World Cup sponsorship row settled
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Fifa, football's governing body, is to pay Mastercard $90m to settle a bitter World Cup sponsorship row.
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Latest from Wednesday's 2006 World Cup qualifier.
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England&#039;s newspapers shrugged off concerns about the national side&#039;s lacklustre World Cup form as they celebrated qualification for the second round and Wayne Rooney&#039;s return to action.
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Ferrari sources have said unofficially that they will support the commercial arrangements agreed on Tuesday by the other nine formula one teams which should remove the last hurdle preventing the 2005 British grand prix from being confirmed on the final
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A major row threatening coverage of the rugby World Cup by leading international media groups remained unresolved on Friday with only hours left to the tournament's opening game.
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Soccer's governing body insists that German referees still command respect and have FIFA's full support despite the game-fixing scandal that has shaken the country a year before it hosts the World Cup.
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World soccer&#39;s governing body said Tuesday it had won a US legal dispute over World Cup rights with a Florida-based Internet company that focuses on Latin America.
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - FIFA, world soccer&#39;s governing body, has fined the Spanish Football Association $87,000 for its fans&#39; racial conduct during a friendly against England on November 17.
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Arsenal were cleared of any breach of club ownership rules after FIFA said it was satisfied with the Football Association (FA) probe into the team&#039;s relationship with Belgian side Beveren.
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Germany's national soccer team will continue to wear Adidas  kit after rejecting a higher sponsorship deal from sport goods rival Nike .
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FIFA has signed a $351 million sponsorship deal with German sporting goods giant Adidas, officials announced Wednesday.
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Louis Vuitton has ended its sponsorship of the America's Cup after a 25-year link with sailing's most prestigious event, unhappy with the way it is being run and the direction it is taking under Swiss holder Alinghi.
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ZURICH, Switzerland -- The World Cup will no longer be rotated among continents, a decision Monday that will open the race for the 2018 tournament.
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Fears that German beer would be banned at the 2006 World Cup finals disappeared after the American company holding stadium beverage rights agreed that German beer could be sold to fans.
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Arsenal Football Club has signed the biggest club sponsorship agreement in football history with Emirates Airline in an agreement worth Â£100 million.
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AUSTRALIAN soccer can count on a multi-million dollar windfall and invaluable quality matches leading into its World Cup finals campaign after last night sealing a berth in the 2005 Confederations Cup in Germany.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - The party is over for Bode Miller and his team mates after the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) imposed a tough new Code of Conduct for the World Cup season starting this weekend.