Events

The Munich 2018 Bid Committee for the Winter Olympics has appointed marketing expert and Olympic Games marketing specialist Stefan Bruckner as its new marketing director.

International conference Leaders in Performance has officially launched its second edition by announcing baseball legend Billy Beane, General Manager of the MLB franchise the Oakland A’s, as its first speaker.

Australia plans to spend $2.48 billion on infrastructure if it is awarded the right to host the FIFA World Cup in either 2018 or 2022.

The International Rugby Board Council said a new global 10-year playing schedule approved yesterday, where northern hemisphere unions tour southern hemisphere unions on a rotational basis, will provide a more attractive and equitable commercial model for world rugby.

The Philippine Football Federation will join the Asian Football Confederation and the Thailand Football Association as a partner for the Soccerex Asian Forum in Singapore, on July 28 and 29.

Sport Tourism is a fast growing sector with an estimated value of $600bn a year.

The football associations of Spain, Portugal and Russia moved quickly to reject any claims of wrongdoing.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev yesterday ordered tighter security at the 2014 Winter Olympics following the perceived threat of Islamist insurgents determined to carve out a separate state, according to Reuters.

The team bidding to take the World Cup to England in 2018 has said it could create the most commercially successful World Cup ever, with revenues of nearly £3 billion.

This year's London marathon had a record number of starters and finishers, the Tokyo marathon was nearly nine times oversubscribed, and figures from the US show that 2009 was another record year of growth for road running.

Russia has won the right to host the World Cup of Sevens Rugby in 2013, the biggest event in the sport.

The New South Wales government says it is in negotiations to bring the Goodwood Festival of Speed, MotoGP and Superbikes racing to Sydney.

WWE’s EVP International, Andrew Whitaker on the challenges of delivering one of the most popular global brands in the entertainment industry and a $130 million business.

Bill Mummery, executive director of online betting company SBOBET, has joined a panel of experts set to discuss the role of betting in Asia's sports industry at this year's Soccerex Asian Forum.

Bollywood producers organising the opening ceremony of this year's Commonwealth Games in Delhi have reacted angrily to a plan to move the start time for the event forward to suit Australian broadcasters.

The New York Times has published details of New York's bid to stage the Super Bowl in 2014.

UEFA president Michel Platini has said Germany or Hungary could be asked to provide venues for the Euro 2012 football championships if Ukraine fails to show progress on its preparations for the event by the end of this month.

Video interviews with former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, and sports stars Ian Thorpe and Rahul Dravid are among the content on SportAccord's YouTube channel, following last month's event in Dubai.