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Media

Spanish soccer giant FC Barcelona has signed a six-year partnership agreement with Havas Advertising Sports to develop a marketing programme targeted at top Spanish and international companies.
Business

Photography firm Corbis has acquired moving image company Sekani - agent for archive footage of some of sport's biggest names.
Events

In a series of articles in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games, leading lawyers at Addleshaw Booth & Co, the official lawyers to the Games, will be asking what the coming year has in store for sport in general and compare the current state of the Commonwealth Games with comparable examples in the wider sporting field.
Sponsorship & Marketing

More than 100 footballs to be used in the upcoming Super Bowl XXXVI will be stamped with a synthetic marker in an effort to combat potential counterfeiting.
Business

Greg Bates has been appointed acting chief executive officer for troubled Soccer Australia.

African Football Confederation chief Issa Hayatou is likely to challenge FIFA president Sepp Blatter in this summer's election for the leadership of FIFA.
Business

The UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has ordered the most wide-ranging review of British sport since the White Paper of 1975.

An official joint bid from Scotland and Ireland to host the Euro 2008 soccer tournament looks likely after officials said they had made "considerable progress" in their plans.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Barber Dodge Pro Series has linked up with technical performance testing company Dynojet Research in a five-year marketing deal.
Events

It may be one of the world's biggest sporting events, but two advertising slots are yet to be filled for this Sunday's Super Bowl.
Business

As part of our special look ahead to the Winter Olympic Games, which get under way next week, we focus on businessman Mitt Romney – the man at the centre of the organisation of the Salt Lake event.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for the Copa America to be held every four years.
Business

Tessa Jowell, the UK's Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, has recommended a nine percent gross profit 'levy' for one year - a clear sign that she has sided with the bookmakers over the issue of what will replace the levy when it expires in March.
Media

Communications company PubliGroupe has founded a new company Gladvert in Frankfurt which will sell sports-related media packages to international advertisers.
Business

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has delayed a ruling on whether boxer's backs can be used to display temporary tattoos advertising sponsors.
Events

Former heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson, is to apply for a licence to box in California after the Los Angeles Staples Center expressed an interest in hosting the long-awaited Tyson vs Lennox Lewis fight.
Events

The sale of TV rights to this summer's World Cup is nearly complete after two more broadcasters bought the rights to the competition from German media giant Kirch.
Media

UK-based TalkSport radio saw weekly audience numbers rise by 11.7 percent year-on-year to 2.4 million.

Toy brand Lego has signed a major licensing agreement with Formula One team WilliamsF1.
Media

US media company Belo has sold its interest in NBA team the Dallas Mavericks and American Airlines Center to entities controlled by controversial Mavericks owner Mark Cuban for $27million (EUR31.3m).