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888poker to sponsor PGA EuroPro Tour - 14/02/2012
The PGA EuroPro Tour is proud to announce 888.com’s poker brand, 888poker, is the new title sponsor for the 2012 season of the PGA EuroPro Tour. 888.com, one of the world's ...

Betfair to sponsor Prizefighter - 02/02/2012
BETTING giant backs boxing’s biggest draw Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Betfair are the new title sponsor of the Prizefighter series. The betting exchange begin their relationship with Matchroom ...

John Ryder signs with Lonsdale - 31/01/2012
HOTLY tipped Middleweight joins boxing brand after extending unbeaten record John Ryder has signed a sponsorship deal with Lonsdale as he continues to take the British Middleweight scene by storm. The deal ...

Scott Cardle signs with Matchroom Sport - 30/01/2012
TEAM GB star set for Sky Sports debut on Kell Brook undercard Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Team GB star Scott Cardle has signed promotional terms ...

BGC Partners to sponsor Masters in January - 12/01/2012
World Snooker are delighted to announce BGC Partners as the new title sponsor of the Masters, snooker’s greatest invitation event. BGC Partners is a leading global brokerage company primarily servicing the ...

Tickets selling fast for World Snooker Shoot-Out - 05/01/2012
Tickets for the final weekend of the World Snooker Shoot-Out in Blackpool in January have sold out, with only a few VIP packages left for the last day. The one-frame knockout ...

North Fire give Froch USA backing - 23/11/2011
Carl Froch has signed a sponsorship deal with West Yorkshire fire and rescue supply company North Fire ahead of his Super-Middleweight unification showdown with Andre Ward on December 17 in ...

Cash Converters to sponsor PDC Players Championship - 17/11/2011
CASH CONVERTERS will sponsor the PDC's Players Championship event, which will be held from December 8-11 at the Doncaster Dome and screened live on ITV4. The £250,000 tournament will feature the ...

Mosconi Cup to be played on Diamond Pro-Am table - 10/11/2011
THE 18th annual PartyPoker.net Mosconi Cup will be contested on a DIAMOND PRO-AM table following an agreement between Diamond Billiard Products of Jeffersonville, Indiana and Matchroom Sport of the UK. That ...

Redeem Tesco Clubcard vouchers for Masters snooker tickets - 09/11/2011
World Snooker have teamed up with Tesco to give shoppers the chance to watch the world's best snooker players at the Masters in London in January 2012. Snooker’s most prestigious invitation ...

OpenBet team up with Matchroom, PDC and World Snooker - 01/11/2011
Leading online gaming software supplier, OpenBet, is proud to announce it has teamed up with renowned sports promoters, Matchroom Sport, Professional Darts Corporation and World Snooker, to develop a range ...

Wyldecrest Park Homes extend World Seniors sponsorship - 28/10/2011
World Snooker are delighted to announce that Wyldecrest Park Homes has renewed its title sponsorship of the World Seniors Championship. The tournament was staged for the first time last year and ...

William Hill to sponsor Grand Slam of Darts - 28/10/2011
WILLIAM HILL, Britain's biggest bookmaker, have been confirmed as the title sponsor of the 2011 Grand Slam of Darts, which will be held at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall from November ...

Middleweight champ Grzegorz Proksa signs new deal with Matchroom Sport - 19/10/2011
European King targeting World title in 2012 Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that European Middleweight champion Grzegorz Proksa has extended his promotional deal with the company. The unbeaten Polish fighter claimed ...

Slattery win highlights importance of EuroPro Tour - 18/10/2011
Lee Slattery has joined an ever-expanding list of former PGA EuroPro Tour players that have risen to the heights of European Tour winner. His maiden victory in Spain this month at ...

PartyPoker.com launch Premier League Poker Mixed Game Championship - 17/10/2011
PartyPoker.com and Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce an extension to the world famous Premier League format as the PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker Mixed Game Championship will take place from ...

Fans and fighters dig deep for Michael Watson - 22/09/2011
Compelling documentary Michael Watson: The People’s Champion on Sky Sports tonight at 7pm The cream of British boxing gathered at the Dorchester hotel in London on Tuesday night (20 September) for ...

Welterweight star Kell Brook signs Adidas deal - 22/09/2011
Unbeaten Welterweight star Kell Brook has signed a sponsorship deal with sports clothing giant adidas – becoming their UK boxing ambassador. Brook’s first outing in the iconic three stripes brand will ...

