The International Handball Federation (IHF) and the Sportfive agency will launch a new version of a live web-streaming portal for the World Championship in Croatia.
Austrian-based betting company, Interwetten AG, agreed a new sponsorship deal to become the Official Partner of the EHF European Handball Championships (EHF EURO).
The partnership with the three broadcasters commenced in 2000 and has run successfully since then. It has now been extended for the period covering 2011-2015.
Under the agreement, Infront will handle the distribution of the international (second and third party) media rights.
The manifesto was presented during the event to mark the start of the Solidarity Cup, BS Sport & Entertainment Golf Trophy in Madrid.
The bids are reported to be from Eurosport:Dailymotion, Eurosport, Orange Sport et Sport +.
Out of the big five markets, matches from the rugby union’s World Cup were the most watched events in France and the UK.
From 2008 to 2012, Sportfive will recruit sponsors and advertising partners for the national team.
The European Handball Federation’s event takes place from January 17-27, 2008 in Norway.
Under the deal, QNB also becomes exclusive sponsor of the Emir Cup, and the Heir Apparent Cup.
The Champions sponsorship package, initially a two-year deal, gives Intersport an advertising presence at up to 150 matches in the European Handball arenas - including Intersport logos on the perimete
The partners agreed an exclusive agreement in Paris to extend their existing, long-term marketing partnership to cover the Men's and Women's European Handball Championships in 2012 and 2014.
Fans will now be able view their club’s league matches live and “on demand” at
Under the deal Eurosport in Germany will have full-exclusive TV rights for the German-speaking market for home and away matches of the German Champions League clubs, as well as additional matches in l
The European Handball Federation is set to sign a TV deal with the Eurosport Group, which means a massive increase in the coverage of Champions League Handball.
In a survey of sports industry experts carried out by the ISS Institute for Sport Management and accountants Deloitte, 70 per cent predicted that new media revenue across the sports would rise by 5 to
German football, basketball and handball leagues are set to get a significant boost to revenues from internet and mobile rights.
UEFA agreed a three-year deal with ProSiebenSat.1 for rights to the centralised part of the UEFA Cup including matches featuring German teams, the UEFA Cup Final and the UEFA Super Cup each season.
UEFA awarded the free to air UEFA Cup and Super Cup rights to commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1.
The Uefa Cup rights comprise quarter-final matches through to the final. The Uefa Super Cup is contested each year by the reigning Uefa Champions League and Uefa Cup holders in Monaco.
Romanian commercial broadcaster Antena 1 acquired the rights for the Uefa Cup latter stages and the Uefa Super Cup for the next three seasons.
The broadcasters acquired the rights for the first choice matches of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of the Uefa Cup as well as the Uefa Super Cup for the next three seasons.
NOS and RTL have been awarded broadcast rights to Uefa Cup from 2006-2009 and Uefa Super Cup from 2006-2008 in the Netherlands.
In Portugal, RTP acquired the rights for the first choice matches as well as highlights each match night.
Uefa agreed deals with public-service broadcaster RTP in Portugal and Pay-TV broadcaster Premiere in Germany for the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals for the 2006-2009 period and the Uefa Super Cup from 2006 to 2008.
Thursday 24 August 2006 - Draw for the 2006/07 Uefa Champions League group stage, including the “Uefa Club Football Awards”
Uefa, European football’s governing body announced the schedule of events for its Champions League draw, Uefa Cup draw and the traditional season-opening Super Cup match.
ITV beat off rival bidders to secure the package for a three-year term.
UK commercial network ITV has won the exclusive broadcast rights to show the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, semi-finals and final between 2006 and 2009.
Spain and Germany lead the ratings with almost 75 per cent of all audiences.
The EHF Handball Champions League enjoyed TV ratings reaching almost 4 million viewers for the eight final matches played in December.
The sports rights agency will continue to be the exclusive worldwide marketer of the TV and media rights (internet, audio and wireless rights) to all handball World Cup games during the contract perio
Sportfive and the IHF (International Handball Federation) have agreed to extend their collaboration through to the end of 2009.
