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Stadia

UK broadband entertainment specialists Sportev said that 36 percent of those who visited its interactive video service paid to watch England beat Australia in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley on Monday on its pay-per-view (PPV) highlights service.
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The Australian Football League (AFL) Commission has begun a meeting with clubs after three club presidents spoke out on the eve of the meeting about the need for the league to maintain the viability of all 16 clubs.
Business

The Australian National Basketball League has cemented its multi-million-dollar deal with sports marketing company Sportsworld Media Group.
Media

A Chinese-led consortium has won the contract to build a new stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, as the venue for the 2003 Southeast Asia Games.
Business

Online sports technology provider, iSport UK and sports technology consultants, Play-Sport New Media are to merge their UK operations, sportbusiness.com has learned.
Business

Motor manufacturer Toyota has renewed its sponsorship of Australia?s Adelaide Crows AFL team.
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Business

Australia?s second largest pay-TV provider Austar United Communications has seen its operating losses widen in its latest set of financial results.
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Events

Satellite channel British Eurosport scored its highest ever TV ratings for its coverage of the World Athletics Championships from Edmonton, Canada.
Business

The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) is hoping to raise US$3 million (?3.29m) in sponsorship for the 2002 World Cup.
Business

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 (?220.75m) facelift.

A Sydney building company has been fined almost US$50,000 (?55,297) for safety breaches which resulted in the death of a man working on scaffolding during construction of the Sydney Olympic Village.
Events

Australian sports fans soon may have to pay to see Australia play cricket in countries other than Britain and a host of other events deemed too unpopular to deserve free-to-air television coverage.
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Events

The 2002 Australian Open will be the first Grand Slam to offer spectators the chance to see wheelchair tennis players in tournament action, Tennis Australia (TA) president Geoff Pollard said on Monday.

An investigation into the death of a marshal during the Australian Grand Prix last March is likely to clear local organisers, Formula One sources said on Monday.

A row has broken out over the sale of Sir Donald Bradman memorabilia, the value of which has soared since the Australian cricket legend died in February, aged 92.
Business

An unidentified athlete has tested positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO (erythropoetin) at the World Athletics Championships, Istvan Gyulai general secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) said on Thursday.
Events

Australia is seeking an international trotting carnival with Harness Racing Victoria this week launching a new look December showpiece in a bid to attract northern hemisphere competitors in the long-term.

Washington DC has signed a 10-year deal to stage the National Grand Prix of Washington DC ? kicking off with the American Le Mans Series Race.