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Nordic 2008 bid reveals venues
The four-country Nordic bid for the 2008 European football championships has announced the venues it is proposing to host the tournament.
UBC strikes three-year soccer deal with ESPN star
Thailand’s United Broadcasting Corporation Plc (UBC) has struck a three-year deal with ESPN Star, for coverage of the UK soccer Premier League.
Everton appoints direct marketing agency
English Premier League football club, Everton has appointed its first direct marketing agency, HuC)t & Company, with the aim of boosting the club’s fan database by over 140,000 names.
FOX Sports hires new face for strategic planning
Fox Sports has handed an experienced network consultant in the shape of Dan Harrison the role of senior vice-president of programming and strategic planning.
FIH Launches new website
Hockey’s governing body, the FC)dC)ration Internationale de Hockey, has launched its new website.
Tiger roar ‘not a factor’ as PGA signs big new US TV deals
US television executives have said that Tiger Woods' popularity was not a significant factor in their new deals with the PGA Tour.
Samaranch departs amid controversy
Juan Antonio Samaranch just could not ride off quietly into his Olympic sunset.
Lionstour.com a hit with rugby fans, says Sportal
The official website for the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, Lionstour.com, attracted over 10 million page impressions during the tour.
Man United subject of bid rumours, says DKW
Investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW) has distributed a research note claiming that Manchester United plc has been the subject of bid speculation.
PGA tour paid $900m for TV rights, says report
The PGA Tour will receive about $900 million from six US broadcast and a cable networks to show its tournaments from 2003 though 2007, according to The Wall Street Journal.
NASCAR ratings continue to impress
The NASCAR Winston Cup series has continued to record impressive television ratings with the latest race at the new Chicagoland Speedway attracting an audience of 21 million.
ITV sport ‘too expensive’
The programming costs of the UK’s digital terrestrial sports channel ITV Sport will hinder the share performance of the network’s owners Granada and Carlton Communications, according to a research report from leading broker Merrill Lynch.
Go racing appoints new marketing director
Go Racing, the media consortium run by UK broadcasters Channel 4 and BSkyB and track owner Arena Leisure, has hired its first marketing director just a few weeks after it agreed a £387m ($545m) ten-year multimedia racing rights deal with the British Horseracing Board and the Racecourse Association.
World Athletics Championship ticket sales short of target
Organisers said they were not worried ticket sales for the world athletics championships were $1.65 million ($2.4 million Canadian) below their $8.33 million ($12.5 million Canadian) target on Wednesday, 16 days before the opening ceremony in Edmonton, Alberta.
Sky Sports wins production contract for premiership PPV
The English Premier League has awarded the production contract for its 40 pay-per-view (PPV) soccer matches to satellite broadcaster Sky Sports in a deal reported to be worth around £2.5 million ($3.54m) a year.
Rogge says IOC will never win war on drugs
The war on drugs in sport can never be fully won, according to newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.
Recoba disputes passports sentence
Inter Milan's Uruguayan striker Alvaro Recoba has branded as unfair the upholding of a one-year ban for his part in a false passport scandal.
Echostar confirms DirecTV bid failure
Charlie Ergen, chief executive of satellite platform EchoStar Communications, has confirmed the rejection of a merger bid for rival US broadcaster DirecTV.