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ORF and Sky secure Austrian Bundesliga - 8th April 2010

Austrian public broadcaster ORF and pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, which covers Germany and Austria, have renewed the television rights for Austria’s domestic football league the Bundesliga in a three-year deal from 2010-11 to 2012-13.

Vodafone in running to sponsor Fiji National Stadium - 23rd May 2008

The Fiji Sports Council is expected to name a new sponsor of the National Stadium in Suva next week, with telecoms company, Vodafone Fiji, which already sponsors the Vodafone Arena at the National Stadium complex in Laucala is thought to be among those short-listed.

IRB ANNOUNCES RECORD TV FIGURES - 25th July 2006

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced another year of record TV broadcast figures for the popular IRB Sevens World Series.

TV DEALS AGREED FOR INDIAN CRICKET - 23rd February 2006

Nimbus Sport has reached agreement with leading broadcast platforms in the USA, Canada, Carribean, UK and the Middle East for live television coverage of Indian cricket.

RUGBY'S NEW FIVE NATIONS TOURNAMENT UNVEILED - 13th January 2006

A new Pacific Five Nations rugby tournament involving teams from tier two unions Fiji, Japan, Samoa, and Tonga plus a NZ representative side will kick off in June 2006.

IRB TO PUMP MILLIONS INTO RUGBY - 27th October 2005

The International Rugby Board (IRB) will make the biggest investment in high performance rugby in its 120-year history, after pledging £30million to the sport.

OLYMPIC HOPEFULS FACE LONG WAIT - 11th July 2005

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says the two sports axed from the Olympics and the five new sports rejected for 2012 should look towards 2009, the next time a programme change will be considered.

ASIA-PACIFIC RUGBY TOURNAMENT A STEP CLOSER - 30th June 2005

An International Rugby Board (IRB) sponsored meeting in Brisbane has resulted in broad agreement on the way forward for an Asia-Pacific Rugby tournament.

THE WEEK THAT WAS... - 18th March 2005

Editorial Director reviews the issues of the past seven days.

FIFA'S EYE FOR GOAL - 22nd February 2005

The football associations of Brunei Darussalam, Denmark and New Zealand are set to receive their first Goal projects under a programme drawn up by FIFA.