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Mobile phone maker Sony Erisson has extended for two years its sponsorship of the Women's Tennis Association, but has cut the value the of the deal and lost competition naming rights, the Financial Times reports.

The MP & Silva agency has extended its deal to sell the international media rights for the Kuwait national football teams to cover qualification matches for 2012 and 2016 Olympics, the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 Asian Football Confederations (AFC) Cup.

FIFA worldwide Master Licensee Global Brands Group (GBG) has signed a four-year deal that will see Saudi retailer Fawaz Alhokair and Company (JSC) operate 14 official FIFA stores in the Middle East and North Africa.

ESPN has launched ESPN Player, a new online video streamer for Europe and in the Middle East similar to its US service ESPN360.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter is among a list of high-profile speakers at a session on sport’s autonomy and relationship with government at this year’s SportAccord Convention.

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, President of the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC), and Marisol Casado, President of the International Triathlon Union (ITU), were elected as members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 122nd General Assembly in Vancouver on Friday.

If England win this year's football World Cup, refunds will be given on the cost of a Soccerex European Forum ticket for anyone who registered between 15 and 26 February.

If a Saudi Arabian team wins this year’s Asian Champions League the country’s football federation will pay it a $1 million bonus.

Dubai today opens the 4.6 billion-dirham ($1.25 billion) Meydan horseracing complex that can hold 80,000 people and includes a 290-room five-star hotel.

Qatar is set to take world handball’s leading club competition to new heights by hosting the International Handball Federation’s ‘Super Globe’ championship over the next four years.

Organisers of the Dubai Marathon have announced a $1 million bonus is on offer to a runner who sets a new world record.

Details of this year’s SportAccord Convention in Dubai were unveiled yesterday at a press conference headed by HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced a sponsorship deal with the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid for its Congress in Angola on January 29.

Kuwait’s National Olympic Committee has been suspended by the International Olympic Committee because of political interference by Kuwait’s government.

MP & Silva agreed an exclusive, multi-year agreement with the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) for media rights involving the Iranian National and Olympic teams, for all territories worldwide, excluding Iran.

The two-year legal battle over the terms of the 33rd America's Cup sailing competition could be over, after defending champions Alinghi have accepted the latest court ruling on the venue for the event.