Football properties account for 79 per cent of spending by broadcasters on sports TV rights in the big five European nations - Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain - in 2011 according to latest figures.
The English Rugby Football Union has told clubs that they will face tougher sanctions next season in order to prevent financial mismanagement.
The Brazilian Olympic Committee announced the creation of an Olympic Athletes’ Commission. The 19-member commission is modeled on the International Olympic Committee Athletes’ Commission.
Tokyo 2016 welcomed the announcement from luxury travel magazine, Wanderlust, that it has chosen Japan as the world’s top destination for international tourists.
The International Olympic Committee received the Candidature Files of all four Candidate Cities for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Rio de Janeiro celebrated the completion of its Candidature File for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Tokyo 2016 welcomed a Japanese government pledge of $17 billion for infrastructure development in Asia.
A Tokyo 2016 Olympic Games would generate the greatest prime-time TV audience in Olympic history according to the Bid’s Deputy Director General, Hidetoshi Maki.
Tokyo 2016 today received a significant boost after the proposed 2009 fiscal budget of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) allocated a fresh 100 billion yen, to the existing contingency fund for 2016 Games preparations.
Spain is confident of another fantastic year of sport in 2009 after the amazing success of 2008.
