All-Athletics.com Analysis: Zürich on top – USA, France, Germany are the most active

ByWorld-Track Report Member

All-Athletics.com summarizes some interesting facts about the Invitational/One-day outdoor competitions and about the outdoor Special competitions in 2009. Top-3 Invitational/One-day competitions in the World in 2009: Zürich Weltklasse (Switzerland) Roma Golden Gala (Italy) Monaco Herculis (Monaco) Nr.1 Outdoor special competition in the World in 2009: Halle Hallesche Erdgas-Werfertage (Germany) The analysis that is published on…

Universal Sports, NBC and IAAF strike long term partnership

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LOS ANGELES — Universal Sports and NBC Sports today announced a long-term partnership with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the world’s governing body for track & field, and their commercial partner’s, Dentsu Inc. for broadcast rights to all major IAAF World Athletics Series events from 2010-2015, including the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, 2011, 2013 and 2015. The agreement extends the existing relationship between Universal Sports, NBC Sports, the IAAF and Dentsu already in place that covers this year’s IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin.