The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has welcomed news suggesting that the alcohol sponsorship sector is safe from further UK government restriction for the foreseeable future.
The UK government has made its long-awaited intervention in the running of English football, calling on the game's authorities to respond to a variety of threats to its long-term future.
For sport India has to be the last huge market and possibly the biggest opportunity on the planet today.
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German magazine, Focus, reports that the cartel office is facing a claim of at least €25 million.
The special zones in three Beijing parks were seen as a sign of the Chinese government’s willingness to follow the Olympic practice of providing a venue for peaceful protest.
The ruling follows Barcelona, Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen decision to dispute FIFA, football’s world governing body, position that it was "mandatory" to release all players aged 23 or under.
A jury unanimously dismissed the claims filed in Delaware Federal Court by the plaintiffs Deutscher Tennis Bund, Rothenbaum Sport GMBH and the Qatar Tennis Federation.
The case is expected to reveal the financial arrangements of a plan known as Brave New World - an effort by the ATP Tour to reinvigorate the sport.
Jaza’ir al-Sahlani, the spokesman for the country’s interim athletic committee, said that the group will take legal action against the IOC for damaging Iraq’s reputation and infringing on its so
Last season McLaren was fined $100 million by the International Automobile Federation (FIA), the sport’s governing body, and stripped of all constructors' points after being found guilty of possessi
The decision follows a long-running dispute between the two bodies which stems from whether race organisers, including the Amaury Sport Organisation - which organises the Tour de France, or the sport'
The ruling effectively means that this data is now considered in the public domain and is no longer protected by intellectual property rights.
The report endorsed the UEFA rule by which a minimum number of players in a team should be trained within that club or the same league.
Members of Parliament have adopted a new law which penalises the possession and trafficking of doping products in sport with prison sentences and fines.
In the world of sports event hosting the playing field is far from level as this new report shows.
The commission said that in its investigation it had found a series of pacts between Spanish broadcasters Sogecable and Mediapro, companies which have subsequently gone on to compete fiercely for the
The move will not come into effect until 2014, however, after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy accepted Football Federation Australia's pleas that to do so now would cost them millions of dollar
Australia's anti-siphoning list currently protects some sporting events for free-to-air-channels.
Germany's cartel office has written to all 36 first and second division clubs as part of an on-going TV rights for the Bundesliga.
The International Cycling Union has warned that as the event is being held outside its control it does not consider it to be legal and all starters and their teams therefore risk bans and fines.
Police officers and cartel agency officials seized documents during the raids in Frankfurt, prompting an angry response from the two organisations which rejected the allegations.
It is considering allowing TV networks to show certain sporting events, presently on the anti-siphoning list, to be shown on new free-to-air digital channels.
Seven Network Ltd. last year lost a lawsuit alleging Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
The law, which took effect on January 1, 2008, bans all alcohol-related ads and symbols on television from 6 am to 11 pm.
The ruling is the latest in the dispute between the two over the TV rights for Spanish football’s Primera Liga.
According to US press reports, the NFL Network encouraged Comcast's subscribers to drop their service in favour of DirecTV and Dish Network satellite providers because Comcast refused to carry the cha
Former Senator George Mitchell, who led the investigations, said several All-Stars were suspected of using steroids and human growth hormones and called for the MLB to outsource drug-testing and form
Audiovisual Sport, pay-broadcaster Sogecable's company for the exploitation of football rights, is suing Mediapro for having sold some rights for the Spanish league onto international broadcasters, ac
According to Spanish media reports, the ruling, from a court of first instance, helps back Sogecable’s claim that it holds the rights to all games.
At present under French law, the football league (uniquely among French rights holders) is prevented from selling its TV rights for a period longer than three years.
The appeal will focus on two allegations: that Foxtel's owners colluded in late 2000 to ensure C7 lost the AFL rights and did not pick up the NRL rights; and that Foxtel misused its market power by re
The European Court of Justice advocate general upheld an earlier ruling by the European Court of First Instance in December 2005 that annulled a commission decision to approve the UK measures giving s
Lewinton joined Virgin Media in March this year and has played a key role in developing and implementing the strategy which has shaped the channel’s online sports offering.
It has asked league president, Frédéric Thiriez, to delay launching the tender until the French authorities have made a definitive decision on the duration of any new contract.
