Boxing

AEG buys De La Hoya stake - 9 May 08

American sports and entertainment company AEG has become the second-largest shareholder in Oscar De La Hoya’s boxing promotion company Golden Boy Promotions.

UFC extends Spike TV partnership - 26 Oct 07

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has signed three-year extension of its strategic partnership deal with Spike TV, a division of MTV Networks.

SecondsOut.com to screen Holyfield fight - 12 Oct 07

SecondsOut.com has won exclusive live rights to Evander Holyfield's world heavyweight comeback fight in the UK, Eire and Germany.

USG to sponsor AIBA World Boxing Championships - 11 Sep 07

USG Corp is to step into the ring to sponsor the 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships in Chicago this October.

Input Media clinches Setanta Sports’ boxing contract - 5 Sep 07

Input Media was awarded the contract to produce the programming for all of Setanta Sports’ Boxing presentations.

MEDIA BOSS URGES SPORTS RIGHTS HOLDERS TO UNITE AGAINST YOUTUBE - 13 Aug 07

Robert Waterman, head of online boxing portal SecondsOut.com, is urging other sports rights holders to join the FA Premier League’s class action against YouTube.

MORE GROUPS JOIN PREMIER LEAGUE’S YOUTUBE BATTLE - 7 Aug 07

Additional sports right holders joined the Premier League’s class action lawsuit against YouTube and Google including the Rugby Football League; the Finnish Football League Association and boxing companies Knockout Entertainment Limited and Seminole Warriors Boxing.

NEW BOXING DEAL FOR ITV - 13 Jul 07

UK broadcaster ITV signed a new deal with Frank Warren's Sports Network to broadcast seven boxing events over the next 12 months.

SECONDSOUT SIGNS UK EXCLUSIVE ON KLITSCHKO WORLD TITLE DEFENCE - 27 Jun 07

Internet boxing portal Secondsout.com signed an exclusive deal to screen Vladimir Klitschko’s IBF/IBO world heavyweight title defence against American Lamon Brewster on July 7.

HATTON LIGHTS BRAND-FRIENDLY FUSE - 22 May 07

World championship boxer Ricky Hatton has signed up to work with Fuse, the Manchester–based sports marketing agency, to enhance his commercial earnings

MAYWEATHER V DE LA HOYA BREAKS PPV RECORDS - 10 May 07

Last weekend’s super welterweight fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar de la Hoya has been confirmed at the richest in boxing history.

MAYWEATHER V DE LA HOYA SUPERFIGHT TO BE RICHEST EVER - 4 May 07

This weekend’s WBC light middleweight fight between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar de la Hoya is set to become the highest grossing fight in boxing history and could be worth over $100 million.

SECONDSOUT.COM PLAN TO SUE YOUTUBE - 26 Mar 07

The UK’s Times newspaper reports British boxing entrepreneur Robert Waterman is planning to sue YouTube for $1 million after it carried clips of the WBO World heavyweight boxing title bout between Vladimir Klitschko and Ray Austin from Mannheim, Germany on March 10.

SECONDSOUT.COM TO SHOW KLITSCHKO WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT EXCLUSIVELY VIA INTERNET - 23 Jan 07

SecondsOut.com has acquired the rights to screen the March 10 IBF world heavyweight bout between Wladimir Klitschko and Ray Austin from Mannheim, Germany, live and exclusively in the UK.

BATTLE FOR AIBA PRESIDENCY DOWN TO TWO - 12 Oct 06

The battle for the presidency of International Boxing Federation AIBA is down to two candidates with the withdrawal of Gafur Rakhimov.

MURRAY BANKS RBS EXTENSION - 28 Jun 06

British tennis star Andy Murray has signed an extension to his agreement with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS).

SQUASH WORLD OPEN RETURNS TO EGYPT - 20 Apr 06

The Professional Squash Association has awarded the rights to host and promote the PSA Men's World Open Squash Championship to Egypt.

ESPN BRANDED BLOCK TO AIR IN EUROPE - 11 Apr 06

For the first time in central and eastern Europe, an ESPN-branded block will air on a dedicated sport channel.

