International sports agency MP & Silva has acquired the worldwide media rights for the ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag in a multi-year deal.
The International Handball Federation (IHF) and the Sportfive agency will launch a new version of a live web-streaming portal for the World Championship in Croatia.
The European Olympic Committees and Samsung launched “Get up & Go” - an anti-obesity campaign for European youth - at the CONI Olympic Park.
The Media Partners & Silva agency announced an agreement with the Sport Add agency for the distribution of Italian Serie A rights in Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia.
Representatives from the three bids of Ukraine-Poland, Hungary-Croatia and Italy for UEFA’s Euro 2012 tournament handed over the final part of their bid documents.
The Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Stadio Olimpico in Rome have been selected to host the 2008 and 2009 UEFA Champions League finals respectively by UEFA's executive committee.
Italy is in danger of losing its bid to host the 2012 European Championships as a result of the Serie A match-fixing scandal.
The 24-hour sports channel ESPN Classic agreed a deal with Spanish telecoms company TelefC3nica for carriage on its IPTV platform Imagenio. The deal marks the channel’s first move into the Spanish IPTV market.
Nike may have scored an own goal with its latest TV ad airing in the UK – celebrating the skills of Brazilian star Ronaldo.
The world’s biggest steel company Mittal Steel has agreed a deal to support the Ukrainian Football Association as lead sponsor in its bid to host soccer’s Euro 2012.
