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Sportswear manufacturer, Reebok International and its corporate parent, Adidas Group, one of the Olympic sponsors, are dropping plans for a hospitality facility to host athletes, guests, and the media at the summer games in Beijing because of logistical demands made by the Chinese government.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping that the sale of their media rights will earn the board at least $100 million.
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Germany’s international football matches will remain on free-to-air television after the German Football Association agreed a new deal on Wednesday.
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The Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee appointed Tomoko Yoshihara, former Japanese national volleyball captain and three-time Olympian, to the Committee as an integral member of its communication team.
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Rio de Janeiro’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games has received the backing of the 15 National Olympic Committees represented by the South American Sports Organisation (ODESUR).
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The University of South California (USC) has signed a lease that will keep the USC Trojans college American Football team playing at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum stadium for at least the next 25 years.
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Formula One driver, Lewis Hamilton, is set to sign a $20 million personal sponsorship deal with sportswear manufacturer Reebok.
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Walt Disney World Resort and ESPN are joining forces to re-brand Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex with the ESPN brand.
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Thailand is to offer its athletes cash incentives for medals at the Beijing Olympics – but will pay out in instalments to stop medallists squandering the money.
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UK pay-television broadcaster, BSkyB’s hopes of launching a pay-TV service on Freeview, the digital terrestrial service, were dealt another blow yesterday after industry regulator, Ofcom announced that its inquiry into the proposals would be further delayed.
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Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone said he would like to introduce a grand prix on the streets of Paris to replace the French grand prix at Magny-Cours.
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The UK's Wembley stadium could be a strong contender to host the 2011 Champions League final after the UK government agreed to relax tax charges on overseas footballers' earnings.
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The International Rugby Board has announced a £48 million investment programme aimed at raising standards of the sport's developing nations.
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Italian Serie A club, Juventus, announced a net loss of €800,000 in its third-quarter, significantly less than the €4.5 million loss it reported a year earlier.
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US broadcaster ESPN, has acquired the rights for the US Open tennis tournament in a six-year, $140 million deal from 2009 to 2014, with the US Tennis Association.
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Glen Kirton has been appointed Chief Executive of international major events company, Rushmans.
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The International Olympic Committee has invited tenders for the broadcast and exhibition rights for all territories, within Europe, for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
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Sport 18, the sport’s marketing division of Indian media conglomerate Network 18, and US-based network, CNBC-TV18, have agreed an exclusive partnership deal with the Professional Golf Tour of India.
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A new 24-hour television channel run by the US Olympic Committee won't debut before the 2008 Beijing Games in August.
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The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced that Japan will host the IRB Junior World Championship in 2009.