ENGLAND'S PAIN WORSENS - 31 Mar 06

England's disappointing Six Nations tournament has been followed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announcing a £1million loss from the campaign.

EC APPROVES ACQUISITION OF F1 OWNER - 21 Mar 06

The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition by private equity group CVC Capital Partners Group of SLEC Holdings Ltd, the holding company for Formula One racing.

FWM NETS AWARD FOR WEB SERVICE - 21 Mar 06

Fast Web Media has been recognised at The Revolution Awards 2006 for its work on the Carling.com and Carlinglive.com websites.

REEBOK SIGNS BOXER KHAN - 10 Mar 06

Reebok has agreed an endorsement deal with British boxing sensation Amir Khan, making him the first ever boxer to be signed up by Reebok UK.

WTCC LOOKS TO RSM TO DRIVE PROFILE - 2 Mar 06

The FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) has appointed marketing agency RSM to implement a PR and promotions campaign to raise its profile.

ITV SIGNS WITH TEAMTALK FOR WORLD CUP - 27 Feb 06

UK commercial television network, ITV, has appointed TEAMtalk Media Group, the online sports network, to provide news, results and comment for its World Cup 2006 website.

HSBC WIDENS GOLF SPONSORSHIP - 22 Feb 06

Banking giant HSBC has taken over as the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open title sponsor for the next two years.

INFRONT TO MARKET CHINESE BASKETBALL - 14 Feb 06

Infront Asia has been appointed exclusive global marketing partner for China’s national basketball teams until the end of 2008.

INFRONT TO MARKET THE CHINESE NATIONAL BASKETBALL - 14 Feb 06

Infront Asia has been appointed exclusive global marketing partner for China’s national basketball teams until the end of 2008.

MITCHELL APPOINTED WORLD TOUR DIRECTOR - 3 Feb 06

Craig Mitchell has been appointed director of the World Match Racing Tour, sailing’s successor to the Swedish Match Tour.

WOODS SLAMS PGA TOUR REVAMP - 2 Feb 06

World No1 Tiger Woods has criticised the PGA Tour's plans for a World Championships from next year.

WOODS SLAMS PGA TOUR REVAMP - 2 Feb 06

World No1 Tiger Woods has criticised the PGA Tour's plans for a World Championships from next year.

SUMMIT PROMPTS MOVE FOR SPORTS SECURITY ASSOCIATION - 26 Jan 06

Plans to develop a professional association for the specialist sports security sector are gathering pace following the second International Sports Security Summit.

INDIAN PUBLIC BROADCASTER WINS COMMONWEALTH RIGHTS - 14 Dec 05

Indian public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has bagged the 2006 Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights for $4million.

PREMIER LEAGUE RECRUITS SEARCH SPECIALISTS - 13 Dec 05

Fast Web Media has agreed a deal with the FA Premier League for search marketing services for its official website www.premierleague.com

NEW IDENTITY FOR MCG - 5 Dec 05

Australia's redeveloped Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is being launched with a new brand and logo.

PLAYER ONE BIDS TO BOX CLEVER - 16 Nov 05

Player One Limited, a publisher of games and content for mobile phones, and promoters Sports Network have agreed a sponsorship deal for a World Championship Boxing event at London’s ExCeL arena.

BELGIANS SEEK ECCLESTONE HELP - 9 Nov 05

Belgium's regional Walloon government is set to ask Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone for help to secure the future of the country's grand prix.

HATTON FIGHT LIVE IN STATES ON PPV - 28 Oct 05

The unification clash between IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton and WBA titleholder Carlos Maussa will be broadcast live in the US on pay per view.

WOMEN IN BUT BOXING OUT FOR BEIJING - 28 Oct 05

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved new events for the 2008 Olympics that will include about 80 more women, but rejected women's boxing.

KLITSCHKOS GET ONLINE WITH FIGHT DEAL - 18 Oct 05

Germany ISP T-Online has signed a deal with boxing brothers Vitali and Vladimir Klitschko to stream footage of their future fights.

