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US Champ Car motor racing team Walker Racing has signed a new business and development deal with Air China.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics will be held two weeks later than originally planned because of weather concerns.

A US Supreme Court has ruled that a lawsuit against sportswear giant Nike, alleging it lied about conditions in its overseas factories, can go ahead.

Adidas has signed a six-year deal with the China Football Association, extending its agreement to support football in the country until 2010.

Leading Japanese construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu says its sales in China are likely to more than treble in the next three years as the build-up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing intensifies.

Formula One's world governing body has made a major u-turn and scrapped its plans for a ban on tobacco advertising in 2006.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has renewed its TV rights agreement with international swimming federation FINA for a further two years.

Hong Kong is to bid to host the 5th East Asian Games scheduled to be held in 2009.

England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka are to be given some of the money withheld by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after this year's Cricket World Cup, but India are forced to wait.

Ehsan Mani has been officially appointed as the new president of the International Cricket Council at the governing body's annual general meeting and immediately confirmed that some of the 2007 World Cup games could take place in the US.

The new 27,500-seater Home Depot Center in California has been confirmed as the host venue for the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer final later this year.

Global Cricket Corporation's compensation claim following the Cricket World Cup earlier this year is set to loom large on the agenda of the ICC during a week-long series of meetings taking place in London.

US Soccer has unveiled the venues to play host to this year's rescheduled FIFA Women's World Cup.

FIFA is set to change the cycle of presidential elections in a bid to avoid the messy battle witnessed during the run-up to last summer's World Cup in Korea and Japan - in a move which is set to extend Sepp Blatter's mandate for a further year.

Speaking at the FT Business of Sport conference, UEFA communications director Mike Lee revealed that the governing body's revenue from TV rights sales in Japan has risen considerably.

It is looking increasingly likely that the ATP tennis tournament in Beijing, that was postponed from its original start date of September 8, will be cancelled all together.

The Women's World Ice Hockey Championships is the latest event to be cancelled due to the spread of the SARS virus.

The Belgian government is planning a last-ditch attempt to help its Spa motor racing arena regain its place on the Formula One circuit.