United Kingdom
SKY TO SPONSOR SPORTS BOOK AWARD
Sky Sports will sponsor the main award, the Autobiography Of The Year, at the fourth British Sports Book Awards.
YORKSHIRE TO REVEAL HEADINGLEY FUTURE
Yorkshire County Cricket Club is to reveal plans to buy its Headingley home this morning (Wednesday).
MOFFETT SLAMS EUROPEAN RUGBY
Departing Welsh Rugby Union CEO David Moffett predicts troubled times ahead for professional rugby union in Europe.
TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY AGENTS ANNOUNCED FOR RWC 2007
Rugby World Cup Ltd and Rugby Travel and Hospitality ’07 Ltd has appointed Official Travel Agents (OTAs) and Official Corporate Hospitality Agents (OCHAs) for Rugby World Cup 2007.
YORKSHIRE TO BUY HEADINGLEY
Yorkshire County Cricket Club looks set to buy the Headingley Cricket Ground and secure future income streams, allowing it to stage Test matches there until 2019.
RED LION TEAMS UP WITH PANTHERS
Red Lion, a management, marketing, and sponsorship consultancy, has signed a deal with Australian NRL side Penrith Panthers.
NATIONWIDE TO DROP ENGLAND SPONSORSHIP
Nationwide Building Society will not be renewing its sponsorship arrangements with the Football Association when the current deal expires after the World Cup in 2006.
FUNDING BOOST FOR SCHOOLS CRICKET
Schools cricket in England is set to benefit from a £2million Lottery investment by Sport England.
CLIPPER VENTURES INTO PROFITABILITY
Clipper Ventures, organisers of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and the VELUX 5 Oceans Race, recorded pre-tax profits of £570,000 for the six months to October 2005.
LONDON 2012 HANDED TIMETABLE
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has drawn up a list of deadlines for London 2012 chiefs to meet every year in the run-up to the Games.
PREMIER PARTNER FOR SECURITY SUMMIT
SunGard Vivista, a leading UK software and IT company, has become a Premier Partner of the second International Sports Security Summit.
NEW COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR FOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE
The Football League has appointed Stewart Thomson as its new commercial director.
THE WEEK THAT WAS…..
Editorial director Kevin Roberts on some of the key issues of the past seven days.
IOC WARNS LONDON NOT TO REPEAT ATHENS’ MISTAKES
Organisers of the London 2012 Olympic Games have been told to not delay on starting work on preparations to host the event to avoid the problems faced by Athens last year.
WELSH RUGBY PLAYER DEAL SECURED
A major two-year deal has been agreed between the Welsh Rugby Union and the Welsh Rugby Players’ Association covering on and off-field activities.
VODAFONE ENDS UNITED SHIRT SPONSORSHIP
Manchester United is to end its shirt sponsorship with Vodafone at the end of this season.
BRITISH MEDIA MANAGER JOINS CRICKET AUSTRALIA
British Olympic Association (BOA) media manager Philip Pope is to take up the role of public affairs manager at Cricket Australia.
BUILDING SOCIETY BACKS DISABILITY SPORTS
Nationwide Building Society is to become the UK’s main sponsor of Disability Sport Events, in a deal worth £1million over the next seven years.