Matchroom Sport named in list of Britain’s Brightest Businesses - 11/09/2011
Sunday Telegraph 11 September 2011 Matchroom Sport Limited is named in list of Britain’s Brightest Businesses i.e. “ 1,000 mid-sized companies which have weathered the economic storm and are set to ...

Matchroom and Sport 1 ink new long-term deal - 09/09/2011
Matchroom Sport have signed has signed a comprehensive new program agreement with SPORT1 for the German-speaking region. The programme package comprises the exclusive broadcast rights to numerous sports highlights for TV, online ...

Live Streaming Opens Snooker To Global Audience - 04/09/2011
World Snooker has signed a new five year agreement with digital sports media company PERFORM, to live stream all professional tournaments online, opening up the sport to a global audience ...

Fish'O'Mania Home International Result - 17/07/2011
TEAM ENGLAND took the inaugural PartyPoker.com Home International with a masterclass in match angling at Cudmore Fisheries, Stoke. The team of Alan Scotthorne, Will Raison, Des Shipp and Steve Hemingray weight ...

Atkin is Fish'O'Mania Champ - 16/07/2011
SHANE ATKIN, a 30 year-old care worker from Billingham, Cleveland became the 17th man to claim angling’s most coveted title – PartyPoker.com Fish’O’Mania champion, as he stormed to glory on ...

PartyPoker.com Fish'O'Mania XVIII Draw - 15/07/2011
Following last year's successful expansion into a two day event, the 18th running of PartyPoker.com Fish'O'Mania takes place this weekend at Cudmore Fisheries near Stoke-on-Trent, England. Saturday 16th July sees ...

PartyPoker.com sponsor Fish'O'Mania XVIII - 07/07/2011
Following successful partnerships in 2007, ’08 and ’09, PartyPoker.com is once again title sponsors of Fish’O’Mania – the world’s biggest coarse fishing match. Taking place on Saturday 16th July at Cudmore ...

International recognition for PDC - 07/07/2011
The Professional Darts Corporation have received a prestigious listing in the Sunday Times HSBC International Track 100 for the last two years. The continued growth of the PDC saw it ranked ...

World Snooker and IMG extend partnership with Eurosport - 07/07/2011
World Snooker, IMG Media and Eurosport have extended their long term partnership for an additional five seasons to give the pan-European channel unprecedented hours of live snooker into 2016. The ...

888Poker.com to sponsor Kell Brook's homecoming show - 16/06/2011
Online gaming site 888poker.com is sponsoring Kell Brook’s Sheffield showdown with Lovemore N’dou on June 25 live on Sky Sports. The fight at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre is Brook’s first hometown ...

Premier League Snooker back for 25th season - 13/06/2011
WITH AN exciting new format in place for the 2011 PartyCasino.com Premier League Snooker, Matchroom Sport can announce the eleven venues and fixtures for this year’s event. The competition gets ...

Europro Tour heads west to Fota Island - 13/06/2011
The PGA EuroPro Tour can announce that next month's Audi Cork Irish Masters, the sixth event on the Tour this year, will be held at Cork's beautiful Fota Island Golf ...

Masters and World Cup Set For SM City North Mall in Manila - 13/06/2011
The 2011 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool and PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters will be taking place at the SM City North EDSA Mall in Metro Manila, Philippines as both events ...

Big Game V breaks new streaming ground - 13/06/2011
In another first for poker, the Matchroom Sport-produced PartyPoker.com Big Game V was streamed for 48 hours uninterrupted on the internet via www.pokernews.com and in a unique twist, as well ...

Snooker Scores Massive Viewing Figures - 05/05/2011
The Betfred.com World Snooker Championship achieved fantastic viewing figures both on the BBC and in China. The tournament was widely regarded as one of the best in recent memory, concluding in ...

Carl Froch agrees terms with Matchroom Sport - 04/05/2011
THE COBRA eyes “dream Nottingham show” after Super Six glory Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch has signed a five-fight promotional deal. The WBC Super-Middleweight champion spoke ...

World Snooker & Rileys launch National Snooker Week - 27/04/2011
World Snooker is teaming up with Rileys Sports Bars to launch the first ever National Snooker Week. The announcement was made at a press conference held by World Snooker's Barry Hearn ...

