Tiger Woods has been weighing up sponsorship offers from Chinese companies, it has bee disclosed.

He is hoping, it was reported, that Chinese sponsorship can help make up for the series of US losses he incurred following the sensational exposure later last year that he had been living a secret life that included a string of extra-martial affairs

US based companies including AT&T, Accenture and Gatorade ended their involvement with Woods because of the scandal which also led to the break-up of his marriage and the loss of his World No 1 ranking to Lee Westwood. .

“We’re certainly considering Chinese companies as they are certainly considering [me],” Woods told Reuters in Shangai where he finished joint fifth in the HSBC Champions on Sunday.

“It’s just a matter of finding the right fit and believing in the company and making sure that I can help them and we see eye-to-eye in that regard,” he added.

World Squash Federation president N Ramachandran of India has been unanimously re-elected to a fresh two-year term at the WSF annual general meeting held in Chennai on Friday.

Besides Ramachandran, the AGM also elected three vice presidents — Chris Stahl of England and Heather Deayton of Hong Kong (both re-elected) and Mohd Al Menshawy of Egypt, who defeated Gerad Decousy of New Zealand.

Including Ramachandran and the three veeps, the WSF top management has Andrew Shelly as CEO and George Mieras as secretary-general.

The WSF AGM also amended the constitution as per the IOC Rules making the term of office of president as two four-year terms and that of the vice presidents to four two-year terms.

The AGM saw representation from 45 countries, which included two days of conference and discussions to find ways to develop the sport, improve its profile in the media and also to make it an acceptable discipline in the Olympic Games.

Ramachandran, said the two key focus areas for the sport was to make it more TV friendly and to push for its entry into the 2020 Games as an Olympic discipline.

As part of efforts to improve fan connect, the $ 125,000 Squash World Cup, which Chennai is hosting from 8 to 12 March next year, will be held at the South Indian metropolis’s Express Shopping Mall to increase awareness of squash among the public and to bring in TV revenue too.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has launched an iPhone application, medstore becoming one of the first global sports federations to do so.

The application provides fans with all the latest results, as well as news and press releases for all cycling disciplines.

In addition to this, videos of UCI events containing highlights and interviews will be made available shortly after the end of events.

The application is free of charge and is available for download from the iTunes store.

The UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships in Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada from 31 August to 5 September will be the first event to benefit from the new application.

Slingshot Sponsorship has been appointed the dedicated sponsorship agency for the Wales Rally GB, drugs the UK round of the world’s leading Rally Championship.

With only two weeks to go until Wales Rally GB 2014, viagra 40mg the routes are being cleared across various locations in North Wales for the climax of this year’s Championship.

The FIA World Rally Championship comprises rounds in 13 different countries around the world and covers four continents in 11 months, link culminating with a Champion Driver and Champion Manufacturer at the end of the season. Widely regarded as one of the most challenging motor sport competitions on the planet, the UK leg takes place in the forests and parks of mid and North Wales, providing the sternest test of both man and machine.

As well as the popular forest stages, the rally weekend will feature a whole host of additional events for ticket holders, ranging from the brand new family friendly Service Park in Deeside as well as Spectator Stages at Chirk Castle and Kinmel Park. More that 70,000 attendees will enjoy day long entertainment, catering and big screens in celebration of the Rally.

Ben Taylor, Managing Director, Wales Rally GB stated “We have big plans for the development of Wales Rally GB in the coming years and we are delighted to have identified Slingshot Sponsorship as the perfect sponsorship agency our event. We will be working collaboratively to establish Wales Rally GB – known as the ‘Rally of Legends’ – as one of the prominent sporting events in the UK calendar.”

Jackie Fast, Managing Director, Slingshot Sponsorship explains “Wales Rally GB stands as one of the premier motor sport events in the world – working with the event is a very exciting opportunity for us to showcase the commercial potential of this platform.”

ECHL team Fort Wayne Komets has announced an affiliation partnership with National Hockey League’s Colorado Avalanche and American Hockey League team Lake Erie Monsters.

“The Fort Wayne Komets are very excited about this new affiliation between the Colorado Avalanche and the Lake Erie Monsters,” Fort Wayne general manager David Franke said. “As I have stated many times, if we could find the right NHL/AHL partner, we would become affiliated again. I feel with the director of player personnel David Oliver and assistant Avalanche general manager Craig Billington, we have found the right partners. Those gentlemen, along with Josh Kroenke, Joe Sakic and head coach Patrick Roy, are focused on winning and developing from within the entire organization.”

Franke also added, “This will provide our players a direct line to the AHL. There will be player movement during the season between Fort Wayne and Lake Erie. That is what the ECHL is all about, developing players so they can reach the highest level possible. The opportunity to work with David Oliver and his scouting staff will be a huge asset to the Komet organization.”

The Jockey Club announced today a partnership with successful live, medicine entertainment specialists in order to launch entertainment and music at their racecourses. 

The joint venture partners The Jockey Club who are the largest commercial group in British horse racing with music and live entertainment specialists Live at the Races, buy order which is a new business established by Andrew Wilkinson and Simon Halden. 

Andrew Wilkinson and Simon Halden have between them worked with a number of major international artists including Elton John, medic Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams, Pink Floyd, Take That and Kylie Minogue. 

The partnership hopes to promote, secure and produce music and other forms of live entertainment at its 15 well-known racecourse venues. 

The new deal also hopes to strengthen and increase the popularity and commercial success of both parties using what appears to be a well matched friendship. 

Paul Fisher, Group Managing Director of Jockey Club Racecourses said, “Music events and other forms of live entertainment provide very important commercial opportunities for us, attracting significant numbers of new customers to our racecourses and generating profits we reinvest back into British racing. With the launch of Jockey Club Live, not only will we enhance our offering, we believe we offer an ideal platform for brand partnerships too.”

The European Commission has announced it will launch a formal investigation into seven Spanish football clubs, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, on Wednesday after complaints they accepted illegal state aid, Spain’s foreign minister said.

Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia announced in April that the complaints concerned Barcelona, Real Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Osasuna (Pamplona), Valencia, Hercules (Alicante) and Elche.

Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told a press briefing after talks with EU colleagues on Monday the government in Madrid had been informed of a comprehensive inquiry.

It would be the first step to a procedure for violation of EU rules and could lead to sanctions if these rules were in fact broken.

Madrid appeared concerned about the consequences of the Brussels decision and Garcia-Margallo said the government would “defend the clubs to the end”.

“As far as I know there was nothing illegal,” said the minister. “But I am concerned about the prejudice that the clubs may suffer.”

The focus of the investigation is on whether the tax rate imposed on Real Madrid, the FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna complies with European law.

Valencia, Elche and Hercules were being investigated because of help the three clubs received from the regional government in the form of loans and bank guarantees.