SportBusiness Staff

The World Cup will make its debut in Asia today and will be the first time the tournament has been co-hosted by two countries - Japan and South Korea.

England's Football Association is expected to announce a multi-million pound deal today with German bank WestLB to finance the new national stadium at Wembley.

England's Football Association is expected to announce a multi-million pound deal today with German bank WestLB to finance the new national stadium at Wembley.

Sepp Blatter is set to get his ultimate revenge on FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen by dismissing him on the day the World Cup kicks off - a tournament Zen-Ruffinen has been key in organising.

Sepp Blatter is set to get his ultimate revenge on FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen by dismissing him on the day the World Cup kicks off - a tournament Zen-Ruffinen has been key in organising.

The digital thematic service of ice hockey's Toronto Maple Leafs has received a welcome boost as a consequence of the team making the play-offs of North America's Stanley Cup competition.

The digital thematic service of ice hockey's Toronto Maple Leafs has received a welcome boost as a consequence of the team making the play-offs of North America's Stanley Cup competition.

Following the success of its Olympic broadcasts from the Salt Lake City Winter Games this year, US free-to-air network NBC has announced that it is devoting more of its schedule to Olympic sports.

Following the success of its Olympic broadcasts from the Salt Lake City Winter Games this year, US free-to-air network NBC has announced that it is devoting more of its schedule to Olympic sports.

The total prize money at this year's soccer World Cup - which kicks-off tomorrow - will be almost $53m (EUR56m), with the winners scooping $1.6m (EUR1.7m) and the runners-up netting $1.4m (EUR1.5m).