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Soccer-related sponsorship and merchandising revenues could generate up to $500m in Asia over the next five years, according to a Singapore-based sports marketing executive.

The 2003 world badminton championships will be staged in Birmingham, English officials said after outbidding China, Hong Kong and the Netherlands.
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London and Hong Kong-based international sports marketing group World Sports Group has won the sponsorship and broadcasting rights for cricket matches in Sri Lanka for three years, the local cricket board said.
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AIM-listed sports media advisory firm Media Content is to open a new office in Hong Kong.

Telstra Corp Ltd, Australia's dominant telecommunications group, wants to capitalize on its success in wiring the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games by penetrating the world's biggest potential market, China.
Business

Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded after the country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar.
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Delegations from four cities bidding for the 2006 Asian Games will gather in the South Korean city of Pusan this weekend for last-minute lobbying ahead of Sunday's vote to decide the host city for the event.
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BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.
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Australian-based design and planning firm Hassell has formed an alliance with HOK, the world's biggest sports facility architectural firm.
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The NBA, constrained by the ?mature? domestic market are seeking new markets in Asia, according to a report in the Asian Wall Street Journal.
Business

Sportshows Television has secured the television rights for the Asian Yachting Circuit.
Media

SINA.com, an online media and services company for Chinese communities worldwide, has launched China's official Olympics web site, http://aoyun.sina.com.cn.
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ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.

Quokka Sports in partnership with British Telecom has launched www.btchallenge.com to provide up to the minute coverage of The BT Global Challenge, dubbed the "World?s Toughest Yacht Race".

India has made a bid to stage the 15th Asian Games in 2006.
Business

Invest Hong Kong, the inward investment governement agency, is to sponsor one of the yachts in the BT Global Challenge.
Business

The ISMM Group (International Sports Media & Marketing) headquarters is on the move after 18 years in Lucerne.
Business

EPSN Star Sports has appointed Mike Kerr to the newly created position of senior manager, integrated sales.