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Brazilian soccer club Corinthians has launched a new official club web site ? to form part of the PSN.com network.

The Sydney Games organising committee (SOCOG) is trying to put a positive spin on things following a ticket delivery public relations exercise went awry.

Three-times Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been asked by the German tax administration to pay 10 million marks ($4.63 million), reports the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

A deal between Fox Sports International and English terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 5 is bringing the Argentine Football League to British screens for the first time.

Sydney's Olympic authorities have threatened to close an Aboriginal Arts centre immediately outside the main stadium if it was used as a focus for protests to highlight the plight of the country's Aborigines.

Australia has said it was caught in the cross-fire of a row over foreign television access to news events rather than sporting competitions at the Sydney Olympic Games but would work towards a settlement. For the full story see the FEATURES section of SportBusiness.com.

A New York/New Jersey-based team will be one of eight scheduled teams to kick off the inaugural season-of the XFL, the new professional football league jointly owned by World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and NBC.

The Green Bay Packers are to give away tickets to non-season ticket holders as an incentive to county residents to vote for public funding in a referendum on stadium improvements.

Pressure on organisers of the Sydney Olympics to lift its ban on foreign television media from Homebush during the Games is mounting after the US joined the European Union in calls to refer the issue to the World Trade Organisation.

South African soccer officials have confirmed they were dropping their campaign to get FIFA to vote again on the venue for the 2006 World Cup finals.

In a move that could be imitated by other charge card businesses, Portugal Telecom SA, has signed agreements with three of Portugal's top soccer teams to offer branded calling cards.

PrimeShot.com, the professional event photography service, is to partner the Baltimore Ravens to capture film of fans enjoying memorable moments at Ravens training camp, special events and all PSINet Stadium Ravens games.

IBM Inc is facing an ambush of its Olympic internet rights from APN Digital, the online offshoot of Australian radio and publishing group APN News & Media Limited.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won a contract to deliver TV coverage of Italian national league football matches to Asia via Eurovision.

Spain is to host the second FIFA Club World Championship.

FIFA is to implement a new rotation system in awarding the rights to host its premier property, the World Cup.