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UK-based Sports Marketing Surveys (SMS) has emerged as favourite to buy up Sponsorship Research International (SRi) – the research arm of the defunct ISL.

A new Formula One-style grand prix series – with cars sporting the colours of European soccer’s top clubs – is set to announce the teams involved within the coming weeks.

Newly promoted English Premier League soccer club Fulham FC has hired Chester Stern, crime correspondent for UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday, as its new director of public affairs.
Business

FIFA president Sepp Blatter defended himself on Friday against claims he had underestimated the losses suffered by world soccer's ruling body from the collapse of its marketing partner ISMM/ISL.
Business

The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which runs the territory's popular horseracing and lotteries, has blamed illegal and offshore gambling for this season's lower turnover.
Events

Britain's sacked sports minister believes Britain broke a secret agreement with Germany by bidding to host the 2006 World Cup, according to a UK newspaper which published an interview with her on Sunday.

Acting England captain Alec Stewart is to organise a meeting with International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption investigators early next week.
Business

Banner-waving demonstrators set off firecrackers beside the 18th green at the women's Evian Masters on Saturday in protest at recent redundancies by the food and refreshments group.
Business

The future of the Olympic Games looks set to pass into the hands of a Belgian surgeon-cum-yachtsman who has earned a reputation for a calm touch in a storm.
Stadia

Wembley National Stadium Limited chairman Sir Rodney Walker believes that work will start on England’s new Wembley Stadium by the end of the year.
Events

Over 800,000 Time Warner cable subscribers in the New York area were in uproar on Sunday night after an electrical shutdown caused viewers to miss the climax of the US Open golf tournament and the start of the Yankees baseball game against the Mets.
Media

Go Racing's £400million ($556m) media contract has officially collapsed despite a last minute crisis meeting with the directors of the British Horseracing Board (BHB) last night.
Business

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will sign an agreement on the future organisation of the Paralympics in Lausanne on Tuesday.
Media

Basketball legend Michael Jordan, who revolutionised the commercial potential of athletes, has confirmed reports that he was injured in an accident in a pick-up basketball game last Wednesday in a Chicago gym.

CBC 2 Chicago sports director Tim Weigel has died from a malignant brain tumour.
Business

Car manufacturers Jaguar will provide contingency sponsorship for the Trans-Am Series, a form of professional closed-roof performance coupe and sedan road racing in North America.
Business

Food brand Heinz has signed a $57million deal with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers to secure the naming rights to the team’s new stadium for the next 20 years.
Business

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club will erect temporary fencing and double the number of stewards at Trent Bridge for Tuesday's one-day NatWest Series international between Pakistan and Australia.

The Football Association in the UK launched a £100,000 ($142,000/$163,000) campaign today to encourage more women to play soccer.
Events

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Executive Board has given unanimous backing to proposals by Sir Paul Condon aimed at removing corruption from the game.