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The A1 Grand Prix series is looking to further grow its global television audience, with new deals expected soon.

New Zealand will host the 2011 Rugby World Cup after beating Japan and South Africa in an International Rugby Board (IRB) secret ballot in Dublin.

International Rugby Board chiefs will decide today (Thursday) which of Japan, New Zealand and South Africa will host the 2011 World Cup.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) will make the biggest investment in high performance rugby in its 120-year history, after pledging £30million to the sport.

IEC in Sports have signed up to distribute the Stella Artois Championships for a further four-year period from 2006-09.

Swedish city Gothenburg has won the right to host the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships.

French mobile operator SFR S.A. has agreed an exclusive rights deal for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

French mobile operator SFR S.A. has agreed an exclusive rights deal for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Advance screenings of World Rally Championships (WRC) action will be delivered to mobile phones.

Honda, which announced its full take-over of the former BAR Honda F1 team earlier this week, say that while the BAR name may go, little else will change.

The NFL's first visit to Mexico for a regular-season game has paid dividends with an all-time attendance record.

Teams from Austria, Italy and Japan have joined the starting grid for the new A1 Grand Prix series which roars into life this weekend.

The official UEFA website, uefa.com, registered a record number of page views and visits following last night's Champions League games.

Asia's best players are set to take on the elite of Europe in a new team golf competition.

Indy-car racing will shrink from 17 races to 14 in 2006 and compress the smaller season into less than six months, Indy Racing League (IRL) officials have announced.

The IAAF says it is pleased with preliminary ratings for Helsinki's World Championship in Athletics .

The national unions of Australia and Japan have signed an historic Rugby Accord in Tokyo designed to promote cooperation between the two Unions.

The 2009 FISA World Rowing Championships will be hosted by Poznan in Poland.