The IOC said in a statement that the organisation was convinced that the creation of a legal basis for sport in the EU Reform Treaty would ‘better address the needs of sport and provide a sound lega
The Congress, which is organised by the RFEF, aims to offer national associations, clubs, players’ agents and other stakeholders an opportunity to analyse and clarify the content of the relevant pro
Golden Gate Yacht Club, the home of BMW Oracle Racing alleges that defending champion Alinghi’s Societe Nautique de Geneve (SNG) is in breach of its duty under the “Deed of Gift”, the regulation
The warrants relate to alleged violations of stock-trading laws. Last month, a court issued warrants for the couple over corruption allegations relating to a land sale.
The new Twenty20 competition – run outside the jurisdiction of the nation’s governing body the BCCI – has created uproar with cricket chiefs threatening to ban players from their national sides
The agency recruited Ed Floydd from the Singapore-based firm to head up its legal team at its headquarters in Geneva.
Graham Preston has replaced Floydd at ESS.
Real Madrid earlier this month signed a deal to make Austrian on-line betting firm Bwin its main sponsor. The Spanish media reported the deal to be worth between €15 million and €20 million.
Against this background, the social networking phenomenon will be discussed at Sport and Technology: The Conference 2007, to be held at Inmarsat’s headquarters in London on Friday 29 June (www.sport
The Federation Française de Tennis, organiser of the French Open, and The Ligue de Football Professionnel, organiser of France’s top football league, said they strongly support the copyright infrin
A court ruling this weekend allowed AT&T to rebrand the No.
The G14 represents 18 European clubs and has come up against FIFA in its backing for court cases brought by clubs asking for compensation for players injured whilst on international duty.
In December, a US District court had ruled that MasterCard should get the eight-year World Cup deal, from 2007-2014, rather than rival Visa, saying FIFA breached its contract with MasterCard by switch
The European Commission is set to publish a white paper setting out a new framework for sport, and ministers, led by Mr Caborn, are pushing to include measures that could change the way sport is gover
The London headquarters of global satellite communications provider Inmarsat, well known for its World Rally Championship and Volvo Ocean Race sponsorships, will host the panel-based conference that w
Telstra acquired the National Rugby League’s internet rights in a six-year $90 million deal earlier this year.
Communications giant AT&T has filed suit against NASCAR alleging the US motorsport series is trying to force the company out of the sport.
During their annual meeting Euroleague Basketball club, ULEB Cup club and Uleb league representatives met with Michal Krejza, Head of Sport Unit of the European Commission, in Brussels to exchange vie
According to Telstra, Fox Sports is in breach of Telstra’s A$90 million six-year rights agreement with the National Rugby League.
Waterman’s company Secondsout.com had concluded a globally exclusive deal to screen the fight live on the internet - only the home nations of the fighters, USA and the host country Germany, were exc
The suit, filed on Friday in the US District Court, claims the motor sports regulator has violated the company's right to sponsor the No.
The proposed legislation, known as The Olympic and Paralympic Marks Act, will provide special time-limited intellectual property protection for Olympic and Paralympic words and symbols associated with
Speaking to German magazine Sport-Bild, G14 chief Thomas Kurth said if UEFA and FIFA could reach a compromise, it could be prepared to ditch its complaint it has taken to the European Court of Justice
With tobacco sponsorships now outlawed in F1, a lot of teams have found alternative sponsors to fund their teams.
It is set to float on February 9, 2007 once it is given the green light by the stock market authority.
It says there has been a strong loss in viewer interest in Serie A as a result of the scandal and the subsequent relegation of top club Juventus.
Senior figures attending from the business of sport will have the opportunity to hear industry experts from amongst others:
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August Santos Silva, minister for parliamentary matters, said that launching the tender this year will allow Portugal to comply with the European Union objective of stopping analogue TV broadcasts by
The deal combining their rights into a holding company Audiovisual Sport, came after Mediapro announced in June that it had secured all TV rights to Barcelona’s league matches from 2006 to 2013 for
FIFA had requested that the lodged appeal be granted a suspensive effect so that neither MasterCard nor VISA may demand fulfilment of the sponsorship contract during the appeal procedure.
