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Pan-american Sports Network (PSN), the pay television sports network in Latin America will offer complete coverage of the US Open tennis from August 27 to September 9.

Beer giant Foster’s has signed a new deal to sponsor Formula One’s Australian Grand Prix until 2006.

India's state broadcasting corporation, Prasar Bharti has won exclusive rights to broadcast the first Afro-Asian Games scheduled in New Delhi in November.

Israel’s soccer league kicks off this weekend, and for many clubs the main goal will be avoiding relegation or surviving a season already overshadowed by cash problems.

The president of Russian premier division soccer side Fakel Voronezh has resigned following the death of a woman during the half-time interval of a 5-0 defeat by Spartak Moscow last weekend, club officials have confirmed.

A Colombian judge has ordered shares of the country’s most successful soccer club Millonarios to be seized.

Swiss first division soccer club Sion have had seven points deducted as a penalty for failing to meet their licence obligations.

Broadband network services provider Williams Communications has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar agreement with NFL Films.

England’s top non-league soccer division has welcomed suggestions it should join the professional Nationwide Football League.

Colombia’s soccer team Deportivo Cali will start constructing its new stadium tomorrow.

Many of the key advertisers and sponsors of the programme said they were satisfied with the show – despite it pulling in just 4.3million viewers – more than two million less than rival channel BBC1 in its 7pm slot.However, Tina Digby, associate director at advertising agency MediaCom said: “ITV should move The Premiership show to a later slot, closer to 10.30pm. I suspect ITV has overestimated soccer’s popularity at that time of the evening, with much of the female audience turning off.”

BBC Radio Five Live has signed a deal to provide live coverage of all Manchester United’s European home games for the next two years, starting from this season.

Directors of Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports marketing and management company Proactive Sports Group have purchased 320,000 shares in the company today, spending a total of nearly £75,000 ($108,000/B

CART is set to announce later today its five-year strategic direction in meetings with sponsors and manufacturers.

UK broadcaster the BBC has won the domestic rights to the British Open Golf Championship – ending speculation it could lose out to a rival.

ESPN.com has completed the acquisition of web-based sports magazine SportsJones.com.