SAN JUAN TO HOST WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC - 11 Oct 05

San Juan, Puerto Rico has been awarded first and second round games of the inaugural World Baseball Classic.

MANAGEMENT COMPANY POCKETS O'SULLIVAN - 6 Oct 05

110SPORT Management Ltd has recruited snooker’s world No.1 Ronnie O’Sullivan and top Australian player Neil Robertson to its ranks for the 2005/06 season.

CHAMP CAR FORCED TO DROP KOREAN RACE - 29 Sep 05

The Champ Car World Series has been forced to axe the inaugural Ansan Champ Car Grand Prix scheduled for October 14-16 in Ansan, South Korea.

NEW GOLF EVENT PITS EUROPE AGAINST ASIA - 14 Sep 05

Asia's best players are set to take on the elite of Europe in a new team golf competition.

SPORTSBOOK.COM BETS ON DE LA HOYA - 8 Sep 05

Online bookmaker Sportsbook.com has signed a sponsorship agreement with Golden Boy Promotions C1 the boxing promotion company run by six-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya.

IOC FREEZES BOXING FUNDS - 8 Sep 05

The International Olympic Committee has reportedly frozen $9million inpayments to the International Boxing Association following aninvestigation into flawed judging and scoring at the Athens Olympics.

LEXMARK CONTINUES NAMING RIGHTS DEAL - 1 Sep 05

Lexmark has extended its naming rights sponsorship of Australia's Lexmark Indy 300 for another three years.

HONDA IS FIRST HERO IN JOHNNIE WALKER CRICKET SERIES - 15 Aug 05

Hero Honda has signed up as an Official Partner to the inaugural Johnnie Walker Super Series in Australia this October.

HONDA IS FIRST HERO IN JOHNNNIE WALKER CRICKET SERIES - 15 Aug 05

Hero Honda has signed up as an Official Partner to the inaugural Johnnie Walker Super Series in Australia this October.

RIGHTS AGENCY TO MARKET PLAYER'S RIGHTS - 4 Aug 05

Sports marketing firm SPORTFIVE has signed a long-term deal to market the advertising and personality rights of German soccer star Kevin KurC!nyi.

ABC GUIDES TRAJECTORY - 4 Aug 05

ABC Regional Sports Sales, a unit of ABC National Television Sales, Inc., has been appointed exclusive national television sales representative for Trajectory Sports & Media Group, L.L.C.

WILLIAM HILL BETS ON SETANTA SPORTS AND NASN - 15 Jul 05

William Hill has signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with the UK’s second largest sports broadcaster, Setanta Sports.

NEW TOURNAMENT ATTRACTS WOODS TO CHINA - 14 Jun 05

A new golf tournament, the ‘HSBC Champions’ tournament, will see the world’s most high-profile player, Tiger Woods, visit China for the first time in an official world ranking event.

TWI MAKES WAVES WITH POWERBOAT DEAL - 18 May 05

The International Offshore Team Association (IOTA), the promoter and worldwide commercial and television rights holder of the U.I.M. Class 1 World Powerboat Championship, has appointed TWI as its sole and exclusive broadcasting rights representative worldwide.

NEW WORLD ATHLETICS SHOW - 17 May 05

This week saw the launch of a new magazine sports show, the ‘World of Athletics’, by programme distributors IEC in Sports.

SPORTFIVE LANDS TYSON BLOW - 11 May 05

Promoters of Mike Tyson's return to the ring on June 11 against Irishman Kevin McBride have signed an exclusive deal with European sports marketer, Sportfive.

SPORTFIVE LANDS TYSON BLOW - 10 May 05

Promoters of Mike Tyson's return to the ring on June 11 against Irishman Kevin McBride have signed an exclusive deal with European sports marketer, Sportfive.

ATP PAIRS UP WITH FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY - 9 May 05

The ATP has agreed a three-year global deal with Stanford Financial Group, broadening the financial service company's involvement with the governing body of men's professional tennis.

