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Business

Leeds United Football Club has urged the Professional Football Association and England's soccer authorities to settle their differences quickly over television contracts.
Media

German sports brand Puma has unveiled the first phase of its 2002 World Cup advertising campaign which focuses on the fortunes of the Cameroon national team.
Business

Tiger Beer has signed for a third time as title sponsor of Asian soccer’s Tiger 5s futsal tournament.
Business

Great Britain’s chances of hosting the 2005 World Athletics Championships have been dealt another blow according to reports.
Business

Sponsorship research agency S:Comm Research is relaunching its corporate website.
Business

US broadcaster ESPN has entered into a partnership with fledgling regional sports network Victory Sports which sees the latter secure carriage of a variety of ESPN’s sports programming.

The board of Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has approved this year's revised budget for the club.
Events

Athens 2004 Olympic organisers will propose a new, tougher security plan to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team visiting Greece this week in the wake of the air attacks on the US.
Events

Heather White has been appointed as the new head of sports sales at marketing and media company Sportsworld Media Group.

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IOC president Jacques Rogge has said athletes should not be excluded from the Olympic Games because of their country's politics.
Business

The row between English soccer’s Premier League and the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) looks set to end up in court as they face one another in a dispute over television revenues.

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Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh is close to signing a A$1million (US$490,000, B

The UK travel firm selling ticket packages to the heavyweight boxing showdown between Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman says ticket sales have ground to a halt following the US terror attacks.
Business

Basketball legend Michael Jordan will come out of retirement to play for the NBA's Washington Wizards, according to media reports – and could announce his comeback later today.
Sponsorship & Marketing

New viewing figures of soccer on TV have put further pressure on UK digital's ITV Sport Channel after it showed some games were attracting a mere 1,000 audience.

Next year's French Formula One Grand Prix has been pushed back to the end of July to avoid any clash with the 2002 World Cup soccer finals.