China
Envision takes on Europe
US sports marketing firm, Envision Sports and Entertainment, is expanding into Europe, appointing former ISL chiefs Chris Renner and Mark Devenport in the process.
Pollution clean-up for Beijing Games
Chinese steel maker Shougang Corp will move its dirtiest plants out of heavily polluted Beijing, host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, by the end of this year.
New York Games offer rejected
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.
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IOC president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.
NBA calls off Far East tour
The NBA has called a planned series of exhibition games in the Far East next week in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the US.
MP Web secures AC Parma internet rights
MP Web, the new media company of Milan-based sports marketers Media Partners Group, and Italian Serie A soccer club AC Parma have signed an exclusive management agreement for the official website of AC Parma until 2009.
Olympic decision – Cities currently delivering final presentations
The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games have begun delivering their final presentations ahead of this afternoon's decision in Moscow around 3.30pm BST.
Olympic decision – Beijing presents powerful images to IOC
Beijing combined evocative images of ancient and modern China in its final bid for the 2008 Olympics on Friday just hours before the International Olympics Committee (IOC) votes on the host.
Olympic decision – Osaka eliminated
The Japanese city of Osaka was eliminated in the first round of voting by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the right to host the 2008 Summer Games.
Breaking news – Olympic decision – Beijing to host 2008 Olympic games
Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games after an International Olympic Committee vote in Moscow.
Olympic decision – Beijing guaranteed $1.2 billion in TV deals
Beijing will be guaranteed at least $1.2 billion from the sales of television rights and sponsorships for the Olympic Games.
Olympic decicion – How Beijing won it
Beijing's victory came seven years after it lost to Sydney by two votes in the election for the 2000 Olympics.
London’s chances of hosting the 2012 Olympic games improved
London’s hopes of staging the 2012 Olympic Games were enhanced after Beijing was chosen to host the 2008 games.
Beijing to host 2008 Olympics – how the IOC voted
Vote totals from Friday's balloting to pick the host city for the 2008 Olympics:
Olympic decision – Exiled Tibetan Govenrment slams Beijing games award
The Dalai Lama's Tibetan government-in-exile slammed the choice of Beijing as the venue for the 2008 Olympics on Friday and said it would encourage repression in China.
Olympic decision – Crooks resigns over Toronto bid
Charmaine Crooks, a former Olympic middle-distance runner, resigned abruptly from the IOC's ethics commission on Friday in a dispute over her role in Toronto's bid for the 2008 Games.
Olympic decision – Beijing bid shows politics still permeates sport
International sports leaders like to pretend to others, if not themselves, that sport is blissfully removed from politics.
Rogge on China 2008: ‘We can’t solve internal problems’
The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.