CHAMP CAR GEARS UP FOR PROMOTION - 6 May 05

Former Milwaukee Mile vice president and general manager Mark Perrone is to join the Champ Car World Series as its new vice-president of promoter services.

BOWLING OVER THE GLOBE - 27 Apr 05

World Bowls, the sport’s world governing body, has secured the services of 110sport Management Ltd to act as sponsorship, marketing and media consultants.

CHAMP CAR RIDES INTO CHINA - 13 Apr 05

Champ Car bosses have signed a deal confirming the series will race in China next year.

CHAMP CAR SECURES BEIJING RACE - 24 Mar 05

The Champ Car World Series has reached an agreement to stage a race in Beijing, China in 2006.

NEW HORIZON FOR SQUASH - 8 Mar 05

PSALIVE.tv, a dedicated squash web streaming channel, has been launched by the Professional Squash Association (PSA) with Horizon Software.

KBL TO POWER COWES CLASSIC - 8 Mar 05

KBL Powerboat Management Ltd, rights holder and promoter of the UIM Powerboat P1 World Championship, will take over the running of the Cowes Classic, one of the world’s premier festivals of offshore racing.

TWICKENHAM TO HOST IRB TSUNAMI RELIEF MATCH - 1 Feb 05

Twickenham will host an International Rugby Board (IRB) aid match, ‘Helping To Rebuild After The Tsunami’, on Saturday, March 5.

BRAVO, FOR ULTIMATE FIGHTING - 25 Jan 05

Bravo, the UK’s men’s entertainment channel, has acquired the live UK rights to screen the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s UFC 51 from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, on February 6.

BMW IN EUROPEAN PGA CHAMPIONSHIP DEAL - 19 Jan 05

BMW is to sponsor the European PGA Championship in a deal which will see the prize fund for the event rise to £2.8million (Euros 4million).

LG GIVE ICC NEW RANKING - 19 Jan 05

The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the leading consumer durable brand LG have joined forces to produce and promote championship tables and new player rankings.

KING TO SUE ESPN FOR $2.5 BILLION DAMAGES - 13 Jan 05

Boxing promoter Don King has filed a defamation suit against ESPN claiming he was portrayed in a false light in a programme broadcast last May.

AUSSIE STADIUM ON TRACK FOR GAMES - 20 Dec 04

The A$450million overhaul of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) ahead of the Commonwealth Games is said to be well on schedule.

KNOWLES ELECTED TO WPBSA BOARD - 14 Dec 04

Tony Knowles has been elected to the board of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) after snooker's Annual General Meeting in Preston yesterday.

SOCCER SHIRT SPONSORSHIPS UP - 1 Dec 04

Prices paid by shirt sponsors within European soccer’s key markets have grown according to a recent report.

MCG COULD LOSE BOXING DAY TEST - 9 Nov 04

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is in danger of losing its annual Boxing Day Test this year because of delays with redevelopments at the ground.

KLITSCHKOS HAVE HEAD FOR SUCCESS - 3 Nov 04

A new commercial for Schauma, a hair-care brand by Schwarzkopf & Henkel, sees the two boxing brothers shampooing the heads of a variety of beautiful models.

KLITSCHKOS HAVE HEAD FOR SUCCESS - 3 Nov 04

A new commercial for Schauma, a hair-care brand by Schwarzkopf & Henkel, sees the two boxing brothers shampooing the heads of a variety of beautiful models.

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS FOR SHARAPOVA - 21 Sep 04

Maria Sharapova's Wimbledon title has helped her land an endorsement deal for a perfume that will bear her name.

THE WEEK THAT WAS... - 17 Sep 04

Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews the issues of the past seven days.

ENGLISH CRICKET FUNDING CUT WARNING - 17 Sep 04

English cricket officials have been warned their Sport England funding may be cut if they do not improve the way they run the game.

BRITISH BOOST FOR IRAQI SOCCER - 16 Sep 04

The English Football Association has teamed up with the UK government and the Iraqi Football Association to launch a project designed to develop grassroots football in Iraq.

