Germany
Business

US sports marketing firm, Envision Sports and Entertainment, is expanding into Europe, appointing former ISL chiefs Chris Renner and Mark Devenport in the process.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The vice-president of German soccer giants Bayern Munich, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, has described the UEFA Cup as a "mess" and called on the marketing of TV rights to be centralised.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Global Sportnet, the Hamburg-based marketing and consulting company, has secured the worldwide television and advertising rights to all UEFA Cup home matches of Milan-based soccer team FC Internazionale outside of two Italian territories.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has said athletes should not be excluded from the Olympic Games because of their country's politics.

Next year's French Formula One Grand Prix has been pushed back to the end of July to avoid any clash with the 2002 World Cup soccer finals.

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.

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.

FIFA, the soccer world’s governing body, has confirmed an afternoon kick-off time for England and Germany's final World Cup qualifying games on October 6.
Media

Sports.com, the internet and mobile data reported a record 6.8 million visitors and 455 million audited page views in July making the most visited digital sports channel in Europe.

CART organisers in Germany have hailed the event a ‘huge success’ – and now English hopes are high as the CART road show rides to Rockingham.
Business

Doubts over the wisdom of staging the first CART race in the UK next weekend are intensifying following events in Germany.
Events

NASCAR has followed the lead of the NFL and Major League Baseball, by postponing its activities this weekend, in the light of the tragedy in the US early this week.

CART CEO Joseph Heitzler has confirmed this weekend’s inaugural European race will take place – as reported yesterday on sportbusiness.com.
Sponsorship & Marketing

UFA Sports has signed a deal with Turkish soccer club Galatasaray to act as the marketing agency for the club for four years .

The first European CART race this weekend is expected to take place in Germany, despite security fears following Tuesday's terrorist attack in the US.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sportsetail, the merchandising business owned as a joint venture by the UK’s Hay & Robertson and BSkyB, has reached a European product and distribution agreement with FIFA for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Business

Amer Sports - the B
Business

International sports leaders like to pretend to others, if not themselves, that sport is blissfully removed from politics.