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ICC names preferred chief executive - 18 Mar 08

Imtiaz Patel, the chief executive of South African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport, has been selected as the preferred candidate to take over as the chief executive of the International Cricket Council.

Formula One team budgets to be capped. - 18 Jan 08

Formula One teams’ individual operating budgets will be capped from the start of the 2009 season.

Five further partners join FTSE-BOA initiative - 6 Dec 07

The British Olympic Association (BOA) said that five further partnerships have joined its FTSE-BOA Initiative, the scheme which sees UK companies providing skills and knowledge transfer to a particular National Governing Body of Olympic Sport.

Rugby clubs agree compromise deal with RFU - 16 Nov 07

The English Rugby Football Union and Premier Rugby agreed a new deal which it is hoped will put an end to club-v-country rows.

NFL Commissioner heads 'BusinessWeek Power 100' - 27 Sep 07

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Tiger Woods, and NBA Chairman David Stern have topped BusinessWeek's inaugural "’The Power 100’ ranking of the 100 most powerful people in sports.

Venture capital firm suffers F1 profit slump - 24 Sep 07

Formula One’s commercial profits have fallen to just $6 million since the sport's commercial rights were acquired by the private equity company, CVC, according to UK press reports.

COE WINS IAAF VICE PRESIDENT ROLE - 22 Aug 07

The man who led London to winning the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games has been elected a vice president of international athletics’ governing body the IAAF.