Events

The on-going soccer power struggle between the English Premier League and the English Football Association has been played down by both sides after a meeting in London yesterday.

Sporting events in the UK are not expected to be cancelled if firefighters carry out their threat to strike in a pay dispute row.

The fledgling Tennis Channel has appointed four new vice presidents to its management team.

UK-based sports marketing company Fast Track has taken on the management of new sailing event, Europrix.

The England Rugby Football Union (RFU) has publicly launched its official sole bid to host the Rugby World Cup 2007.

As expected, China has won a seven-year deal to stage Formula One Grand Prix after a deal was signed with Bernie Ecclestone.

The RFU will unveil England's bid to host the 2007 Rugby World Cup later today.

World Snooker Enterprises (WSE) has finally won the lengthy battle to manage the commercial rights to professional snooker.

US training firm Game Face has launched a European Executive Academy recruitment event.

Perfume firm Davidoff Cool Water is to launch its new global sports sponsorship campaign next month on the back of a range of extreme sport events.

UK free-to-air broadcaster the BBC has added to its soccer rights portfolio after acquiring one of the second leg ties in the UEFA Cup.

Bahrain is set to join China as a new venue for Formula One in 2004 after it was confirmed it has joined forces with Malaysia to build a new motorsport circuit.

The FedEx Corporation brand will adorn the home of NBA franchise the Memphis Grizzlies after the two parties agreed a stadium naming rights deal.

Neal Pilson, the former head of CBS Sports, has been hired by the International Olympic Committee as a consultant on future US broadcast rights deals.

European soccer governing body UEFA has signed a new Champions League deal for the Dutch market - the third new deal in recent weeks.

Mediacom Communications Corporation, one of the US' top-10 largest cable television companies, has more than doubled its commitment to the Speed Channel by offering the network to an increased number of outlets.

Mobile telecommunications firm O2 has signed a deal to run a series of promotions at Twickenham train station in the UK for the forthcoming rugby internationals and for all England’s home Six Nation rugby matches in the new year.

UK public broadcaster the BBC has won the radio rights to cricket's upcoming Ashes Test series between England and Australia this winter.