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SportsYA!, the internet portal serving Latin America, Spain and U.S. Hispanic markets, has secured $10 million capital investment in its latest round of financing from investors.

An attempt to beat the NFL on-site paid attendance record failed earlier this week.

The president of World Sports, Patti Wheeler, has resigned following the decision of Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks to cease production operations at the World Sports Enterprises unit December 1- the date that World Sports' contract with Nascar expires.

The World Wrestling Federation has filed a New York City Federal Court lawsuit against the William Morris Agency, which claims that the fees Morris is demanding from the WWF are not justified.

Major League Baseball attracted a record 72,748,970 fans this year and the average attendance topped 30,000 for the first time since the 1994-95 strike.

The head of utilities, telecoms and media giant Vivendi has ruled out bidding for U.S. broadcaster DirecTV, but reiterated he would welcome a partnership with media magnate Rupert Murdoch -- seen as one of DirecTV's suitors.

Two U.S. professors said they have won gold with a study predicting Olympic medal totals for different countries based on economic rather than athletic models.

Russian Olympic officials have warned that a shake-up is urgently needed if the country is to keep pace with other leading nations.

The UK is set to cash in on the gold-medal winning success of its athletes in Sydney.

The United States may have grabbed the most gold medals, but NBC's tape-delayed coverage of the Summer Games from Sydney limped across the finish line at a 32-year low in Olympic television ratings. For the full story see the `FEATURES? section of sportbusiness.com.

ESPN has promoted Russell Wolff, senior vice president of programming and event management for ESPN STAR Sport (ESS) in Asia, to senior vice president, ESPN International.

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said that the city's two baseball teams, the Mets and the Yankees, each should pay about one-third of the cost of any new stadiums.

United States swimming double gold medallist Megan Quann has signed a representation contract with Octagon to handle her professional swimming career.

Tickets.com, the official ticket supplier to the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games, will make tickets available for online purchase, commencing October 10, 2000.

The woman running a race against the clock to stage the 2004 Olympics in Athens has dismissed talk that the city could lose the Games and said the Greek capital would lay on a sporting show to rival Sydney's success.

GolfServ Online, the provider of syndicated golf-related online content and services, has signed a partnership agreement with internet site iWon and Nypost.com, the online version of the New York Post published by News Corporation.