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The Solheim Cup will return to Sweden in 2007, the Ladies European Tour (LET) has confirmed - and has already won new commercial support.

Benfield Sports International (BSI) has agreed a four-year deal with Swedish chemical products company VEIDEC to be elite sponsors of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).

The former head of sport for France 2 and France 3 has taken up his position as the new Secretary General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

The Women's World Cup soccer final between Germany and Sweden set TV ratings records in both countries.

Pan-regional broadcaster Viasat Sport has renewed its TV rights deal for coverage of the US PGA Tour.

Sports marketing has a major new player after rights agency Global Sportnet and communications giant Mindshare joined forces to increase their presence within the sector through the formation of a new company.

Print communications firm Oki has unveiled its first ever pan-European sports sponsorship deal for a new sailing race - the Oki European Challenge 2005.

With the Solheim Cup about to tee off, UK pay-TV network Sky Sports has renewed its rights agreement with the Ladies European Tour for a further three years.

Gambling firm Ladbrokes has signed an agreement with Benfield Sports International (BSI) to be title sponsors of the forthcoming FIM Czech Republic Speedway Grand Prix.

Lamine Diack has been re-elected – unopposed – as president of the IAAF for another four-year term.

The Women's World Ice Hockey Championships is the latest event to be cancelled due to the spread of the SARS virus.

FIFA has confirmed the Women's World Cup Finals will be staged in the US after being pulled out of China due to the SARS virus - as predicted more than four weeks ago on sportbusiness.com.

UEFA has confirmed Lars-Christer Olsson as its new chief executive - replacing Gerhard Aigner who retires at the end of the year.

ESPN has signed a number of major new European TV deals for the Indy Racing League, just prior to its calendar highlight, the Indianapolis 500 this weekend.

FIFA has confirmed it will be a straight shoot-out between the US and Sweden to host the rescheduled Women's World Cup finals.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed the commonly held belief that the US is hot favourite to host the rescheduled Women's World Cup, after the event was pulled out of China because of the SARS epidemic.