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UEFA Club Financial Control Panel chairman Jean-Luc Dehaene has revealed he has “some questions” about Manchester City’s groundbreaking sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways.

Sky Italia has hit out at the Italian competition regulator’s decision to broaden a review of the pay-TV channel’s broadcasting rights for football matches to include the UEFA Champions League.

Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has launched ESPN HD and ESPNews on IPTV platform Now TV in Hong Kong.

ORF and ATV have snapped up media rights in Austria for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission chairman Jean-Claude Killy has hailed organisers of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games for “continued progress” in construction projects ahead of the event.

The BBC Trust has approved plans to establish a temporary radio station to cover next year’s Olympics in London and given its backing to a proposal for BBC Three to provide dedicated coverage of the Games.

Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane is optimistic Major League Baseball (MLB) will approve the sale of the franchise to Jim Crane in the next fortnight despite the League’s decision to postpone a vote on the transaction.

Poland’s preparations for UEFA Euro 2012 have taken a major step forward with the official opening of Gdansk’s PGE Arena.

SC Freiburg has become the latest 1.Bundesliga club to agree a major partnership with a solar energy company after sealing a deal with Mage Solar AG.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has struck a multi-year sponsorship renewal with motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.

Investec has signed up as the principle partner of the England and Great Britain women’s hockey teams in a five-year deal.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ended months of speculation on Saturday by confirming that Istanbul would bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games.

London's Olympic Village has been sold for £557 million to a joint venture between Delancey and Qatari Diar, the property arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

Heathrow Airport has signed up as domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics in a tier three agreement.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has maintained that the country will be ready for the 2014 FIFA World Cup by insisting that stadia construction will be completed on time.

Arsenal has agreed a three-year deal that sees Carlsberg become the club’s official beer partner.