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FIFA has rescinded all agreements with marketing company Traffic following the cancellation of the World Club Championships and the bankruptcy of ISL/ISSM. The news came after a six and half hour meeting of FIFA’s executive committee and was seen as a concession to UEFA, which had been highly critical of the relationship between FIFA and the marketing company.
Business

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Brisbane Capital Corp is to purchase the shares of Eventco, the Californian sports entertainment company wholly owned by Leon Hatcher.
Events

Temporary access specialists for sporting events Eve Trakway has installed a pedestrian bridge for this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament as part of a three-year deal with the All England Lawn tennis and Croquet Club
Events

The NFL is close to signing a five-year, $110 million deal with America Online, Viacom and CBS Sportsline making it the biggest internet sports-rights package ever.
Business

After a campaign which will be remembered for human rights demonstrations and a few ill-chosen words about cannibalism, Olympic chiefs will decide the venue of the 2008 Summer Games this week at what is expected to be an historic meeting.
Business

Swiss soccer institution, the Wankdorf stadium, has closed its doors for the final time.
Stadia

Espanyol and Barcelona Promotions are seeking to renew the contract Espanyol has with the Catalan government committee, BP for use of the Olympic Stadium for home soccer games.
Business

Executives of Oakland A’s baseball team have denied reports the franchise has been sold to an investors’ group from Las Vegas for $150 million (B
Stadia

English Premiership soccer club Leicester City today unveiled their ambitious blueprint to fill the club's new 32,000 all-seater stadium.
Business

The British Formula One Grand Prix could be scrapped unless Silverstone bosses can convince the International Automobile Federation (FIA) that it can run the event successfully.
Business

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has been buying advertising slots from the media companies that broadcast its tournaments in a move which it hopes will secure advertising space for its major sponsors such as Mercedez-Benz.
Business

Organisers of the first ever Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) race to be held in the UK say ticket sales are on track despite having sold just 18,000 of the 52,000 tickets available.
Events

New York's international network, many hotels and plans to build new sports arenas amounted to a strong bid to stage the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, a United States Olympic Committee (USOC) panel said.
Stadia

English Premiership soccer club Wimbledon are facing mounting opposition to their plans to relocate north to Milton Keynes.
Business

Boxing promoters Cedric Kushner Boxing (CKB), Inc plans to reverse into Zenascent, Inc, the former internet technology and e-commerce incubator company listed on New York's over the counter billboard market, as part of a merger agreement.
Business

Portuguese legal authorities have charged Joao Vale e Azevedo, former chairman of soccer club Benfica, with embezzlement and money laundering after a preliminary investigation into alleged misuse of funds at the club, state news agency Lusa said on Friday
Stadia

Shares in Watford Leisure, the company which owns the first division soccer club, rose by 25 percent on the first day of trading on the stockmarket.
Business

ESPN-owners Walt Disney Co took a 26 percent hit in fiscal third-quarter pro forma profit as the entertainment company marked lower TV ad sales and theme-park attendance, and absorbed a $95million (B