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The National Basketball Association has sued newspaper publisher New York Times Co. for selling a collection of five photographs from the 1999 N.B.A. playoffs, reports the New York Times newspaper

NHL team the Edmonton Oilers have appointed a new president and chief executive officer.

Moroccan officials said they felt betrayed on Thursday after falling out in the first round of voting to stage the 2006 World Cup ? and then faced further humiliation when their support for South Africa failed to bring the tournament to the continent.

Argentina's River Plate soccer team plans to open the club's marketing operations to a third party as part of a controversial plan to shore up and modernise its business.

South Africa looked poised to win Africa the most prestigious sporting event in the continent's history on Thursday - the 2006 World Cup finals?and Sportbusiness.com will bring you the news first.

SFX Sports has signed a $85m deal to market the international television rights to the US Open tennis championship.

Iran has barred a visit by a U.S. soccer team for friendly matches on the free trade island of Kish later this month, a Kish official said on Tuesday.

The United States Supreme Court will be asked to examine the case involving Casey Martin's use of a cart during its tour events.

The New York investment banking firm, E.M. Warburg, Pincus and Co, which is currently looking to buy D.C. United's operating rights is also seeking to control a second Major League Soccer team, reports the Washington Post.

A Boston District Councilor has proposed a plan calling for the city to be part-repaid for the Fenway Park rebuild through sales of a special scratch lottery ticket, reports The Boston Globe.

FOX Sports World Espanol, the only 24-hour, Spanish-language sports network in the United States, is to distribute its programming to more than 117,000 Time Warner Communications' subscribers in El Paso, Texas.

Media company Belo Corp says it is to sell its interest in the NBA?s Dallas Mavericks and its new downtown arena.

NBC expects to sell nearly $1 billion in advertising for the Sydney 2000 Olympics this summer, and has already sold more advertising than the record sum from the Atlanta Games in 1996.

Taxpayer-financed sports stadiums lower per per-capita incomes in their areas ? according to a study carried out by two US academics.

Sportsworld Media Group, the sports, media and entertainment business, has completed the acquisition of the UK-based Pro-Active Projects Limited for an initial consideration of #660,00.

Major League Soccer's board of governors are likely to approve the sale of D.C. United's operating rights to a New York investment banking firm this week for between $25 million and $30 million, reports The Washington Post