Events

ATP Tour chief Mark Miles has said the German city of Hamburg could not host one of the top events for men and women which are to be introduced next year.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has declared the 2010 World Cup finals will be staged in Africa, ending any lingering doubts about the location of the tournament.

ENIC, the London stock market-listed sports and leisure company, is looking to transfer its market listing from the main market to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) so that it can comply with UEFA rules on dual ownership of clubs.

NASCAR broadcast coverage will switch from TBS to TNT as part of Turner Sports new marketing strategy, according to news agency reports.

Australia's Victorian Major Events is reported to have offered a $1.2 million (US$600,000) "sweetener" to ensure that if Australia's soccer team makes it to the final phase of the World Cup qualifying campaign, the decisive match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Setanta.com, the Irish sports content provider, has signed two contracts worth #1million ($1.45m) with mobile phone companies in Norway.

The Sportsmasters Network has announced that they are no longer intending to proceed with their plans for a breakaway world tour later this year.

Eurosport has signed a new two-year deal with Gillette for an extensive package of football broadcast sponsorship on the pan-European channel.

A number of leading UK sports events could be axed amid fears over the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

ITC Ltd , India's largest cigarette maker, has invited proposals to take over its sponsorship of the nation's cricket team following a government move to discourage tobacco advertising.

The Australian Football League has confirmed that Carlton & United Breweries would replace Coca-Cola as the AFL's naming rights sponsor from this year in a four-year deal, as reported by sportbusiness.com last week.

The Arizona Cardinals, the only National Football League franchise to play permanently in a college stadium, learned on Tuesday that the team will not have to move very far for its new $335 million facility.

The EURO 2000 football championships were watched by a cumulative audience of seven billion people, a new survey reveals.

A recent global TV report on Formula One shows the motorsport maintaining its strong position as a dominant sport worldwide.

Heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is today signing a $1.6m deal with the BBC ? a key victory for the broadcaster as it looks to rebuild its sports portfolio.

Seven Network Limited has advised the Australian Football League that it would not accept its offer to match the News Limited led consortium bid for broadcast television rights for seasons 2002-2006.