Sponsorship & Marketing

Kmart is to pull the plug on its sponsorship of NASCAR and CART racing teams.

US-based sports media company Broadband Sports has laid off 20 percent of its 250-person workforce.

Tiger Woods plans to meet the head of the U.S. PGA Tour to try to end a dispute over marketing and revenues.

Northern hemisphere rugby union will enter a new era during Saturday's test between Scotland and Australia when conversations between the referee, touch judges, players and a video official will be available to fans for the first time in an international in Europe.

Go Racing, a consortium including Sky TV and Channel Four, said it had agreed a deal that could ensure the BBC continues to cover horseracing.

Istanbul-based soccer club Galatasaray is planning an initial public offering of between 10 and 15 per cent of Galatasaray Sportif, its marketing arm.

National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.

International Management Group have added to their portfolio of rugby union clients by entering into a five-year agreement with South African side Natal Sharks. IMG will represent the Super 12 club in future commercial deals.

The European Broadcasting Union has chosen a former UEFA executive to take over as controller of sport.

Rivals.net is sponsoring a package of interactive initiatives across Channel 4's Football Italia programming, magazine and website.

Sportvision, Inc., the US-based sports media technology, has appointed Steven F. Roberts to executive vice president, Product Management, and promoted Russell Quy to executive producer and vice president, Media Production.

Paul Vaughan, executive vice president of Octagon Marketing is set to become the next commercial director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).

GMX AG, the largest German e-mail and messaging company on the German internet and European sports content, provider Sports.com have agreed to produce a new co-branded sports channel called ?GMX Sport?.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is considering building new grounds for the 2007 World Cup rather than improving existing venues.

Real Madrid members have approved the largest budget in the history of Spanish football at the first general assembly called by new president Florentino Perez.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are in talks with a major energy company to take over from Cornhill Insurance as title sponsor of England's home test matches.