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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says the two sports axed from the Olympics and the five new sports rejected for 2012 should look towards 2009, the next time a programme change will be considered.

Premier League giants Arsenal have agreed an exclusive deal with China.com Inc. to launch an official Chinese website and wireless services in Greater China.

Golf’s 2006 European Tour International Schedule will begin in Shanghai, China, on November 10, 2005.

The biggest ever single event in World Squash will take place at the end of the year when the Men's and Women's World Open Championships are jointly staged for the first time.

Totals Sports Asia Ltd has confirmed that Michael Payne of Formula One Management will be one of the key speakers at their forthcoming Sports Xchange forum at the Hyatt Hotel in Singapore on July 4, 2005.

Ma Guo Li, president of CCTV Sports, has been confirmed as a headline speaker at Sport Xchange to be held in Singapore on July 4.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Nokia have reached a multi-year agreement to expand their US relationship into China.

World Bowls, the sport’s world governing body, has secured the services of 110sport Management Ltd to act as sponsorship, marketing and media consultants.

Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.

McDonald’s Corporation and the NBA are teaming up to bring basketball to hundreds of thousands of fans with NBA events and promotions in four continents.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Namibia will host the semi-finals and final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005.

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The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2005 in Hong Kong from March 18 to 20 will be broadcast to a record number of countries and homes.

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.

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that Total Sports Asia (TSA), Asia’s leading integrated sports marketing company, will be the exclusive Asian television rights distributor for the US Open.

The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) will sponsor the SPORTELAsia 2005 Opening Cocktail.