BRITISH GRAND PRIX UNDER THREAT DESPITE OFFER - 8 Sep 04

The British Racing Drivers' Club has handed a written offer to Formula One Management to act as the promoter for the British Grand Prix in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

SECONDS OUT ON SPONSORSHIP DEAL - 6 Sep 04

Seconds Out and Fight Academy have entered a sponsorship arrangement with Emojo, the creators of Affino - The Interactive CMS, for the next two years.

AT RACING WELCOMES BOSS - 2 Sep 04

AT Racing has confirmed that leading international fashion company, HUGO BOSS, is to be title sponsor for Alex Thomson.

BRAVO COMES OUT FIGHTING - 26 Aug 04

Bravo, the UK’s leading men’s entertainment channel, has signed a deal with Las Vegas-based sports group, Zuffa LLC, to bring Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipB. events to UK television.

TEENAGE TENNIS STAR SIGNS WITH PONY - 24 Aug 04

Rising tennis star Sunitha Rao has signed an exclusive endorsement agreement with Pony International. She will wear Pony footwear, apparel and accessories under the terms of the multi-year deal.

Russia awarded Fed Cup - 9 Aug 04

For the second year in a row, the Russian Tennis Federation has been awarded the right to host the semi-finals and final of the 2004 Federation Cup World Group Competition.

Dover speeds up returns - 30 Jul 04

US motorsport circuit owner, operator and promoter Dover Motorsports has reported its latest financial figures – and thanked its NASCAR races for boosting earnings.

IMG promotes new COO - 27 Jul 04

IMG executive Peter Johnson has been promoted to chief operating officer, in addition to his existing roles, joint CEOs Bob Kain and Alastair Johnson (pictured) have confirmed.

WBC may fight on - 16 Jul 04

The World Boxing Council (WBC) may live to fight again after a deal was struck which may prevent it from filing for bankruptcy.

Auckland's V8 cash bonanza - 15 Jul 04

A V8 Supercar race planned for New Zealand could generate as much as NZ$36.7m (EUR19.3m/U$23.8m) a year to the local economy, according to a new study.

Todt rules out FIA job - 7 Jul 04

The head of Formula One team Ferrari says he does not want to replace Max Mosley as head of governing body the FIA.

City F1 hopes dashed - 6 Jul 04

Hopes of staging a future Formula One Grand Prix on the streets of London look likely to have been dashed after a leading promoter blamed ‘bureaucracy’ for blocking such suggestions.

Financial backing for Champions Tour - 30 Jun 04

The Stanford Financial Group has signed up as official sponsor of the rankings on tennis’ Delta Tour of Champions.

Silverstone secures GP - 26 May 04

Silverstone will continue to host Formula One’s British Grand Prix until at least 2006, it has been confirmed.

Bowe drops $55m case - 12 May 04

Fomer boxing champ Riddick Bowe has dropped a multi-million dollar lawsuit against his former manager – and apologised.

Bernie threatens British GP - 22 Apr 04

The British Grand Prix will be dropped from the Formula One calendar unless major improvements are made to the current track, Bernie Ecclestone has warned.

V8 drives into China - 5 Apr 04

One of Australia’s biggest sports is expanding into China after organisers of the V8 Supercar Championship Series signed a deal to race in Shanghai.

Boxing gets federal agency - 1 Apr 04

Professional boxing in the US is set to undergo a major change after the Senate approved new legislation to create a federal agency to oversee the sport.

Powerboats renew contract - 31 Mar 04

The Powerboat P1 World Championship has renewed its deal with Big On Results to continue as business and sponsorship developers on the series.

Asian chief blasts golf plans - 24 Mar 04

The Asian Tour has responded angrily to comments made by the European Tour over a new marketing partnership with Parallel Media Group.

Jordan still king of the US - 5 Mar 04

He may have retired, but Michael Jordan’s pulling power as the US public's favourite sports star shows no sign of slowing, according to the latest Harris Poll.

Core acquisition for Pro Sports - 1 Mar 04

US event promoter Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc has acquired the Core Tour, a nationwide action sports and music festival tour.