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Business

England’s Premier League is expected to smash through the £1bn ($1.42bn/B
Business

In recent years, the meteoric rise of technology, telecom and media (TMT) shares on the world's stock markets has changed the face of Formula One sponsorship. The recent downfall in the sector is now hurting the sport as it struggles keep sponsors.

The Thailand Football Association has written to FIFA to request a change of venue for their Asian World Cup qualifying match scheduled for Baghdad on Friday, a Thai official said on Tuesday.
Business

Bob McClaren, the president of business operations at baseball club Houston Astros, will leave the franchise at the end of the season.

Dutch soccer team Feyenoord Rotterdam has hired Scottish-based Carnegie Information Systems, to help it produce a club-wide consumer database.
Events

The Italian government is to give police new powers to combat soccer hooliganism at and other sporting events, the Interior Ministry said.
Business

Figures released by national industry organisation Asociacion Brasilena de Telecomunicaciones por Suscripcion (ABTA) have shown that the number of pay-TV subscribers in Brazil rose by 3 percent in this year’s first quarter.

The Scottish Institute of Sport today announced that golf and judo are set to benefit from inclusion as core sports which will enable them to take advantage of the Institute’s elite level support programmes which are already starting to benefit many of Scotland’s top athletes.

CONTRACT US big screen manufacturers Daktronics has been contracted to design, manufacture and install a perimeter LED display for the Molson Centre, home of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens.
Business

Financial services brand Discover Card has expanded its marketing tie-up with broadcaster ESPN for coverage of US college football.