United Arab Emirates

Following the buy-out of the Australian arm of the now bankrupt Sportsworld Media Group by the group's former majority stakeholder Jeff Chapman, the Antipodean unit has undergone a rebrand.

Following the buy-out of the Australian arm of the now bankrupt Sportsworld Media Group by the group's former majority stakeholder Jeff Chapman, the Antipodean unit has undergone a rebrand.

Jeff Chapman, the former majority shareholder in the bankrupt Sportsworld Media plc, has told sportbusiness.com that it is "unlikely" he will buy any of the UK assets or businesses of the company.

Sportsworld Media, placed in administration on March 27 when it failed to find a buyer after its debt facility expired, has sold two of the firm's international operations to the company's original owner, Australian entrepreneur Jeff Chapman.

FIFA presidential candidate Issa Hayatou failed to appear at leading football event Soccerex this morning - pulling out of his planned keynote speech at the last minute.

Soccerex president Tony Martin has told delegates at the international conference in Dubai: "We have political mayhem at the very top of our game."

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will deliver a keynote address today on day one of Soccerex in Dubai.

The Football Association (FA) has boosted its sponsorship coffers further after signing a two-year deal with British Airways.

A TV rights row in the Caribbean could mean West Indies cricket fans may miss out on watching their team’s first Test match in Sri Lanka.

England have withdrawn from the International Rugby Board's World Sevens tournament in Dubai next month.

The first round of the World Sevens Series has been moved from Dubai to Durban in South Africa, the International Rugby Board (IRB) has said.

Potential All Black players have been given until next week to advise whether they are available to tour Ireland, Scotland and Argentina because of security fears stemming from the US-led military strikes on Afghanistan.

United Arab Emirates cricket authorities demanded yesterday that all of their team's matches in the ICC Trophy be replayed because two of their top players were refused entry into Canada.

Action and free sports broadcaster Extreme International has reported a 75 percent increase in sales for the eight months prior to September of this year.

English Premier League soccer club Chelsea has decided to remove the name of its sponsors, the airline Emirates, from its shirts when the team plays in Israel later this month in deference to the political instability in the Middle East.

The Dubai Sevens, the opening rugby tournament in the World Sevens Series, could be scrapped because of uncertainties associated with the aftermath of the US terrorist attacks.