Events

Spain’s La Liga is looking to make inroads into Asian markets by staging a new pre-season competition.

New Zealand will set up a NZ$9.5 million (£4.5 million) lottery fund to support arts and entertainment for next year's rugby World Cup, organisers said yesterday.

Prozone, a company which creates systems for analysis of athlete performance, has signed as a partner of the Leaders in Performance conference.

The African continent has been encouraged by the recent FIFA World Cup in South Africa to consider a bid for the IAAF World Championships in 2017, the president of the African Athletics Confederation revealed.

From August 27 to September 4 2010, Beijing will host the first SportAccord Combat Games ever.

Enjoy the latest video highlights as the leading sports marketing event returns for third year.

Football business event Soccerex has announced World Sports Group CEO Seamus O’Brien will speak at the Soccerex Asian Forum on July 28-29 at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore.

The organising committee for this year’s Delhi Commonwealth Games is set to receive uncompleted venues on August 1, the deadline for the stadia to be handed over so that crucial overlay work can start.

Estimated overall costs of the London 2012 Olympics have been reduced by £6 million to £9.298 billion according to a Quarterly Economic Report from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).

The Brazilian government has introduced measures to speed up preparations for the World Cup in 2014 following concerns expressed by FIFA and the country’s national audit office over serious delays in infrastructure and stadia works.

Leaders in Football, the international football business event taking place in London on October 6 and 7, has announced that over 30 leagues from around the world have confirmed their presence this year.

Key finding and predictions from the latest edition of this conference.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) president Wei Di has confessed he does not want an Asian country to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup so that China has a chance to organise it four years later.

Cricket South Africa plans to lure the largest crowd to a cricket match in the country by hosting a Twenty20 match against India at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, built for this year’s football World Cup.

Leaders in Performance has announced Bruno Demichelis, assistant manager of English Premier League and FA Cup double-winners Chelsea, as its latest speaker. The conference - dedicated to the identification, development and management of talent – will be held at Chelsea on October 7 this year.

Industry conference Rugby Expo has launched an ‘Early Bird Bonus Bet’ which will guarantee everyone who purchases a ticket a full refund if Exeter, Aironi and Treviso - three newly-promoted teams - all win their first league games in the Magners League and Guinness Premiership.

Serious delays have been found in the work on Brazil’s 2014 football World Cup venues, according to a report by the country’s federal audit court (TCU).

Public relations, advertising and communications group Chime Communications yesterday announced the acquisition of global sporting events consultancy pmplegacy.