Organisers say the Madrid Open will be first the tennis tournament to be broadcast for the general public in 3D outside tournament grounds.
Due to the success of the Olympic football tournaments, FIFA, with President Jules Rimet as the driving force, again started looking at staging its own international tournament outside of the Olympics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency said it conducted only 21 tests outside of tournaments in 2011, out of 2,150 tests over all.
We would support any sort of initiatives and we are actively looking at supporting initiatives as a group outside the tournaments themselves in terms of player welfare".
With Twenty20 internationals sprinkled around the calendar only sparsely – a recent survey of the current players called for more such fixtures, at the expense of one-dayers – discerning form and trends outside global tournaments is not entirely straightforward.
He's tried to put together the toughest schedule of friendlies he can in his time with the team but a further logistical challenge of his job means it's hard to maintain consistency outside of tournaments and qualifiers.
Furthermore, many accidents may occur outside official tournaments, for example, several mortal motor and quad accidents in teenagers during the last couple of years in Poland.
For all the hype, however, any benefit outside the tournament host, South Africa, will be short-lived.
Cilic does not deny he was guilty of taking nikethamide, by mistake, outside of tournament play.
He played well despite sometimes not having enough money to eat outside the tournament site because his checks bounced.
