Events

Car manufacturers Jaguar will provide contingency sponsorship for the Trans-Am Series, a form of professional closed-roof performance coupe and sedan road racing in North America.

Food brand Heinz has signed a $57million deal with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers to secure the naming rights to the team’s new stadium for the next 20 years.

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Executive Board has given unanimous backing to proposals by Sir Paul Condon aimed at removing corruption from the game.

Olympic boss Jacques Rogge is confident swimming's governing body FINA will agree to start testing for erythropoietin (EPO), one of the most dangerous banned drugs in sport.

Knowing more about the extent and nature of match-fixing within the game of cricket is more important than ‘naming and shaming’ individual players, according to Sir Paul Condon, director of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU).

The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and ESPN units have confirmed that Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.

World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.

Nobody can accuse Dick Pound, the 59-year-old Canadian lawyer and former Olympic swimmer, of not keeping up with the times as he campaigns for the most powerful job in world sport - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Dallas cut the ribbon on Friday on a new $420 million (B

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Monday that he would settle the conflict of interest between his private media assets and those owned by the government before the Italian parliament’s summer break in August.

MP Web, the new media division of Media Partners, has signed an exclusive deal with Tele+ for the acquisition of internet rights for 18 Italian Serie A and Serie B soccer clubs.

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed to commission a special programme focusing on triathlon’s European Cup competition.

The delay of the WBA heavyweight title fight between John Ruiz and Evander Holyfield was a "blessing in disguise" for Chinese organisers facing heavy losses on the event, promoter Don King said.

Walt Disney Co's ABC and ESPN units say US golfer Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.

UEFA is following world soccer’s ruling body FIFA in establishing its own in-house marketing operation – and has appointed former ISL football chief Philippe Margraff to head it up.

Despite the UK test case ruling in the House of Lords last week that set a precedent that the soccer World Cup in 2002 must be broadcast on terrestrial television if at all, rights holder Kirch has still not given up hope of interest from a pay-TV operator.