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Italian Football League president Maurizio Beretta has labelled the mooted Serie A player strike as an “insensitive” act amid the country’s wider economic problems.

Lucozade has extended its partnership with the English Football Association (FA) to be the official sports and energy drink supplier of the England national football team.

USP Content, a global sports production and distribution company, has been installed as the official radio provider to the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race.

A state auditor report in India has slammed preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and criticised organisers and legislators for a lack of due diligence ahead of last year’s event in Delhi.

Martin Snedden, the head of the Rugby World Cup organising committee, has declared preparations are on track for the event with just a month remaining before the start of the tournament in New Zealand.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has vowed to make sailing as accessible as possible to spectators at the 2012 Olympics.

MediaCom Worldwide has brought in Marcus John from IMG to lead its new sports division.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen has signed up SunPower Corporation as its new main sponsor, with the agreement being sealed shortly before the start of the new 1.Bundesliga season.

Soccerex has announced Match Services AG will be its official travel and accommodation partner for the Soccerex Global Convention taking place later this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

London 2012 organisers on Thursday confirmed that the exterior wrap concept for the Olympic Stadium is to be resurrected, after the project received financial backing from Dow Chemical.

La Liga has become the latest major European league faced with player action after the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) issued warnings over a wage guarantee fund.

European Club Association (ECA) chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has continued his verbal attack on Sepp Blatter by claiming the FIFA president is not fit to run football.

SANZAR chief executive Greg Peters has defended the scheduling of the Super Rugby and Tri-Nations competitions during a World Cup year, stating the events were crucial in ensuring the financial wellbeing of member unions.

Australian cycling has received a boost with the news the WorldTour licence for the Tour Down Under has been extended until 2015, while Beijing is set to become the first Asian stop on the calendar.

Anschutz Entertainment Group’s (AEG) plan to develop a National Football League (NFL) stadium in downtown Los Angeles has cleared a major hurdle by receiving the backing of a city council panel.

World Snooker has teamed up with Perform to launch an online streaming service that aims to boost global interest in the sport.