The sports rights agency will continue to be the exclusive worldwide marketer of the TV and media rights (internet, audio and wireless rights) to all handball World Cup games during the contract perio
Sportfive and the IHF (International Handball Federation) have agreed to extend their collaboration through to the end of 2009.
TV2/Danmark A/S, TV2 AS Norway and TV4 AB Sweden have entered agreements with Infront Sports & Media, the exclusive commercial partner of the European Handball Federation (EHF), for their respective t
Deals have been signed with Scandinavian broadcasters for television rights to the men’s and women’s European Handball Championships in 2008 and 2010.
It takes place in St Petersburg, Russia from December 5 to 18, 2005.
International online bookmaker Expekt.com is the new official title sponsor of the IHF XVII Women's World Championship.
It was felt that the quality of the female boxing was not up to Olympic standards.
Despite the changes, women will still be outnumbered by men in Beijing, reports aroundtherings.com
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.
Zee Sports, the first Indian private sports channel, will also market all the domestic tournaments of AIFF including the Federation Cup, Santosh Trophy, National Football League and Super Cup.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and Zee Sports have signed an exclusive 10-year telecast deal for all domestic soccer matches.
It follows the disputes between the factions controlling the USACA that were unable to agree on a unified team to represent the country.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has withdrawn its invitation to the United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) to send a team to contest the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
A present member of the executive management team his previous roles at the IRB were as IRB Sevens manager and acting head of the tournaments department.
Mark Egan has been appointed head of the International Rugby Board’s new rugby services department.
It has agreed various deals, mainly in soccer, via its German-based sponsorship consulting agency SMI Sport & Entertainment, Hamburg.
HC6rmann KG, Steinhagen (Germany), a leading European manufacturer of construction elements, has strengthened its commitment to sport sponsorship across the continent.
The agreement will support the national under-21 team in its preparations and participation in the World Youth Netball Championships, which take place in Florida, including involvement at the 2005 Sup
England’s under-21 netball squad has signed a sponsorship deal with the California Prune Board, the world’s leading producer of quality prunes.
The semi-finals will take place from October 23 to 25 with the final taking place from October 27 to 30.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Namibia will host the semi-finals and final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005.
Its international standard of event ‘Look’ was brought to all the venues of the region's most prestigious sporting event.
Icon Display, London-based specialists in sports event branding, provided the services of its newly-launched Icon Look division for the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup.
Infront, responsible for global TV rights sales and production for the soccer World Cup, has acquired a 100 per cent shareholding in Swedevent.
Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based international sports marketing company, has purchased Swedevent AB, one of Sweden’s leading event marketing companies.
IRB chief executive, Mike Miller, said: “Phase one of the IRB’s modernisation was the historic decision by Council last November to adopt a new governance structure and strategic plan.
The International Rugby Board (IRB) says an internal management restructure will allow it to better manage and implement a strategic plan for the game’s stakeholders.
When Maria Sharapova won the ladies’ singles title at Wimbledon last summer she reacted like any other teenager and whipped out her mobile phone.
Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews the issues of the past seven days.
The 12-team NFL begins in Kolkata on January 12 with a match between defending champions East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, reports NewIndPress.com.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will sponsor India's 9th National Football League (NFL) at a cost of Rs.70 million ($1.6million), making it the biggest sponsorship deal in Indian soccer.
Dolphin, a first time sponsor of the tournament, will join other global and regional companies supporting this completely repackaged event.
Dolphin Energy Limited, the UAE-based energy company, has signed up as a main sponsor for the four-sport Arabian Gulf Cup.
The deal covers all events from 2004 to 2006, including the men’s, women’s and youth events.
Infront Sports & Media has signed an agreement with Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH as an Official Sponsor of the European Handball Championships.
"We're holding just $40,000 simply because we want the players to pay their taxes to the government first before they demand the remaining money," said team manager Ramesh Bhalla.
The Kenyan Cricket Association (KCA) has ruled out a "serious dispute" with rebel players who are demanding full payment of prize money from the 2003 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy before agreeing a new deal.
