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Over 80 CEOs and commercial directors from the sports industry agreed that there was a need to be more creative and service-orientated when negotiating deals with potential sponsors at the Leaders in Football event hosted in La Manga, Spain, from March 21 to 23.

The London Olympics has only £194 million left to cover unpredicted costs, a UK parliamentary committee has warned.

Sweden has pulled out of the running to host the 2018 Ryder Cup, leaving five countries in the race.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the government of New South Wales, Australia is spending A$1.4 million to ensure it hosts four international Twenty20 cricket matches in the next four years.

Organisers of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Melbourne say the boost to the television audience because of their later start has made up for them being placed second in the calendar to Bahrain. For years Melbourne had been the first event in the F1 season. The race's backers have also hit back at a mooted bid by Sydney to take the Australian Formula One hosting rights by staging a night race.

South Africa has completed the 10 World Cup venue stadiums, which were approved by a final, 10-day FIFA inspection tour on Friday.

Tiger Woods’ return at next month’s Masters may boost US television viewership of the event by 16 per cent, according to the Seton Hall Sports Poll.

Plans to stage equestrian events at Greenwich Park in the 2012 London Olympics have won final approval from the town council despite opposition from hundreds of residents.

English Premier League club West Ham has confirmed it will bid for London’s 2012 Olympic stadium on the day the Olympic Park Legacy Company launched a call for expressions of interest in the venue.

The Jockey Club, the horseracing organisation that owns and manages 14 racecourses across the UK, has appointed Scott Bowers, Co-Head of Sport at PR consultancy firm Weber Shandwick, as its new Director of Communications.

The French Open could be forced into a "heartbreaking" move away from Paris in the next few years due to opposition against extending Roland Garros, according to tournament director Gilbert Ysern.

The Ukrainian minister of family, youth and sports has revealed renovation works for the stadium that will host the Euro 2012 final in Kiev are five months behind schedule.

The London Organising Committee of the 2012 Olympic Games said yesterday an extra 300,000 seats will be available in a move to avoid the empty stadiums seen at the 2008 Beijing Games.

Brazil’s largest telecoms company Oi has signed a sponsorship deal with FIFA for the 2014 World Cup.

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The Circassian diaspora, the group of indigenous Muslims from the northwest Caucasus, has appealed to the International Olympic Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics not to be held in Sochi unless Russia apologises for the deaths of 300,000 Circassians in and around Sochi during the 19th century.