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With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.

Infront Sports & Media, the Swiss-based international sports marketing company, has purchased Swedevent AB, one of Sweden’s leading event marketing companies.

ESPN Classic Sport has launched in Portugal on popular cable network Cabovisao.

ESPN Classic Sport has launched in Portugal on popular cable network Cabovisao.

ESPN Classic Sport has today launched digital platform FastTV in Denmark, reflecting the channel’s growing popularity in Scandinavia.

Berlin will host the 2009 World Championships in Athletics after seeing off challenges from Split and Valencia.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) plans to conduct joint research with the world anti-doping agency WADA as it seeks further firepower in the battle against doping.

Following the decision in the British Horseracing Board (BHB)/William Hill case, specialist sports lawyers Olswang have put together this in-depth analysis of the case and its ramifications.

World Wrestling Entertainment has sent both RAWB. and SmackDown!(tm) superstars on simultaneous overseas tours to promote the sport in Europe.

Brussels has withdrawn from the race to host the 2009 World Athletics Championships due to financial difficulties, officials have announced.

Infront Sports & Media has reached an exclusive agreement with a group of leading Nordic broadcasters for a substantial package of rights to FIFA’s top events, including the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

TeliaSonera will be a national sponsor of the European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2006 and will also be supplying communications services during the event.

Infront Nordic Oy, a subsidiary of Infront Sports & Media, has acquired the exclusive rights to organise the new Ladies Finnish Masters golf tournament.

Europe will host the 2009 IAAF World Championships after the final bids to stage the athletics showcase were received by the sport’s governing body.

The North American Sports Network (NASN) is to broadcast exclusive coverage of this summer’s World Cup of Hockey in the UK and Ireland.

Sportfive has emerged as the major player after the English Football Association (FA) confirmed its new European TV partners for the 2004-5 to 2007-8 period.

The new Formula One season gets underway in Australia this weekend – with one leading TV ratings expert predicting the sport is back on track.

MotoGP's TV growth shows no signs of slowing after it clinched a string of rights deals as it continues to rev up for the start of the new season.