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The Qatar Association of Athletics Federation is prepared to pay an estimated cost of between US$300-400 million to renovate the Khalifa International Stadium in an attempt to bring the 2017 edition of the IAAF World Athletics Championships to Doha.
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Senior figures from leading rugby clubs in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Italy will attend Rugby Expo 2011 at Twickenham Stadium in London next month after the event’s organisers, Rugby Ventures, struck a deal with RaboDirect PRO12.
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The nominations for the 2011 International Sports Event Management (ISEM) Awards have been confirmed, with a number of top organisations in the running to collect gongs at the black tie event.
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Virgin Atlantic has concluded a new sponsorship deal with the National Football League (NFL) ahead of this month’s International Series game, further enhancing its relationship with the League.
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Companies purchasing corporate hospitality at the London 2012 Olympic Games are likely to earn a return on investment of £1.6 billion, according to a new report.
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Peace and Sport has unveiled an action-packed programme for its 2011 International Forum in Monaco on October 26-28 that will deliver an agenda-setting debate about the promotion of peace through sport.
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SportBusiness Group and Bloomberg TV will this month present Sport and The City: Horse Racing, the first conference examining the business of horse racing to be held in the City of London.
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International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) senior vice-president Bob Hersh has stated London’s bid for the 2017 World Championships has resolved the issues regarding future usage of the Olympic Stadium.
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Kim Jin-sun is set to follow up his key role in PyeongChang’s successful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics by leading the effort to deliver the Games.
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Soccerex has announced three high-profile additions to its ‘Great Football Debate’ at next month’s Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro.
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The founding fathers of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Lalit Modi and IMG’s Andrew Wildblood, are among the nominees in contention for the Outstanding Contribution award at next week’s International Sports Event Management Conference.
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Sports marketing and communications company Helios Partners has been recruited as the lead consultancy for Rome’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics.
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Jim Small, the head of Major League Baseball’s Tokyo office, has insisted that Japan would still be welcome in the 2013 World Baseball Classic even though the country did not confirm its participation by the September 30 deadline.
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Representatives of National Basketball Association (NBA) owners and players are braced for a pivotal weekend of talks over a possible new labour deal after the league’s commissioner, David Stern, painted a bleak picture of the possible scenario if an agreement is not reached.
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Yalcin Aksoy, the general director of Istanbul’s bid committee for the 2020 Olympics, believes the Turkish city has “learned how difficult it is to land the Games” after four failed bids for the event.
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Brazilian Sports Minister Orlando Silva confirmed on Thursday that four cities are in the running to host the opening ceremony and match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Salvador vying for the high-profile game.
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Christopher Lee, senior principal of global design specialist Populous, and Steve Revell, commercial director of leading security provider Rapiscan, have been confirmed as speakers at this year’s Soccerex Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro.
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that South Africa, the host country of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, will replace Libya as the destination for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.