Club chiefs say they have alerted lawyers to take action over claims the club had links to the controversial Dr Eufemiano Fuentes – the man at the centre of an investigation into a doping ring in Sp
In 2004, competition between the two pay-operators saw the league bring in a then record €600 million a season TV rights deal with CanalSat aggressively outbidding TPS.
A lawyer for the Florence club said that a reduction of the point penalty would not appease the club, "because we did nothing (wrong), therefore I do not see why we should be punished."
The Russian Parliament gave its preliminary approval to a strict new law on intellectual property rights.
The US Congress approved a bill that would make it illegal for banks and credit-card companies to make payments to online gambling sites.
Online gaming companies including Sportingbet, 888 and PartyGaming said they would likely pull out of the United States and warned on future profits after the US congress unexpectedly passed legislation that would ban online gaming.
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Football’s world governing body FIFA offered its full support for the resolutions adopted during the First Seminar on the Autonomy of the Olympic and Sports Movement which was attended by representatives of the international federations of 28 out of the 35 Olympic sports.
Discussing innovative strategies for maximising exposure, exploring the 21st century media landscape and the impact of modern day technologies, Soccerex delegates will be keen to learn from a host of
Soccerex announced a unique panel that will be focusing on Global Media at the 10th Soccerex, to be held at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, 26th-28th November 2006.
Dicks, 64, has been bailed with a hearing scheduled for the September 28. He had been with the group since the launch of the company in 2000.
Peter Dicks, chairman of online gambling company Sportingbet, has quit his post. The move follows his arrest in America last week on charges of “gambling by computer”
The draft National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill which is before the South African parliament seeks to enable the Minister of Sport and Recreation to intervene in the management of sport bodies.
Civil rights initiative Afriforum has warned that proposed legislation could negatively affect South Africa's participation in the 2010 football World Cup.
The introduction of the law is intended to prevent a repeat of the situation which allowed former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to amass media holdings worth an estimated $16 billion including comm
The Italian government will introduce a new conflict of interest" law that would bar government officials from holding management or operative roles in major private companies, but not from owning them.
The Australian government has said it will introduce a use it or lose it system for listed sports events as part of wider media reforms to be introduced to parliament later this week.
Australian pay-TV broadcaster Foxtel said incoming media reforms must include tough "use it or lose it" rules to prevent free-TV channels hoarding sports events they have no intention of covering.
The plan being opposed is called the Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasts and Broadcasting Organisations and has been proposed by the UN agency the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).
Proposed new rules to clampdown on TV signal piracy and protect broadcasters’ intellectual property rights are being opposed by new media companies including Dell, HP, AT&T and Sony as well as podcasters and internet broadcasters.
The RFU has agreed 16 days this season when the Premiership clubs will release players for England training.
A long-running dispute between the Rugby Football Union and England’s elite clubs seems to be over after agreement was reached on player release for international duty, reports the BBC.
The club were docked eight points for their part in the controversy which also saw Juventus demoted.
Italian soccer club AC Milan is to take its fight to have its punishment for involvement in a match-fixing scandal cut to the Italian Olympic Committee’s (CONI) Court of Arbitration.
Last year’s champions had been stripped of their title, demoted, fined and had points deducted for their part in a match fixing scandal which rocked the World Cup winning nation.
Italian soccer giants Juventus have reiterated they will drop plans to go through the civil courts – if their Serie A status is restored in time for next month’s season start.
After losing its latest appeal last week, Juventus, who were demoted to Serie B, deducted points, fined and stripped of their recent titles, said they would appeal through the civil court process in L
Italian soccer governing body the FIGC has warned Juventus it faces stiff sanctions if it pushes ahead with its plans to appeal against its punishment for match-fixing through the civil courts.
Products supplied by the firm will come with an ‘athlete guarantee’ to conform to the Tour and WADA’s strict anti-doping policies.
The WTA Tour has confirmed it has penned a ground-breaking three-year deal with vitamin company Usana Health Sciences.
UEFA said that having examined the request of the Italian Football Association (FIGC) to register AC Milan for the UEFA Champions League 2006/07, the submissions of the Chief Disciplinary Inspector of
UEFA’s Emergency Panel admitted AC Milan to Champions League third qualifying round.
The bill will make it illegal for US-based banks and credit card firms to make payments to online gambling sites.
