United Kingdom

The majority of Premier League and Football League clubs in the UK favour a greater distribution of revenue within and across the leagues.

Multi-Platform Games Licensing 2005 in London next month looks at how to maximise brand potential through computer games.

Sport England has pledged an additional £300,000 for Team England ahead of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Japanese rugby chiefs have expressed disappointment and surprise after it lost out to New Zealand for the right to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Mobile phone company Vodafone claims initial usage figures have shown strong demand for mobile TV services in the UK.

Sport England, the body that promotes and invests in English community sport, is committing £75million to the Regions and National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs).

A fans survey reveals that top-flight English football is the most popular in the world because of its players, goals and style of football.

London’s official visitor organisation, Visit London, staged an official meeting at 10 Downing Street yesterday to discuss opportunities for tourism from staging the Olympic Games in 2012.

The (English) Football Association says it will not make a decision on a formal bid to host the 2018 World Cup until autumn 2006.

The UK Government and the Football Association are in talks about a bid for the 2018 World Cup, the Treasury has said.

American billionaire Robert Kraft has refused to rule out investment in Premier League giants Liverpool.

The international sport business community is set to unite for an innovative new series of seminars and workshops in London next year.

Four new tournaments, two events upgraded, two new courses and two significant date changes feature in golf’s 2006 European Tour International Schedule.

Sponsorship agency Prism has secured a renewed commitment from Shell Brands International AG to provide global sponsorship PR services for its partnership with Ferrari.

Aura Sports, Synchro Systems and Copyrights Promotions Sport have all come on board to sponsor SportBusiness Group's new learning-focused conference, Campus 2006.

The UK's Times Newspapers Ltd (TNL), which publishes The Times, The Sunday Times and Times Online, has appointed Lighthouse Communications to handle its sports sponsorship and commercial partners within sport.