Sponsorship & Marketing

Omar Khan, new business development director with London-based ISM is leaving the marketing company to head up sponsorship sales on the Ladies European Golf Tour with the World Sports Group.

The head of a leading sport marketing company in Romania has slammed the International Gymnastics Federation (GIF) for failing to allow payment at GIF sanctioned events.

Fayetteville, North Carolina has been selected as the first city to be granted a team in the National Basketball Development League (NBDL), the NBA's new minor league.

A new website that matches potential sponsors with rights holders has recorded more than 15,000 hits in its first two weeks of trading.

Rob Avis, former sales director of TheStreet.co.uk, has been snapped up by Rivals.net - the UK-based network of independent sports sites - to be its first commercial director.

How can rightsholders control the power of new media to distribute valuable content free on the Internet? This was the question that dominated the second session of the IOC new media conference in Lausanne.

A consortium comprising French broadcaster Canal Plus and sports management group IMG is favourite to win the English football Premier League's international TV rights, the Independent on Sunday said.

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has inked a title sponsorship deal with Jeremy McGrath's new independently owned Supercross team. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Istanbul-based soccer club Galatasaray is planning an initial public offering of between 10 and 15 per cent of Galatasaray Sportif, its marketing arm.

World cycling chief Hein Verbruggen said the International Cycling Union (UCI) could not be responsible for drug-taking in the sport.

Internet-wired young men in the US now spend as much time online as they do watching television, while accessing sports information is the most popular reason young men use the internet, according to a new study.

The West Indies Cricket Board, in their annual report for IT and ticketing, have acknowledged British-based Synchro Systems Limited.

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co will sponsor its final Winston 500 next week at Talladega, ending the longest continuous race sponsorship in the history of the NASCAR Winston Cup series.

Sportal.co.uk is to sponsor the Two Way TV digital television channel's fantasy sports trading game Armchair Manager.

US-based Scheer-Stern Development and The Stadium Game have merged to form ScheerGame Sports Development,LLC, a turnkey sports and entertainment venue development company.

Virtual technology giant Orad is set to acquire German firm Xync in a deal worth around $15m.