Events

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed Germany and Spain are to host the next Men's and Women's World Cups in 2006.

Representatives from both the English Football Association and Premier League will attend Soccerex 2003, organisers have confirmed.

The organisers of the Seoul International Sports & Leisure Exhibition (SPOEX) have unveiled the dates for next year's event.

Soft drinks giant Pepsi is believed to be in sponsorship talks with the English Football Association - a deal that would heighten the brand's rivalry with Coca-Cola.

The great and good of the sports industry will gather in Madrid next summer for the inaugural SportAccord conference.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted overwhelmingly to delay a decision on the future Olympic status of three sports meaning that the Games are likely to remain unchanged until at least 2012.

IEC in Sports has signed a deal to represent the TV rights to badminton's IBF World Grand Prix event, the China Open.

US motorsports series NASCAR is riding on the crest of a wave in terms of its TV ratings, much to the host broadcasters' delight, after another successful year.

UK public free-to-air broadcaster the BBC has renewed the TV rights to tennis' Davis Cup for a further four years.

Among the issues discussed during the first day of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) 114th Session meeting, were the continuation of a ban on members visits to bidding cities and the potential for taking out an insurance policy on the Games.

Brazilian broadcaster Canal Fox has snapped up the TV rights to the prestigious Copa Toyota Libertadores soccer tournament.

Financially-troubled Octagon Motorsports has received a timely boost with news retail sales for its gift experiences - which gives members of the public the chance to race in high performance vehicles, and around the unit's UK-based racing circuits - have grown by 50 percent in 2002.

Organisers of TV sport marketplace Sportel have confirmed it is to stage the event in Hong Kong, for the first time in its history.

Prize money on the US PGA Tour will total $225million (EUR227m) next year according to the organisers.

The popularity of Major League Baseball (MLB) in Japan is soaring according to the viewing figures for the 2002 All-Star Series.

Monster.com has announced that it has bought up a major advertising package for the 2003 Super Bowl - the fifth year in a row it has done so.