Czech TV is a public free-to-air broadcaster for the Czech Republic and the agreements will ensure maximum coverage and audiences for these two sports, both very popular in the region with ice hockey
Infront Sports & Media has reached two long-term agreements with Czech TV for television rights to the IIHF World Championships in ice hockey from 2007 to 2011 and the European Handball Championships between 2004 and 2010.
The two deals will see the games broadcast in the UK by free-to-air, terrestrial, commercial network ITV and terrestrial network M6 in France.
European soccer governing body UEFA has signed its first TV rights deals to the UEFA Cup finals in 2005 and 2006 – and the UEFA Super Cup match in 2005.
The move indicates that Abu Dhabi-based Etihad is adopting a similar sponsorship strategy to other airlines in the region, in particular its Dubai-based rival Emirates.
Recently formed Etihad Airlines has secured its first sponsorship deal as platinum sponsor of the 17th Gulf Cup to be held in Doha, Qatar in December.
While the decision of Zurich’s authorities not to go ahead with the stadium upgrade required to host matches in the city was a key concern of increasingly jittery UEFA, the executive is also worried
UEFA’s executive committee has called on the Swiss and Austrian authorities to make a greater commitment to the Euro 2009 championship which the two countries will host.
The details form part of the bid team’s candidature file to be delivered to the IOC on November 15.
The team behind the Paris 2012 Olympic bid has announced its strategic plan on transportation, venues and dates should it win the right to host the Games.
The deal, agreed between European soccer’s governing body and Fox Sports International, includes the UEFA Super Cup and incorporates Spanish-language sports TV services Fox Sports en Espanol in the
Fox Sports World has secured a deal to continue as the exclusive US TV broadcaster of soccer’s UEFA Cup.
The new deal extends the current contract to include the men’s and women’s European Handball Championships in 2008 and 2010.
The European Handball Federation (EHF) has extended its long-term marketing partnership with Infront.
ACMilan.com, produced jointly by the Milan Channel and MP Web – the new media arm of Italian firm Media Partners – will now play in a key part in activating the club’s brand in the region.
Italian soccer giant AC Milan has launched the Japanese version of its official website.
Infront - formerly KirchSport, prior to a management buy-out - says the deal to buy Sponsor Service Finland Oy, will strengthen its operations in the Nordic region and increase its focus on winter spo
Infront Sports & Media has acquired a Nordic sports marketing company in what it describes as its first step in building a strong base in the region.
Although previously announced in November, today marks the first day of business under the new name and concludes the transaction for the management-supported buyout by a group of shareholders led by
KirchSport is no more, after executives concluded the transition to Infront Sports & Media, heralding the official changeover to the new corporate name.
NTT Com, which is already a partner for the UEFA Cup Final and UEFA Super Cup, will act as the official hosting partner for Euro 2004.
Japanese technology firm NTT Com has signed up as the official IT partner to the Euro 2004 tournament to be held in Portugal.
As part of a geographical streamlining of its business, the German media giant has decided to shut down its London operations, effective from 30 September of this year, following the integration of th
Dorfman goes as the downsizing of the financially troubled Kirch Group continues with the closure of its Kirch Sport office in London.
It follows the merger of marketing agencies CWL and Prisma with the holding company KirchSport.
KirchMedia has completed a further phase of restructuring its sports division.
At the end of last year, UFA merged with French firms Sport+ and Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon to form Sportfive - a new sport marketing 'superbody'.
German sports rights broker UFA Sports has confirmed it is changing its name - branding its operation as Sportfive.
Under the deal, a group of eight to 10 companies will be offered a series of rights inside the Nou Camp stadium, relating not only to the football team, but also the club's professional basketball, ha
Spanish soccer giant FC Barcelona has signed a six-year partnership agreement with Havas Advertising Sports to develop a marketing programme targeted at top Spanish and international companies.
The agreement includes official sponsor status at the Luge World Cup, the European Championships in 2002, the World Championships 2003-2005, and the Super Cup on December 28, 2001, as well as title sp
Germany’s Krombacher Brewery is to become a major sponsor of luge, following the announcement of a three-year deal with KirchSport AG.
