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Football hooliganism in the UK is on the increase as offenders become more sophisticated and "more like organised crime groups", according to a National Criminal Intelligence Service report will show today.

David Ginola is set for a legal fight with Aston Villa, claiming he was subjected to defamatory remarks about his physique.

A letter Dick Pound wrote to key Olympic broadcasters and sponsors shortly after his loss in the IOC presidential election was not sour grapes, the Montreal lawyer said Tuesday.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will be given a new stand and a capacity of 100,000 people in time for the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but lose its 1928 members' pavilion in a US$200 million (B

The National Football League has offered the NFL Referees Association a five-year contract that would double the salaries of all cash-strapped officials.

Orlando Predators Entertainment (OPE), the Nasdaq-listed company, which owns and operates the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL), the Peoria Pirates of arenafootball2 and two arenafootball2 franchises to play in 2002 or 2003, has reported a loss of $1.43m (B

CBS Sports has signed a three-year deal with Championship Auto Racing Team (CART) to televise a portion of the Champ car schedule.

Eurosport.com, the European sports portal, has reported record figures for it's online coverage of the Tour de France - registering over two million page impressions daily for the three-week event (July 7-29).

Terms of the agreement struck to settle the Argentinean soccer strike have begun to emerge – with all cash owed to players being placed in trust with Banco Credicoop.

Spanish authorities are investigating the disappearance of 15 case files on Atletico Madrid president Jesus Gil.

Mexican baseball championship winning club Tigres, is to move from the capital city after 46 years and move to a new venue in Puebla.

The enthusiasm for terrestrial digital television was dampened today after Spanish pay-television network Quiero admitted it is facing huge financial problems.

The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) is hoping to raise US$3 million (B

New Zealand-based venture capital firm IT Capital (ITC) has updated investors on the fortunes of its investment portfolio, which includes the sports broadcast enhancement company, Virtual Spectator.

If News Corp Ltd. succeeds in its bid to take acquire Hughes Electronics Corp., the Australian news giant could gain control of a merged Latin America satellite television entity, a source at Mexico's Grupo Televisa has said.

Sports agent Leigh Steinberg, who was the inspiration behind the Hollywood film character Jerry Maguire, has accused his former partner David Dunn of stealing his clients through blackmail and fraud.