Masters Snooker Goes To Alexandra Palace - 27/04/2011
The Masters, snooker's most prestigious invitation tournament, will have a new home in 2012 as it moves to Alexandra Palace. The event is one of the highlights of the snooker calendar, ...

Matchroom lead the way with two WPT firsts - 06/04/2011
Matchroom Sport, who have lead the way in televised poker since their first event over ten years ago, have again set new industry standards in their poker coverage. Recently on location ...

Adidas Boxing to sponsor Darren Barker - 04/04/2011
London fighter will wear the three stripes brand in European title fight Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that undefeated Middleweight champion Darren Barker has signed an endorsement deal with Adidas ...

Prizefighter hits American screens through Fox Sports - 01/04/2011
LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHTS II show airs Stateside tonight As Prizefighter prepares for international fighters to make their debut on the series, we are delighted to announce that the Light-Heavyweights II show features on ...

EuroPro Tour heading back to Galgorm Castle - 30/03/2011
Galgorm Castle Golf Club will host the Galgorm Castle Northern Ireland PGA EuroPro Open for the second successive year. Building on the highly successful staging of the inaugural event in 2010 ...

World Snooker To Help Kill Cancer - 21/03/2011
World Snooker is set to help raise 250,000 pounds over the next three years to fund new cancer treatments for lung and throat cancer. The campaign with the KILLING Cancer charity ...

Speedy Hire UK Open launched - 11/03/2011
SPEEDY, the leading UK provider of construction equipment rental and support services, have been announced as the new title sponsor of the Speedy Hire UK Open. Speedy, a North West-based FTSE-listed ...

PartyCasino.com Sponsor Snooker's PTC Finals - 10/03/2011
World Snooker are delighted to announce PartyCasino.com, the world's largest online casino, as the title sponsor of next week's Players Tour Championship Grand Finals. The new tournament runs from March 16 ...

Record Sales For Crucible Snooker Tickets - 04/03/2011
Tickets for the 2011 Betfred.com World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield have been selling at record levels, with many sessions already sold out. The tournament runs from April ...

IMG Representation deal with World Snooker LTD to become long term partnership - 03/03/2011
IMG Media announced today it has extended its representation deal with World Snooker Limited (WSL), to distribute the worldwide media rights of all live coverage and highlights (excluding domestic deals) ...

RTL7 International Masters Launched - 22/02/2011
The RTL7 International Masters will be played from March 18-21 at the Hotel Zuiderduin, featuring the leading six Dutch players amongst 12 top stars competing for €80,000 in prize money. The ...

Unbeaten Middleweight Champ Darren Barker joins Matchroom Sport - 21/02/2011
London fighter targets World title shot in 2011. Darren Barker is aiming to fight for the World Middleweight title in 2011 after signing a promotional deal with Matchroom Sport. The unbeaten 28 ...

Fota Island set to host EuroPro Tour event - 19/02/2011
The PGA EuroPro Tour is delighted to announce that one of the events in the 2011 season will be staged at the prestigious Fota Island Golf Club in Cork, Ireland. This ...

Dialaphone Link up with 888.com Premier League Darts - 09/02/2011
ONLINE mobile phone retailer Dialaphone is proud to announce that they are the new Official Mobile Partner of the 888.com Premier League Darts, which will begin its 2011 season at ...

Wyldecrest Park Homes To Sponsor Snooker's Welsh Open - 09/02/2011
World Snooker is delighted to announce Wyldecrest Park Homes as the new title sponsor of the Welsh Open. The world ranking tournament, which will be called the Wyldecrest Park Homes Welsh ...

Teletext Holidays hit the Bullseye - 08/02/2011
Teletext Holidays will enter the world of Darts in 2011 as the Official Travel Partner of the 888.com Premier League Darts after signing a year-long deal with the Professional Darts ...

888.com Sponsors Premier League Darts - 07/02/2011
THE Professional Darts Corporation are delighted to announce that 888.com will sponsor the 888.com Premier League Darts. The 888.com Premier League Darts, featuring eight stars of the sport, will begin on ...

3D first for Premier League Darts - 03/02/2011
Sky Sports will broadcast the opening night of the 2011 PDC Premier League Darts live on Sky 3D on Thursday 10 February at The O2 in London. The four matches ...