Their clash against Bayern Munich is pencilled in for November 27 but the Argentinians are still awaiting confirmation of the venue from the world governing body.
Argentinan soccer team Boca Juniors has still received no official notice from FIFA that the Intercontinental Cup will take place in Japan.
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Bhichai Rattakul, chairman of the Bangkok Asian Games Organising Committee (BAGOC), told Reuters Saudi officials said they were pulling out because of the approaching Ramada
Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from next month's Asian Games in Bangkok because the event clashes with religious and national festivals at home, Thai officials have said.
The African Champions League winners Ghana's Hearts of Oak will host the game against Zamalek, who won last year's African Cup Winners' Cup, in the one-off game at Accra's Sports stadium on February 1
Egyptian club Zamalek are asking the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a switch in the venue of this year's African Super Cup from Ghana because of concerns about safety.
But a motion for them to be quoted on the Bourse, the Paris stock exchange, was not carried.
The French parliament have adopted a draft law governing professional sports clubs that allows clubs to take on a new status as limited companies and to sell shares.
The deal covers rights to the next four African Nations Cup finals and CAF's three annual club competitions until 2008.
The French company's previous contract with CAF runs out on December 31.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will sign a $50 million marketing and television rights agreement with French company Groupe Jean-Claude Darmon in February, say CAF officials.
Jai-alai, a Basque version of handball played with a long curved basket strapped to the wrist, will now be on six days a week at a stadium in central Manila.
A popular Philippine spectator sport was relaunched recently, 13 years after it was banned following a game-fixing scandal, and hundreds of punters joined the action.
Speaking at a Tokyo news conference on Wednesday night before starting preparations for Tuesday's clash between his Argentinian side and Spain's Real Madrid, Bianchi said South American teams did not
Financial muscle has led to the recent European domination of soccer's annual Intercontinental Cup, according to Boca Juniors' head coach Carlos Bianchi.
But the court declined to issue a temporary restraining order on gambling operations based on jai-alai, a handball game that originated in the Basque region.
The Philippines' Supreme Court has ordered a state-owned gambling firm to reply to a suit that seeks to halt the operations of a controversial game.
The sports include championship competitions in archery, badminton, bowling, karate, racquetball,
team handball, water polo and weightlifting.
Omega Networks has launched www.ticket2sports.com a broadband, online sports resource providing fans with a virtual ticket to video-on-demand for amateur sports.
Kirch said its sports rights unit TaurusSport had agreed to buy 95 percent of CWL, which sells advertising for the German Soccer Federation and European television rights for a number of foreign socce
German media group Kirch has agreed to buy Swiss sports rights marketing company CWL Telesport & Marketing AG in a move to expand its international soccer business.
The undisclosed consideration was funded by a placement of iSport Group stock to Britsport shareholders, including its founders and the venture capital group, Scottish Equity Partners.
iSport.com a global sports media company providing internet based sports administration and communication services, has acquired Britsport.com Ltd.
FOX Sports World, which will be available to the more than 5.4 million households that subscribe to the DIRECTV high-power service, will be added to the Total Choice GOLD and PLATINUM packages at no a
DIRECTV, the leading US digital pay-TV entertainment service, has reached an affiliate agreement with FOX Sports World to offer the network on the DIRECTV programming line-up beginning September 1, 1999.
Crowds in excess of 100,000 are expected to watch the Millennium Super Soccer Cup, which will include teams such as Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and Cameroon.
India will host an international soccer tournament next January.
The six-year contract covers all England matches at Twickenham (other than the Six Nations) and includes The Zurich Premiership, Zurich Championship play-offs and the Zurich Championship Final.
England Rugby, the new joint venture between the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and Premier Rugby has appointed the largest independent television production company in the UK, TWI, to handle its sales of international television rights in overseas markets.
A new logo for the one-off match has been created by international brand consultancy Design Bridge.
Tomorrow?s UEFA Supercup in Monaco between Real Madrid (winners of the Champions League) and Galatasary (winners of the UEFA Cup) has been given a new brand identity.
