Oceania

The Pacific Islanders fight for inclusion in an expanded Super 12 received backing from unexpected quarters, with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark supporting the Islanders Alliance.

A New Zealand-based company has introduced leading edge texting technology to America’s biggest sporting code.

The Pacific Islanders fight for inclusion in an expanded Super 12 received backing from unexpected quarters, with Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark supporting the Islanders Alliance.

The hunt for a new IOC marketing director is almost at an end, with Olympic chiefs set to offer the position to the successful candidate this weekend, sportbusiness.com can reveal.

Another leading industry figure has joined the line-up for the first International Sports Security Summit taking place in London latter this year.

Cricket governing body the ICC has appointed Gullivers Sports Travel as the official tour operator for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 in England.

Organisers of the Athens Olympic Games have confirmed security costs for the event have risen to a staggering $1.5bn.

Satellite services company GlobeCast Australia has teamed up with Sportsbrand Media Group to create the first full-time, fixed international satellite uplink facility in Melbourne.

A V8 Supercar race planned for New Zealand could generate as much as NZ$36.7m (EUR19.3m/U$23.8m) a year to the local economy, according to a new study.

Australian cricket chiefs have reacted with delight after the sport’s governing body, the ICC, awarded it the right to host the inaugural ICC Super Series next year.

Europe will host the 2009 IAAF World Championships after the final bids to stage the athletics showcase were received by the sport’s governing body.

The Australian Football League, Cricket Australia and Netball Australia have teamed up to spearhead a major campaign to help fight childhood obesity.

Airline Emirates is to sponsor Team New Zealand in its challenge for the next edition of yachting’s top event, the America’s Cup.

London 2012 Olympic bid officials have turned to the former COO of the Sydney Games to help them in their race to land the event.

IEC in Sports says it is expecting increased demand for its swimming properties following the Athens Olympic Games.

Australian golfer Karrie Webb has split with agents IMG and teamed up with AJB Sports Management.