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Alastair Campbell will be hired as a consultant to advise on media and communications for next year's British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand.

Fast Web Media, the UK based operating company, wholly owned by Total sports Online ASA, has teamed up with Entertainment and Sports Agency (ESA) in a six-figure co-marketing deal.

Ireland's international rugby union players are reported to be heading for a clash with the Irish RFU over match fees.

The Rugby Football Union, in its year ended 30 June 2004, has recorded a fall in profits but managed to match last year’s record turnover thanks mainly to its commercial and hospitality markets.

The Rugby Football Union, in its year ended 30 June 2004, has managed to match last year’s record turnover thanks mainly to its commercial and hospitality markets.

NBA fans can enjoy full coverage of the NBA in the UK and Ireland this season and next, with the addition of live NBA games to NASN's line up of North American sports.

Fran Rooney, chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), has resigned after just 18 months in the job reports Reuters.

Proud Limerick supporter JP McManus is set to sponsor Shannonsiders' county teams in Ireland, reports Reuters.

Jahangir Khan has been unanimously re-elected as president of the World Squash Federation (WSF) at the international federation's 34th Annual General Meeting.

NASN (North American Sports Network) will broadcast the American Hockey League (AHL) in the UK and Ireland for this first time this season.

The financial future of the three Celtic Unions has been given a multi-million pound boost, with the BBC announcing it will broadcast all autumn home internationals featuring Scotland, Ireland and Wales for the next five years.

Racing UK, British Racing's dedicated horseracing channel, is to launch an on-line service next week to reach an estimated 3.2 million broadband users.

Japan wants to stage the Rugby World Cup in 2011 according to the secretary of the Japanese RFU.

Tackling football's financial crisis will be under discussion at the first International Football Institute (IFI) conference taking place today and tomorrow at the University of Central Lancashire.

Eight nations will contest the ICC Trophy qualifying tournament in Malaysia next year in a bid to win a place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

A cross-border soccer competition in Ireland will be introduced after a 25-year absence following agreement between the Republic's Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and Irish Football Association in Northern Ireland (IFA).