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Oriel Solutions in association with Controlled Training Solutions (CTS) have become Premier Partners of the 2nd International Sports Security Summit, which takes place at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on October 19 and 20.

Negotiations are said to have taken place to bring Major League Baseball to England's oldest Test match venue, the Oval.

Sportswear brand Dunlop has been confirmed as title sponsors of the 2005 British Open Squash Championships.

SquashC-s British Open has been saved after a deal was clinched with management company iSPORTmarketing C1 the company set up last year by a former senior executive of sport brand Dunlop.

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) launches the first of its Evening Seminar Series next month, looking at the role that experiential marketing plays in the sponsorship and marketing mix.

Sky Sports and the National Football League (NFL) have agreed a new two-year deal that will mean more games being broadcast live in the UK each season.

London 2012 officials were in positive mood after their first meeting with the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission.

Former Olympic triple jump gold medal winner Jonathan Edwards has been appointed by the British Athletes Commission (BAC) as the athlete member to serve on the board of the London 2012 organising committee (LOCOG).

Work on a new Olympic Park for the 2012 Games in London has been given the go-ahead.

The 5-Oceans solo round the world yacht race has launched a new multi-language website in English, French and Spanish. The website, hosted by greendesign of Southampton, includes in-depth information on the event for followers, press and potential skippers. The race starts in Bilbao, Spain, in October 2006 and features competitors from a range of countries including Britain, Canada and Spain.

Mobile database marketing company Txtstation has signed up as sponsorsto the 'Mobile and Broadband: Opportunities in Sport Conference'.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed Denis Oswald aschairman of the Coordination Commission for the London 2012 OlympicGames.

Sportsmatch, a UK Government sport sponsorship incentive scheme, estimates half a million people are involved annually in the grassroots programmes it supports, with more than 90 per cent of participants under 18.

Reigning domestic Twenty20 champions in 20:20 cricket from around theworld will compete in a three-day, six team tournament in the UK nextmonth.

The NFL is reported to be in the grip of a bidding war as brewersbattle to become the leagueC-s official beer for the 2006 season andbeyond.

Diageo Great Britain, makers of KaliberB. alcohol-free premium lager, has renewed its deal with the British Darts Organisation's (BDO) British Inter-County Championships.