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Events

Continuing the trend towards combined ownership of more than one sports franchise, the owners of Minnesota's NBA and NHL teams are were working on a deal to buy the Minnesota Twins, contingent upon the construction of a new stadium in St. Paul.
Business

Badminton's prestigious World Grand Prix finals are to be scrapped in their present format.
Media

The official Olympic Games internet site has already attracted 7.2 billion hits, surpassing the original estimate of 6.5 billion with six days of competition still remaining.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The England national cricket team may have slumped to an embarassingly early exit at this year?s Cricket World Cup, but the tournament has helped raise the profile of the sport in the UK, according to recent research.
Media

Swedish internet TV provider Kamera has bought the UK internet protocol (IP) rights to a package of Serie A match highlights from MP Web, the new media company of the Milan-based Media Partners group.
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Events

Britain's five-times Olympic rowing champion Steve Redgrave is hoping to launch a new Formula One-styled championship for the sport.

The organisers of Euro 2000 responded to complaints of major ticketing problems, saying that only "a few hundred" fans had suffered because of mistakes in the ticket allocation process.

Promoters of next year's New Zealand Open confirmed yesterday that entry prices would be the highest ever for a golf tournament in the country.
Business

A senior Olympic official paid Sydney a glowing tribute at the midway stage of the Summer Games on Friday for putting on what he said could turn out to be a "magic" Olympics.
Stadia

Safety chiefs are checking the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff before this weekend?s World Cup game between Wales and Japan to ensure there is no repeat of last week's incident when a woman was injured by debris falling from the roof.