Sky Sports snap up Grand Slam Of Darts - 25/01/2011
THE Professional Darts Corporation are delighted to announce that agreement has been reached for the Grand Slam of Darts to be shown live on Sky Sports HD for the next ...

PDC look to the future as Unicorn Youth tour confirmed - 21/01/2011
THE future stars of darts will be able to play in 15 tournaments in 2011 on the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour, which will offer £30,000 prize money plus an additional ...

Caesarscasino.com To Sponsor Snooker Shoot-Out - 19/01/2011
Caesarscasino.com has signed up as the title sponsor of the Snooker Shoot-Out, a brand new tournament to take place in Blackpool later this month and televised live on Sky Sports. The ...

PDC Q School Success Hailed - 18/01/2011
THE inaugural PDC ProTour Qualifying School has been hailed as a huge success. Over 100 players competed across four days in Wigan last weekend in a bid to win Tour Cards ...

World Snooker Extends Broadcast Agreement With BBC - 12/01/2011
Snooker's biggest domestic tournaments will be shown on the BBC for at least another three years thanks to a new agreement with World Snooker. The deal sees the BBC continue as ...

PDC Unicorn Youth Tour Announced & Tickets Boost - 04/01/2011
THE Professional Darts Corporation are delighted to announce a PDC Unicorn Youth Tour to be launched in 2011, while both the Ladbrokes.com World Darts Championship and 2011 Premier League Darts ...

Ladbrokes Mobile to Sponsor Masters at Wembley - 03/01/2011
LEADING BOOKMAKERS LADBROKES are delighted to announce that they have become the title sponsors of the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters taking place at Wembley Arena in the New Year. Snooker's ...

Next Prizefighter to be shown in 3D for first time - 22/12/2010
MATCHROOM Sport’s next Prizefighter tournament will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in 3D for the first time. Eight fighters in the light-heavyweights division – the second event at this weight ...

Fish'O'Mania top prize increases to £30,000 - 21/12/2010
FOR the first time in its 18-year history, the top prize at Fish‘O’Mania is set to rise. The 2011 champion will carry off a cheque for £30,000, an increase of 20 ...

Europe win 17th annual Partycasino.com Mosconi Cup - 20/12/2010
EUROPE won the 2010 PartyCasino.com Mosconi Cup after a convincing 11-8 victory over holders USA after four intense days play at the York Hall, East London. The winning five man team ...

Taylor Second At SPOTY Awards! - 19/12/2010
PHIL TAYLOR was the runner-up in the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards on Sunday night. The 15-time World Champion joined the other nine nominees for the awards at ...

PDC events to be screened in Holland on RTL 7 - 16/12/2010
PROFESSIONAL DARTS CORPORATION tournaments will be screened in Holland from next January through RTL 7. The PDC and RTL7 have agreed a contract until 2013 for the Dutch broadcaster to screen ...

Great Dane Hansen pockets million in FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX - 10/12/2010
Exciting plans for tenth edition in 2011 after Great Dane pockets million. Gus Hansen ended 2010 million richer after winning the FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX title live on Sky Sports on ...

Cash Converters Sponsors World Cup of Darts - 16/11/2010
THE inaugural PDC World Cup of Darts will be sponsored by Cash Converters. The tournament, which will be known as The Cash Converters World Cup of Darts, will be held at ...

Daily Mirror Sponsors Grand Slam of Darts - 02/11/2010
The Daily Mirror Grand Slam of Darts will be held from November 13-21 at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, with 32 stars competing for £400,000 in prize money live on ITV4. The ...

EuroPro Tour agree new deal with Gato Golf Ltd - 29/10/2010
The EuroPro Tour have agreed a deal with Gato Golf Ltd for them to become the Official Golf Club Cleaner of the EuroPro Tour. John Fulford, UK Managing Director for Gato ...

PartyGaming to Sponsor Weber Cup - 29/10/2010
Matchroom Sport are pleased to announce that PartyGaming, the online gaming giant, are once again title sponsoring the Weber Cup; the annual Europe v USA, Ryder Cup-style tenpin bowling tournament. It ...

Wyldecrest To Sponsor World Seniors - 28/10/2010
World Snooker is delighted to announce Wyldecrest Park Homes as the title sponsor of next week's World Seniors Championship. The new tournament, which will be called the Wyldecrest Park Homes World ...

