Czech Republic and Slovakia are in talks about creating a joint football league for the first time since the country was partitioned in 1993.
The Champions Hockey League (CHL), the premier European ice hockey club competition featuring ice hockey clubs from the IIHF’s European national associations, has agreed four new rights deals with broadcasters to show the CHL and the Victoria Cup.
The International Olympic Committee selected Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo as candidate cities for the 2016 Olympic Games. Doha missed out on selection, while Madrid and Tokyo appear the cities to beat in the early running.
A new Czech sports channel named Sport 5 is set to make its debut this Friday
Prague’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games suffered a setback on Tuesday after it received less than half of the funding it originally requested.
Prague city chiefs have rubber stamped plans to bid for both the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Rugby union’s premier European club competition, the Heineken Cup, has secured distribution in over 100 countries.
Sporting goods group Adidas acquired the distribution rights for its newly-acquired Reebok brand in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Media Partners & Silva Ltd agreed a deal with the Pragosport agency for the distribution of Italian Serie A rights in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Motor racing series A1 Grand Prix unveiled a provisional calendar of 13 races for its second season, 2006-07. The season kicks off on October 1, 2006 at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands and concludes at Brands Hatch in the UK, on April 29, 2007. A New Zealand race, although still to be confirmed, is new to the calendar, while races at the EuroSpeedway and Estoril have disappeared from the calendar.
