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Events

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced another year of record TV broadcast figures for the popular IRB Sevens World Series.
Business

Motor racing series A1 Grand Prix unveiled a provisional calendar of 13 races for its second season, 2006-07. The season kicks off on October 1, 2006 at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands and concludes at Brands Hatch in the UK, on April 29, 2007. A New Zealand race, although still to be confirmed, is new to the calendar, while races at the EuroSpeedway and Estoril have disappeared from the calendar.
Events

The FC)dC)ration Internationale de l’Automobile approved the calendar for the 2007 World Rally Championship, adding three new races in Ireland, Norway and Portugal. The new races replace those in Australia, Cyprus and Turkey. The FIA said in a statement that its World Motor Sport Council had approved a calendar which would continue to run on the existing January-November format instead of the proposed August-May switch. It said that it would decide whether to add further events to the calendar at its next World Motor Sport Council meeting.
Events

Chiefs of the A1 Grand Prix series have agreed a variety of technical and commercial changes for the motorsport’s second season.
Stadia

One of the world's largest synthetic turf manufacturers, TigerTurf International has started a push into the North and Latin America markets.
Business

ESPN has reached a new multi-year agreement for European basketball’s top club competition – the Euroleague.
Business

Cricket world governing body the ICC has awarded the 2011 Cricket World Cup to the joint Asian bid of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Business

Cardiff has been awarded a 2009 Ashes Test match, prompting an angry response on behalf of one of the venues that missed out.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Philips shavers have agreed a partnership deal to become the Male Shaving Partner of the WilliamsF1 team in 2006.

The Australian Tax Office will subpoena NRL documents after launching a widespread investigation into the dealings of all rugby league player managers.

Twenty travel agencies from 11 countries across the globe are the first Official Travel Agents (OTAs) approved to sell packages, inclusive of match tickets, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealander Brett O'Riley has become the first non-UK Chairman of the Professional Bowls Association.
Business

Australia and New Zealand have announced a joint bid to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Business

England will compete against a joint venture between New Zealand and Australia for the right to stage the Cricket World Cup in 2015.
Events

French television channel Sport Plus will broadcast engage Super League matches live throughout France for the coming season.
Events

French television channel Sport Plus will broadcast engage Super League matches live throughout France for the coming season.

The Global Ocean Challenge 2007/08, the first ever solo-double around-the-world yacht race, has been unveiled.
Events

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed that 13 members have expressed interest in hosting a Twenty20 World Championship.