Samba Snooker! New Tournament In Brazil - 21/10/2010
World Snooker will be taking the sport to a brand new territory next year with the Brazilian Masters. The tournament, announced at a press conference in London today, will run from ...

Lonsdale makes it 3 in a row with Prizefighter - 11/10/2010
Lonsdale, the UK’s leading performance boxing and apparel brand is to continue its relationship with the Prizefighter boxing series, which it has supported from series 1, by agreeing to sponsor ...

Audley Harrison joins Full Tilt Poker - 11/10/2010
World Heavyweight title challenger to represent poker giants. Audley Harrison has signed a sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker ahead of his World Heavyweight title fight with David Haye in November. Harrison ...

Marfin Popular Bank to sponsor Tour Championships - 28/09/2010
MARFIN Popular Bank will be the title sponsors of the biggest event in the EuroPro Tour schedule – The Tour Championships. The three-day event, which will be staged at Aphrodite Hills, ...

12bet.com Takes On The World Through Sponsorship Of Snooker’s World Open - - 10/09/2010
World Snooker is delighted to announce online betting firm 12bet.com as the new title sponsor of the World Open. The one-year deal will see the tournament, which runs from September 18 ...

Bodog To Sponsor Bodog.com World Grand Prix - 01/09/2010
BODOG, the largest online betting brand in the world*, have been confirmed as the new title sponsors of the Bodog.com World Grand Prix darts championship. The poker, casino and online betting ...

Sky To Televise World Seniors Championship - 05/08/2010
Sky Sports will screen seven one-hour highlights programmes from the new World Seniors Championship over the Christmas period. This follows the recent announcement that Sky will televise the World Snooker Shoot-Out ...

SkyCaddie to sponsor Hever Castle event - 07/07/2010
THE PGA EuroPro Tour are delighted to announce that SkyCaddie will be the title sponsor of the Hever Castle event in August. The SkyCaddie European Championship will take place at the ...

PartyPoker.com/Blog sponsor new series of The Poker Show with Jesse May - 28/06/2010
The new season of ‘The Poker Show with Jesse May,’ with the first one hour show being broadcast on Wednesday 30th June and available to download from 12pm, under new ...

Matchroom Sport are delighted to announce that Wyldecrest Park Homes are the title sponsor of the 2010 Premier League Bowls - 18/06/2010
Taking place from Tuesday, September 21 to Thursday, September 23 at the beautiful Athena Beach Hotel in Paphos, Cyprus, the Premier League features a superb line-up of six of the ...

Totesport.com set to sponsor Fish'O'Mania XVII - 14/06/2010
MATCHROOM Sport are very pleased to announce that totesport.com are title sponsors of the annual Fish'O'Mania event. This year’s edition of the premier match fishing competition takes place over the weekend ...

Sky To Televise World Snooker Shoot-Out - 17/05/2010
Sky Sports will televise a World Snooker event for the first time in over six years in the coming season, having signed up for the thrilling new World Snooker Shoot ...

RILEYS - the pool and snooker operator fast-becoming a leading player in the world of darts - are the new main sponsors of the Professional Darts Corporation's UK Open - 01/05/2010
The event - now officially called the Rileys Darts Zones UK Open - takes place at the Reebok Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, from Thursday June 3 to ...

Matchroom Sport secure WPT Europe production - 21/04/2010
Matchroom Sport, the world's leading producers and distributors of televised poker, are delighted to announce that they will be producing the World Poker Tour's European events. The WPT visit venues around ...

Matchroom Sport agree deal with Sky Sports to show Saturday Fight Night Programmes - 24/03/2010
MATCHROOM Sport have agreed a new two-year deal with Sky Sports to continue showing championship boxing shows as part of the channel’s Saturday Fight Night programmes. The contract, which will run ...

Mercedes-Benz offers EuroPro Tour Q School bonus - 15/03/2010
The PGA EuroPro Tour is delighted to announce that Mercedes-Benz Hertfordshire has signed a deal to be the official car of the Tour - and will offer the winner of ...

Full Tilt Poker to sponsor poker's biggest ever live challenge - 10/11/2009
Matchroom Sport is delighted to announce that the Full Tilt Poker Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge will take place in London from November 17-19th. Tom “Durrrr” Dwan issued the challenge in July ...