Events

Melbourne has tabled a bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games in anticipation of the International Olympic Committee moving to a system of rotating regions when awarding future Games.

World motor racing body FIA said it is expecting the European Commission's antitrust department to formally outline its objections to the commercial aspects of Formula One and other championships soon.

Six European cities desperate for their two weeks in the world spotlight will pledge their undying loyalty to the Olympic movement next week as the contest to host the 2006 Winter Games reaches its climax.

FIFA and Women's World Cup have brought in a leading live entertainment producer to create an elaborate opening ceremony field production which will include the choreographed movements of 1,500 girls from local schools to form four giant female soccer players on the field.

Sponsors of soccer's world famous FA Cup competition are holding crisis talks over fears holders Manchester United will pull-out of this year's tournament.

The European Commission has opened formal proceedings into Formula 1 and other international motor racing series.

German TV channel TM3, which pulled off the coup of the year in German sports broadcasting by buying the rights to Champions League soccer, aims to triple its market share in the long term, according to a German magazine report.

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has signed an IR#18 million ($24.3 million) sponsorship deal with the country's Telecom provider.

A report in the UK's Financial Times has added substance to earlier newspaper reports that BSkyB are looking to buy a stake under 10% in Leeds Sporting plc, which owns Premier League club Leeds United.

Westwood One, America's largest radio network, and SportsLine USA, the leading global Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine, have signed a three-year, $9 million promotional and programming agreement.

Lucozade Sport, has signed as the Official Sports Drink Supplier to the 1999 London Triathlon, which takes place on 19th September at the Royal Albert Docks, London.

US investment group Liberty Media has moved to calm fears that its buy-out of six German cable television companies from Deutsche Telekom had stalled by announcing that a deal has been signed worth around $4.95 billion (?5.5bn).

Brisbane viewers were the only people in the world to have the Goodwill Games? Opening Gala beamed into their homes on Tuesday night as the importance of the 12-day event continued to be questioned.

Broadband network services provider Williams Communications has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar agreement with NFL Films.
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Atlanta will host the PGA Championships for the fourth time in 2011 after hosting it in 1976, 1981 and this year.

English Premiership soccer club Middlesbrough has become the first to take advantage of the relaxation in the TV rights regulations which allows clubs to broadcast full footage of their league games after a specified time delay.
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