Sponsorship & Marketing
Business

ISL will buy its way out of the $1.2billion marketing, licensing and broadcasting rights deal signed with the ATP and top tournaments, according to news sources.
Business

Every single soccer pitch in England, is to be assessed as part of the Football Foundation's grass roots revolution.
Business

According to a report in the Financial Times, rival Italian pay -TV platforms Telepiu and Stream are in talks about a possible merger. The platforms are reported to be losing around $600m per year following deals signed with Serie A clubs, worth in some cases as much as $100m per annum to individual clubs.
Business

Sportswear giants Nike denied before a Congressional commission of inquiry on Wednesday that they interfere in the picking of the Brazilian national soccer team, which they sponsor.
Business

The two rival European club basketball leagues have officially reunified ? with the new league to be known as the EuroLeague.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The 18 German Bundesliga soccer clubs are $320 million in debt, a top German Football Federation (DFB) executive has revealed.
Media

The NFL?s new media operation is considering subscription fees as a revenue source, following the slump in US ad sales.
Business

German media group Bertelsmann expects to conclude an accord with Vivendi Universal on sports broadcasting rights "very soon", Bertelsmann chief Thomas Middelhoff has told Le Monde newspaper.
Media

Octagon has denied making a bid for troubled Swiss marketing firm ISL.
Business

The Ackerley Group has completed the divestiture of the Seattle SuperSonics NBA franchise for $200 million.
Business

The ICC has banned star cricket player Brian Lara from using a new bat carrying the logo of an internet betting company.
Events

Online betting and gaming company Ladbrokes eGaming Ltd has stepped up its Far East recruitment campaign by signing an exclusive representative deal with Asia's leading independent sports marketing agency, Total Sports Asia Ltd.
Business

Bill Gates and Microsoft are throwing their financial support behind next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester, signing up as an official sponsor and technology supplier.
Business

French media giant Vivendi is the company locked in buy-up talks with troubled Swiss marketing firm ISL.
Business

ISL?s parent company, the ISMM Group, has admitted for the first time it is in dire financial straits and is on the verge of bankruptcy ? with its future now in the hands of a Swiss court.
Business

The 2002 World Cup finals will be unaffected by the financial difficulties of ISL, FIFA has said.
Business

The UK?s Southampton City Council has appointed PMP Consultancy, a strategic solutions company for sports and leisure, to research a new multi-purpose arena for Southampton.
Business

Sport site network Rivals.net has teamed up with Entertainment Films to sponsor the movie Mike Bassett ? England Manager.