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Manager Martin O'Neill and Formula One motor racing boss Eddie Jordan have joined a group of Irish businessmen in splashing out £17 million ($24m/27.2m Euros) to invest in Celtic, Scotland's soccer champions

For a Formula One team there is only one sound more comforting on race day than the roar of their car's engine on the track and that is the whirr of their sponsors' helicopters overhead

Electronic Arts, the world's largest interactive entertainment software company, has reached an exclusive agreement with Michael Jordan to be a spokesperson for the EA Sports' brand and appear in the company's sports interactive games, including the popular NBA LIVE basketball game.

Chicago Cubs home-run slugger Sammy Sosa has signed a five-year endorsement deal with Chicago-based retailer Montgomery Ward & Co.

Promoter SFX Entertainment Inc has acquired Tellem & Associates, in a deal that creates a powerhouse sports agency that will represent some 700 professional sports figures including Nomar Garciaparra, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.

Michael Jordan wants to withdraw his name from the Chicago-based restaurateurs who use it to sell "macaroni-and-cheese, memorabilia and mystique", according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

Sports celebrities John Elway, Wayne Gretzky and Michael Jordan are to launch a well-financed e-commerce venture that will offer sporting goods, as well as other fitness, health and financial products and services.

SportsLine.com, the leading global Internet sports media company and publisher of CBS SportsLine has signed a letter of intent to enter into a 10-year strategic relationship under which SportsLine.com's domestic e-commerce business will be acquired and operated by MVP.com.

Michael Jordan is in talks about possibly joining the Washington Wizards as head of basketball operations, with an eye to eventually assuming an ownership role, according to a report in the Washington Post.

Sports.com Limited, the majority-owned European subsidiary of SportsLine.com, Inc., has completed its previously announced second round of funding.

Michael Jordan and the majority owner of the Washington Wizards have agreed in principle to give the retired superstar control of team basketball operations, according to the Washington Post.

English Premier League soccer players could register goals that are repeated on television as their own intellectual property, according to a report in The Observer newspaper.

Retired basketball legend Michael Jordan has confirmed he will head operations of the NBA's Washington Wizards and become a part-owner of the team.

MVP.com board members John Elway, Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky, joined CEO John Costello in launching MVP.com, the online destination for high-quality sports, fitness, and outdoor gear and apparel.

Formula One needs an African Grand Prix but the calendar must not be enlarged beyond 17 races, team owner Eddie Jordan said.

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky and global newspaper publishers Hollinger International have joined forces to launch Faceoff.com, a world-wide source for hockey-related news, information and e-commerce.