FIVB secures eight-year World Cup deal extension with Japan
By Emily Goddard
February 5 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has secured an eight-year extension of its exclusive marketing, tournament organising and television rights deal with the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and Fuji TV to cover the 2015 and 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cups.
February 5 - The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has secured an eight-year extension of its exclusive marketing, tournament organising and television rights deal with the Japan Volleyball Association (JVA) and Fuji TV to cover the 2015 and 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cups.
February 4 - Manic Street Preachers, one of the world's biggest bands, have made a donation to the British Paralympic Association (BPA), it has been revealed.
February 9 - Efrosina Angelova has been named as the coach to lead Bulgaria's national rhythmic gymnastics individual competitors to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
February 4 - A $10 billion (£6 billion/€7 billion) tender to build the world's largest airport in Istanbul was officially launched today, with the promise that it will be operational if the Turkish city hosts the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics if its bid is successful.
February 4 - London's theatres took £530 million ($834 million/€616 million) in 2012, defying the Olympic downturn experienced by so many other industries to achieve their ninth successive year of record box office returns and avoid the "bloodbath" predicted by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
February 3 - England put on their best performance of the season as they won round four of HSBC Sevens World Series in Wellington after holding off Kenya in a final that saw them claim a 24-19 sudden death victory in extra time.
February 4 - The man who threw a bottle onto the track at the start of the men's Olympic 100 metres final last year was today given an eight-week community order for public disorder at London's Thames Magistrates' Court.
February 4 - Bill Furniss, the man who helped guide Rebecca Adlington to four Olympic medals, has been named as British Swimming's new head coach, it was announced today.
February 5 - World Rowing (FISA) have agreed a four-year renewal of all European media rights with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in a deal which will run through to the end of 2016.
February 4 - The World Olympians Association (WOA) has unveiled plans to establish a new biennial event uniting all 142 National Olympians Associations (NOAs) to share and discuss best practice schemes and projects that will benefit Olympic athletes and local communities around the world.
February 4 - Dame Kelly Holmes has said she is "overwhelmed" by Sport England's £6.9 million ($10.9 million/€8.1 million) investment as a partner in her charity Get on Track.
February 4 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) are celebrating one year to go to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday (February 7) with a full week of activities beginning today.
January 28 - Sochi 2014 will hold three international test events at the Winter Olympic venues in the mountain and coastal clusters this weekend.
February 4 - Spanish city Alicante has today been unveiled as the host of the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting European Championships which are due to take place from October 18 until 26.
February 4 - A court in India today framed charges against former Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games chairman Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of more than Rs.90 crore (£11 million/$17 million/€13 million) to the public exchequer in a Commonwealth Games related bribery case.
