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UK Athletics appointed businessman Ed Warner as its new inaugural chairman.
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With less than three weeks to go, Legacy Lives 2007 features an impressive programme of conference papers from leading worldwide officials, including:
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The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, motorsport's governing body, has established a new motor sport commission designed to give the manufacturers' competing in the Formula One World Championship a means of communicating their views.
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Financial services company Prudential agreed a $105.3 million deal for naming rights for the NHL’s New Jersey Devils.
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A consortium of local and national investors led by MacFarlane Partners acquired the operating rights to Major League Soccer’s D.C. United franchise from AEG, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Company.
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The Ligue Nationale de Rugby, organiser of French rugby’s Top 14 championship, launched a tender for its TV rights.
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Portimão, the Algarve’s most popular holiday destination, was confirmed as a future host city for the Powerboat P1 World Championship.
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The speaker roster for the upcoming International Sports Security Summit goes from strength-to-strength with the addition of one of the USA’s best respected sports security specialists.
Business

Italy's antitrust authority, urged the Italian football authorities to work towards a return of the collective selling of TV rights for Serie A.
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Petroleum company BP and telecoms company BT are reported to be close to being named as the next two big corporate sponsors of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Business

The Australian Olympic Committee appointed CoSport, as its official sponsor for hospitality programs, management services, corporate and consumer ticket and travel packages, and individual tickets through to the 2012 Olympic Games.
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The Indian government said it would bring in legislation to make it mandatory for pay-broadcasters to share sports feed with public-service broadcaster Prasar Bharati, ahead of this year’s Cricket World Cup.
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Ireland’s Gaelic Athletic Association could align the currently separate sponsorship of the All-Ireland football and hurling championships and negotiate them as a single package for 2008.
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Trade bodies representing the UK and international security industries have thrown their weight behind this month’s International Sports Security Summit at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.
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Spain's SDC anti-trust authority is reviewing the deal between broadcaster Sogecable SA and agency and production company Mediapro combining their Primera Liga and Spanish Cup TV rights.
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Premium drinks company Diageo agreed a multi-brand, multi-region sponsorship for its Johnnie Walker and Red Stripe brands to sponsor the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.
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Sir Keith Mills, the British businessman who ran London’s victorious bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, launched a new British America’s Cup sailing team.
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US broadcaster ESPN agreed a new eight-year TV rights agreement with Little League Baseball to broadcast the Little League World Series baseball and softball events until 2014.
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The 2007 US PGA Tour teed off this week with its new TV rights partners and its new format, the FedEx Cup.
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Delegates at the third International Sports Security Summit will receive invaluable insights into security planning and implementation around one of the highest risk events in sports history.