UEFA.com will act as the cornerstone of UEFA New Media, the arm of UEFA charged with identifying and exploiting new opportunities in the online world.
European soccer?s governing body, UEFA, has relaunched its website ? which will spearhead its new media division.
Second leg matches are scheduled for August 24/25 but Galatasaray, the UEFA Cup winners, are due to play European champions Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco on August 25.
Galatasaray have been told by UEFA they can bring forward their Champions League third qualifying round second leg.
The tournament had been due to start in July, but the game's governing body put it back until 2003, blaming scheduling problems and the bankruptcy of marketing partner ISL.
The postponement of this year's FIFA World Club Championship in Spain could damage soccer?s credibility in Japan, according to the president of J. League club Jubilo Iwata.
The Financial times reports that these could include media companies or private equity firms keen to exploit the value in owning the rights to leading sports franchises.
Benfica, the leading Portuguese soccer club wants to recapitalise itself and is set to announce plans to offer up to 25 per cent to outside investors.
The South China Morning Post says TVB has also won the rights to this month?s Champions League final. No figures to the deal were disclosed.
TVB, the free-to-air Hong Kong-based broadcaster, has gained the rights to the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup for the next three years.
Filming started earlier this season and cameras followed the European champions to Tokyo to witness their triumph over Palmeiras in the Intercontinental Cup and were also with them in Brazil for the W
Manchester United could be about to hit the big screen after it was revealed movie star Mel Gibson?s film company Icon Productions is to make a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the club.
The players, who blame bad administration for the crisis, say the clubs in the three divisions of the professional league are more than $100 million in debt to them.
Argentina's professional soccer players decided to start an indefinite strike on Monday because they claim the clubs owe them millions in unpaid wages and bonuses.
The delegation will be headed by Jacques Rogge, the IOC official overseeing the Athens Games. In October, Rogge called on the Greek organisers to speed up work and end internal bickering.
Representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will visit Athens on January 26 and 27 to discuss preparations for the 2004 Summer Games, an Athens 2004 official has said.
Victoria state Sports Minister Justin Madden said basketball would join hockey, netball and seven-a-side rugby as the four team sports at the four-yearly Commonwealth Games in Australia's second large
Basketball will be played at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in Melbourne in 2006 but cricket is likely to be ruled out, state officials have said.
"This is not just something we are thinking about, but the government itself as well," an ATHOC source said.
Athens Olympics organisers said they were considering building a permanent 14,000-seat stadium at the site of the Athens airport to stage the qualifying rounds of the Olympic basketball tournament.
Corinthians of Brazil, who beat Vasco da Gama in the final 12 months ago, will not have the chance the defend their title.
The 12 teams are:
Asia
UEFA Cup and European Super Cup winners Galatasaray and European champions Real Madrid will represent Europe at the second World Club Championship from July 29 to August 12 in Spain, FIFA said on Thursday.
The figures compare with a loss of #400,000 on a turnover of #23.7 million the previous year.
Chelsea Village, the company which operates English Premier League soccer club Chelsea, made a profit of #2.1 million ($ 3.2 million) on a turnover of #88 million in the year to June 30, 1998.
No figure of the four-year deal has been revealed, but the Norwegian part only is reported to be worth around 40 million Norwegian kronor ($4.5m).
Debt collecting agency Intrum Justitia has clinched a unique ice-hockey sponsorship agreement with four Nordic countries.
General Jaruek Areerajakaran, vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and vice chairman of the committee organising this year's Asian Games in Bangkok, told Reuters he wanted stricter pena
Several countries have withdrawn from events in December's Asian Games, officials of host country Thailand have reported.
The ban follows rioting at the Accra venue that interrupted last month's controversial second leg of the African Champions League final between Hearts of Oak of Ghana and Tunisian club Esperance.
Accra's Sports Stadium has been banned from hosting next month's African Super Cup and the match switched to nearby Kumasi in Ghana, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced in Cairo.
UEFA.com will act as the cornerstone of UEFA New Media, the arm of UEFA charged with identifying and exploiting new opportunities in the online world.
European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, has relaunched its website – which will spearhead its new media division.
