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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.

The geographical spread of sport's importance and impact will be the focus of the 2010 SportAccord Convention's conference session.

President of the Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) and chairman of Generations For Peace, Prince Feisal Al Hussein, has been nominated to become a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum has not let the credit crisis gripping Dubai curb his spending on racehorses, after he spent $1.95 million on eight foals at the Tattersalls sales in Newmarket, England.

The MP & Silva sports media agency has agreed a deal to exclusively distribute in Italy, the Middle East and Oceania, and non-exclusively in Asia, UEFA’s documentary film about the experiences of the refereeing team at Euro 2008.