A FIFA investigation into allegations of corruption has ensnared a further two Executive Committee members linked to the recent Presidential election that saw Joseph Blatter re-elected for a fourth term.

The probe is thought to have been extended to Worawi Makudi of Thailand, one of those accused by Lord Triesman earlier in the year of asking for bribes in exchange for World Cup 2018 votes, and Sri Lanka’s Manilal Fernando.

It is thought that both members may have accompanied former Presidential challenger Mohamed Bin Hammam on his trip to the Caribbean, though reports of any wrongdoing on their part are unknown.

Bin Hammam and Jack Warner, the head of the CONCACAF, were last month provisionally suspended from football activities following allegations that Caribbean voters had been offered $40,000 bribes during the Presidential campaign.

FIFA recently hired Louis Freeh, a former FBI director, to head the evidence-gathering team looking into the claims. His group was said to be working under the supervision of Robert Torres, the FIFA Ethics Committee member from Guam.

The Soccerex European Forum have announced that the Italian FA, price ed Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, pills will be giving a special presentation at this year’s event, cialis 30-31 March, Manchester.

The presentation is titled “Development or innovation- which strategy fits best for the future of a modern FA?” and will feature a presentation by Michele Uva, Chief Development Officer, Italian FA, on the strategic options open to an FA in the modern football environment.

Michele, former Lazio and Parma GM, stated: “With so many of the football world in attendance, Soccerex is the ideal place for us to discuss the future of modern FA’s. It will also provide us with the opportunity to network with the many federations, leagues and clubs in attendance.”

The announcement comes ahead of the final price deadline for the event this week, the last chance for delegates to receive a discount on what will be an exciting two days.

Recent announcements made in the last fortnight have already confirmed a hugely strong line-up including brands such as Nike, Konami, Facebook, UEFA, Adidas, Intersport, Warned Bros and many more, as well as the announcement that the legendary former Manchester United and Manchester City striker, Denis Law will be opening the event.

The exciting conference agenda covers topics such as the success of the German football model, financial equality, commercial challenges to differing sized clubs, the use of technology in football, digital media and fan interaction, sponsor and rights holder relationships, and Eastern Europe’s upcoming tournaments and market development.

PyeongChang 2018 bid has secured a sponsorship deal with Nonghyup, Korea’s National Agriculture Cooperative Federation. Nonghyup is the bid city’s largest sponsor yet.

Nonghyup will give PyeongChang 2018 nearly $890,000 in support of its bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics.

“To host the 2018 Winter Games in the Gangwon Province would bring immense pride to the region and would bring a number of benefits to the local economy and its people,” Byung-seok Hahm, Nonghyup’s Gangwon division president, said in a statement.

PyeongChang is competing against Munich and Annecy in the bid race for the 2018 winter Games. The final decision is set to be voted July 6th 2011 in Durban, South Africa.

Following International Cricket Council’s (ICC) invitation to tender for media rights for the next eight years was issued in July they have received 17 bids from various broadcasters across different territories.

The bids are for ICC’s audio-visual rights in respect of the ICC Events during 2015-2023.

In a statement, ICC said: “All bids are now in the process of being reviewed for compliance with the terms and conditions of the tender arrangements and, at this stage, the ICC will make no further comment.”

In July, Giles Clarke, ICC’s Finance & Commercial Affairs Committee Chairman, said: “Revenues from media rights sales underpin the future growth and development of cricket by ensuring certainty of revenues to ICC Members.

“In the past few years, ICC events have grown as global properties and are now recognised as premium sports events around the world. The next eight years will see the ICC major events being played in cricket’s core markets, thereby making the media rights package highly attractive.

“I am positive we will get some strong bids from the world’s leading broadcasters as they look to add these premium sports events to strengthen their bouquet of content, thereby increasing revenues for the growth of the game worldwide.”

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has re-elected Anders Besseberg as their President for the sixth consecutive term. 

The IBU also revealed a new Executive Board selected to lead the IBU over the next 4 years.

The board will be comprised as follows:1st Vice President: Victor MAYGUROV-Russia, Vice President of Finances: Dr. Klaus LEISTNER-Austria, Vice President of Sport: Gottlieb TASCHLER-Italy, Vice President of Medical Issues: Dr. James CARRABRE-Canada, Vice President of Information: Ivor LEHOTAN-Slovakia, Vice President of Marketing: Thomas PFÜLLER-Germany, Vice President of Development: Olle DAHLIN-Sweden and Vice President Special Projects: Nami KIM-Korea.

The IBU Congress also confirmed Östersund-SWE will host the 2019 IBU World Championships Biathlon after winning by a majority.

Östersund beat out bids from Nove Mesto na Morave,-CZE, Antholz-ITA, Khanty Mansiysk-RUS with 27 votes.

John Force Racing has announced Just Marketing International (JMI) as its strategic partner to help facilitate his pursuit of sponsorship opportunities.

“I have been at a crossroads a few times in my career, ambulance ” CEO John Force said. “In the early days, prostate I was in the Midwest, pills broke, planning to give up my dream of racing when an opportunity to match race materialized. In 2007, I was at a crossroads when we lost Eric Medlen and when I crashed six months later. Doctors told me I would be lucky to walk again, but I came back in 2010 and won my 15th NHRA Funny Car championship.

“Now I am at a new crossroads as I look for new primary sponsors for the first time in 25 years. I might have to start selling products to the competition, something I never thought I would do, if I don’t find another manufacturer,” acknowledged the 2012 inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. “I have never been on the open market, and I feel like hiring JMI gives me the best chance to continue to grow my company. I have great partners in Auto Club, Traxxas, Mac Tools, and Freightliner, but this is an expensive sport, and to be the best, you need funding.

“One thing I want to make clear moving forward: We have great partners through 2014, and we will be racing for more championships for them,” said Force. “Castrol and Ford deserve to have our full focus until the end of 2014, so we do not intend to discuss any major sponsorship developments until after the 2014 season.”

JMI is the world’s largest motorsports marketing agency, harnessing the marketing power of motorsports to create business solutions for some of the world’s most successful corporations and brands.

“John Force is a drag racing icon, and we’re honored to represent his legendary organization,” said Jon Flack, COO and president, Americas, JMI. “This partnership is exciting for our business and a great fit because we both eat, sleep, and breathe racing. We understand the challenges and opportunities in motorsports and have a great responsibility as the team works towards the future.”

Through the multiyear agreement, JMI will work with the JFR marketing team to find primary sponsorship for Force, Pro drag racing’s winningest driver, and his daughter Brittany Force.