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rEvolution hires sponsorship research pioneer
rEvolution, the Chicago-based sports marketing and media services agency, has hired Darren Marshall, the former Knowledge Networks executive, to guide its Sponsorship Research Group.
Barclays Spaces for Sports unveils new facility
The Barclays Spaces for Sports programme has opened a new £600,000 community sports facility in Liverpool with the backing of Everton FC.
HOK Sport wins Fort Wayne contract
HOK Sport has been hired to design a new $30 million minor league baseball park in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
NBC Sports to sell post-game sponsorship
NBC Sports has put up for sale the broadcast sponsorship rights to its NFL post-game show ‘Sunday Night Football’.
BBC Sport extends Masters contract
The 21-year relationship between BBC Sport and The Masters will continue for another three year after the public broadcaster inked a new deal with Augusta National Golf Club up to and including 2010.
Sogecable wins Spanish football ruling
A Spanish court has banned Mediapro - the main shareholder in free-to-air broadcaster laSexta - from exploiting the audiovisual rights to top-tier Spanish league football this season, thus ending a major dispute with pay-TV broadcaster Sogecable.
Demolition time for Tigers Stadium
Lobby groups have until next Monday to prevent the city of Detroit handing authority of the 95-year-old Tigers Stadium over to the city's Economic Development Corp for demolition.
Gordon heads up Edelman UK practice
Edelman UK, the UK’s largest independent public relations firm, is launching a new Sports & Sponsorship practice, headed by Kate Gordon.
CBSSports.com leads consumption metrics
CBSSports.com, part of CBS Interactive, led all major sports sites in ‘visits per person’ and ‘time per person’ for the month of September, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings.
Workshop begins for 2016 Olympic candidate cities
Bid delegations for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games gathered today in Lausanne, Switzerland, for the start of an IOC workshop about the 2016 candidature process.
Nine and Foxtel win Olympic rights
Nine Network (Nine) and Foxtel have won the broadcast rights within Australia for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games.
Sky wins Rugby League World Cup rights
Sky Sports has struck new deals to show the final qualifiers for the Rugby League World Cup and the whole of next year's tournament.
Funding crisis hits Eden Park redevelopment
New Zealand rugby faces another crisis after Auckland's new mayor John Banks said he would not honour the previous encumbent's undertaking to pay $30 million towards the $190 million redevelopment of Eden Park for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Australia out of Women’s World Cup 2011 bid race
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has withdrawn from the formal bidding process for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011.
Record audience for England rugby semi-final
More than 12 million viewers in Britain – 51 per cent of the television audience - tuned in to watch England beat France in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals on ITV1.
Blatter to scrap World Cup ‘rotation’
FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants to scrap the ‘rotation system’ currently used to determine the continental hosts of the FIFA World Cup.
Lewinton to quit Virgin Media for legal business
Peter Lewinton is to relinquish his role of head of sport at Virgin Media in the New Year to focus on his legal training business, legaltraining.tv.
Wasserman joins LA84 Foundation board
Casey Wasserman, chairman and CEO of Wasserman Media Group, has been elected to the LA84 Foundation’s board of directors.
MP & Silva and Dentsu ties up Serie A deals in Asia
MP & Silva and Dentsu have concluded deals with 24 Asian broadcasters and telecom operators for the media rights of Italy’s top professional football league, Serie A.
Malaysian Open gets global television boost
Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and IEC in Sports have signed a long-term agreement to maximize the international broadcast of the $200,000 Malaysian Open Super Series Badminton event.