Sponsorship & Marketing
ROGGE LEADS MEDIA POLL TO REPLACE SAMARANCH
Leading IOC member Jacques Rogge is poised to take over the most powerful job in world sport as IOC president in July, according to the results of a new survey.
THIRD OF CHELSEA SOCCER FANS EARN MORE THAN #50,000
Over ten per cent of spectators at English Premier League soccer matches earn more than #50,000 ($71,000) a year and Chelsea fans are the most well off supporters in the league, according to a survey.
IMG WINS RACE FOR INDIAN TEST SPONSORSHIP RIGHTS
A domestic record 5.55m rupees ($117,000) is to be paid for each cricket Test India plays in a deal agreed with international sports management firm IMG.
FIFA POSTPONE WCC
FIFA has postponed the World Club Championship, set for the end of July, until 2003.
NBC TAKES WINTER OLYMPICS TO MADISON AVENUE
NBC has sold ? just under 70 percent of its available commercial air time? for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, according to NBC Olympics chief operating officer Randy Falco.
PAY RISE FOR AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC OFFICIALS
Australia?s top Olympic Games chiefs have been rewarded with hefty pay rises for what was described as the ?best ever? Olympic games in Sydney in September.
REAL SET TO SELL TO GET DEBTS UNDER CONTROL
Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid is close to finalising a deal for the sale of its city-centre training facilities which will mean the club clears its huge debt of more than $250 million in one fell swoop.
ISL `FAILS TO PAY PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS? SAYS PAPER
ISL has not been paying its workers pension contributions, according to a UK newspaper report.
FIORENTINA TO BE BOUGHT BY BANK
Italy's Serie A side Fiorentina and Investment bank Morgan Stanley are in talks which could lead to the purchase of the Florence club, Italian newspapers reported on Tuesday.
MERCHANDISING THREAT AFTER COURT RULING
The soccer merchandising market has suffered a blow following the failure of Arsenal Football Club to obtain a ruling in the High Court to protect its trademarks from unofficial competition.
LADBROKES SIGN DEAL WITH RECRUITMENT FIRM
Online betting and gaming company Ladbrokes eGaming Ltd has stepped up its Far East recruitment campaign by signing an exclusive representative deal with Asia's leading independent sports marketing agency, Total Sports Asia Ltd.
ATHENS OLYMPIC GAMES EXCEEDS SPONSORSHIP TARGETS
The 2004 Athens Olympic Games has exceeded combined national and international sponsorship targets, amassing more than $430 million, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.
NASDAQ TO SPONSOR SANEX WTA TOUR
The Nasdaq Stock Market has signed on as the North American presenting sponsor for the Sanex WTA Tour.
EXCLUSIVE: KIRTON BACK AT ISL AS MARGRAFF DEPARTS
Glen Kirton is heading back to ISL as head of football, sportbusiness.com can exclusively reveal.
REAL SIGNS $17.8m MARKETING DEAL WITH PAY-TV GIANT
Spanish pay-TV firm Sogecable has signed a 3.25 billion-peseta ($17.80 m) deal to market soccer club Real Madrid's image, gaining access to its internet, merchandising and franchising business.
MARLBORO MAY EXIT FORMULA ONE IN TWO YEARS
Philip Morris, owners of the Marlboro tobacco brand, may be considering exiting Formula One at the end of the 2002 season.
INDIA TO BAN TOBACCO SPONSORSHIP
The Indian government says it will ban smoking in public places and the sponsorship of sporting events by tobacco firms in a bid to lower cigarette-related deaths.
ISL TRIES TO CALM FIFA PARTNERS? CONCERNS
ISL has written to all its FIFA World Cup soccer partners in a bid to put them at ease following mounting speculation over the company?s future.