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Some 7,000 volunteers for the Almeria 2005 Mediterranean Games being held from June 24 to July 3 will also become volunteers for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, should Madrid win the race to be elected host city.
Events

Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.
Media

Nick Leeson, the ‘rogue trader’ whose trading activities caused the collapse of the UK’s oldest merchant bank Barings in 1995 is to become the new commercial manager of a soccer club.
Events

The start of this year’s SportAccord was marked by a flurry of media interest as the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games touched down for five days of frantic campaigning.
Business

Paris will have the first chance to impress IOC members in a round of presentations which will represent the final chance to influence voting on the host of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Business

New York’s bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games appears to be back on track following the city transportation authority’s decision to allow the New York Jets to build a stadium on Manhattan’s West Side.
Business

Editorial Director reviews the issues of the past seven days.
Events

The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas first round ties on March 4-6 delivered strong television ratings and market shares around the world.

The British Commonwealth is reportedly ready to pledge 40 per cent of the votes London needs to win the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Business

The evaluation commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) praised the "high calibre" of the Paris bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
Events

With less than a week to go before SPORTELAsia 2005, all floor space has been sold and more than 250 companies from 41 countries worldwide have registered for the market.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has announced that Total Sports Asia (TSA), Asia’s leading integrated sports marketing company, will be the exclusive Asian television rights distributor for the US Open.
Media

The World Endurance Championship is set to achieve a wider distribution through television than ever before.
Media

This weekend’s World Group first round ties in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas are set for worldwide television exposure.
Media

Organisers of the 17th Asian Table Tennis Championships have appointed IEC in Sports to handle the worldwide television sales and television co-ordination.
Business

ESPN International has announced several personnel moves within the company’s programming and production units.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Ahead of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) inspection visit, the City of London has pledged more than £1million to the 2012 bid.
Business

The IOC's executive board has urged members to expel vice-president Kim Un-Yong, jailed in South Korea after being found guilty on corruption charges.