new chief executive.

IOC president Jacques Rogge (pictured) is set to recruit a full-time director general as the IOC continues the restructuring of its administration set-up.

Digital sports agency, Aura Sports has announced the appointment of Richard Lee to the newly created post of UK sales director.

As part of its restructuring following the mass resignation of its leading members, Soccer Australia has appointed an experienced corporate commercial executive to its ranks.

US broadcaster NBC has stated its intention to screen 24-hour coverage of the 2004 Athens Olympics - the first time the network has committed to such all-encompassing coverage of the Games.

Sports marketing agency IMG has been bolstered by the news that US tennis star Pete Sampras is returning to its client roster.

MasterCard International has signed a sponsorship deal to become the official payment card of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby union team.

US Olympic Committee president Marty Mankamyer has resigned from her post, placing huge doubts over both the governing body and the validity of New York's bid to host the 2012 Olympics.

Eurosport is extending its coverage of the FIH's inaugural Indoor Hockey World Cup by unveiling details of live web broadcasts of the event.

Aussie Rules team the Melbourne Demons has appointed a new chief executive officer.

Comiskey Park, home of Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox, will now be called US Cellular Field after mobile phone company US Cellular Corporation agreed to buy the stadium's naming rights.

Australian Rules football team Port Adelaide has signed a lucrative sponsorship deal with car brand Hyundai.

English Premier League soccer club Fulham has secured a deal with Sportev to create, operate and market its broadband channel.

The FIBT - the international governing body for the sports of bobsleigh and skeleton - has clinched a sponsorship deal for its Bobsleigh World Championships in Winterberg, Germany.

New Zealand cricket chiefs have defied a ruling by the sport's world governing body the ICC and confirmed they will not play World Cup games in Kenya.

As expected, the UK government has delayed making a decision on whether to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Norwich Union has struck a deal to become a national partner of the IAAF's World Indoor Championships in Athletics, taking place in the UK in March.