Americas

Peter Dicks, chairman of online gambling company Sportingbet, has quit his post. The move follows his arrest in America last week on charges of “gambling by computer”

The National Football League (NFL) and Apple® agreed a deal for highlights of all Regular Season NFL Games & NFL GameDay to be available via the iTunes store.

European Tour Productions will produce The Ryder Cup for the first time ever in High Definition format.

The arrest of online bookmaker Sportingbet’s chairman Peter Dicks in the US is linked to "the alleged violation of Louisiana State laws relating to gambling by computer".

Pan-European broadcaster Eurosport extended its TV deal with the US Tennis Association for the US Open for an additional six years until the 2012 US Open.

IEC in Sports has added a number of new broadcast partners for the World of Athletics show.

The Football Association of Wales is set to receive a windfall of around £100,000 from gate receipts and the sale of broadcasting rights for its match against Brazil this week.

A $5m winner takes all 20/20 Super Star match in the West Indies, funded by billionaire cricket investor Allen Stanford, been cancelled because of a scheduling conflict.

The NFL has signed a new long-term deal keeping Facility Merchandising Incorporated (FMI) as the exclusive merchandise partner for the Super Bowl.

US Open chiefs have admitted they had investigated putting a roof on the Arthur Ashe Stadium – but turned their noses up at the $100m price tag.

Tokyo has been selected by the Japanese Olympic Committee to battle it out as the nation’s bid city for the 2016 Olympic Games.

The US Tennis Association has turned its back on potentially millions of dollars and opted not to sell the naming rights to its new National Tennis Centre.

It is already naming sponsor of the WTA Tour – now Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has served up its latest tennis deal; a $20m-plus, four-year contract for title sponsorship of the former Nasdaq-100 Open.

Soccer channel GolTV has confirmed a new exclusive multi-year agreement to broadcast Spain’s La Liga in the US and Canada.

The International Rugby Board says the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2006, which kicks off on 31 August in Edmonton, Canada, will be shown on more television stations than ever before.

The London Stock Exchange has announced that Randy Lerner, who owns the Cleveland Browns NFL team, now owns 59.69% of EPL Club Aston Villa.