The US House of Representatives voted to introduce proposals which would severely limit online gambling.
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BBC news programme Newsnight alleged the club have made irregular payments to the side, in breach of regulations.
But after a probe by FIFA, Arsenal were given the all-clear.
Soccer world governing body FIFA has cleared English Premiership club Arsenal of any wrong-doing in connection to its links with Belgian club Beveren.
BBC news programme Newsnight alleged the club have made irregular payments to the side, in breach of regulations.
But after a probe by FIFA, Arsenal were given the all-clear.
Soccer world governing body FIFA has cleared English Premiership club Arsenal of any wrong-doing in connection to its links with Belgian club Beveren.
The seven say they are looking to recover the money lost in an alleged fraud scheme.
The NFL says it will strongly fight a legal battle with seven current and former players who are suing the league and its union for $20m.
The League won nominal damages in its negligence action against Edge Ellison – now operating as Hammonds – who advised on its broadcast contract negotiations with OnDigital (which later became ITV
English soccer’s Football League says it is ‘disappointed’ by the ruling made by a London High Court judge against its former legal advisors.
It is the latest coup for the firm in France, which acted for the local organising committees of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, IAAF World Athletics Championship 2003 and also advises French soccer’s gove
International law firm Clifford Chance has been appointed official legal advisors to the Rugby World Cup 2007 by governing body the IRB.
A ruling is expected in the case between Australian contractor Multiplex and UK-based sub-contractor Cleveland Bridge.
A London High Court judge is expected to deliver judgement today on a legal row raging between contractors working on the new Wembley Stadium.
With the World Cup starting on Friday, the FIFA family is in Germany for a series of meetings.
FIFA’s 56th Congress – taking place on Wednesday and Thursday, ahead of the World Cup kicking-off in Germany – will be streamed live via the governing body’s website.
The G14 – which now consists of 18 European clubs – is believed to have hosted the meeting at which up to 25 other clubs from Europe, and as far afield as Africa and Latin America attended.
Dozens of the biggest soccer clubs from around the world are reported to have attended a meeting hosted by European pressure group the G14 yesterday which could see the organisation go global.
Following a shareholders meeting earlier this month, it was agreed adidas-Salomon AG would return to simply adidas AG following the sell-off of the Salomon brand last October.
Sportswear giant adidas has finally completed the legal paperwork to see the company name changed.
Digital media measurement firm ComScore Networks reported the Yahoo! hosted site – FIFAWorldCup.com – recorded 5.7m unique visitors during April.
Website traffic heading towards the official FIFA site for next month’s soccer World Cup is rocketing, according to the latest figures.
The case was brought by Belgian side Charleroi, and supported by the G14 group of Europe’s leading clubs.
A landmark legal case brought against soccer’s world governing body FIFA has been referred, as expected, to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
A Belgian court is expected to deliver its verdict in the case of Charleroi, which is seeking compensation, backed by the G14, from FIFA for an injury sustained to one of their players while on intern
The G14 pressure group of Europe’s biggest soccer clubs will today look to score a major victory over the sport’s world governing body as the result of a landmark legal case is due to be delivered.
Speaking UEFA.com – the official site of European soccer’s governing body - CEO Lars-Christer Olsson described the verdict as ‘a landmark decision in favour of UEFA and of rights holders everywh
UEFA has obtained a major victory in the UK High Court over the illegal streaming of Champions League soccer matches via the internet.
The complaint was filed in the U.S.
MasterCard International has filed a complaint in a US court seeking an injunction against FIFA to prevent it proceeding with a deal with Visa International to sponsor the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups.
Other grounds in the running were Manchester’s Old Trafford, the redeveloped Rose Bowl in Southampton and Chester-le-Street in Durham.
Cardiff has been awarded a 2009 Ashes Test match, prompting an angry response on behalf of one of the venues that missed out.
A 14-year veteran of the league office, Silver will assume his expanded responsibilities on July 1, 2006 when current NBA deputy commissioner and COO Russ Granik steps down at the conclusion of the 20
Adam Silver has been appointed NBA deputy commissioner and chief operating officer.
The BBC reported the race had been under threat after a court ruled noise levels exceeded the legal limit and needed to be cut.
Monza will host host this season's Italian Grand Prix after the conclusion of a long-running row over noise pollution at the track.
