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EURO 2008 TV RIGHTS DEALS CONTINUE APACE
UEFA agreed several TV rights deals for the forthcoming UEFA EURO 2008™ tournament in Austria and Switzerland.
SPORTO CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES PROGRAMME
The organisers of this year’s Sporto Conference revealed their 2006 programme.
UEFA AGREES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DEALS
UEFA has revealed details of broadcast deals outside of the main European markets for three Champions League seasons from 2006 to 2009.
TURKEY HOSTS FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2010
Turkey will host basketball’s 2010 FIBA World Championship.
SCHUMACHER’S EROTIC INVESTMENT
F1 driver Ralf Schumacher has teamed up with a subsidiary of German erotic products firm Beate Uhse in a joint venture aimed at the Slovenian market.
EBU up content access
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has revealed details of initiatives aimed at providing additional content access to sports fans around Europe.
League set for expansion
European basketball’s Adriatic League is to expand next season after an agreement between league chiefs and the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
BSI gets chemical boost
Benfield Sports International (BSI) has agreed a four-year deal with Swedish chemical products company VEIDEC to be elite sponsors of the FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).
Just the ticket for Euroleague
A major marketing workshop to enhance ticket sales for European basketball’s Euroleague concludes today – with participating teams saying the effort is paying off.
UEFA approves licensing
The UEFA Executive Committee has voted to approve the introduction of a new club licensing system for European competitions from 2004/2005.
Kirch blurs the World Cup picture
With time running out until the opening game of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, many broadcasters are playing a waiting game over TV rights. Tim Wallace explains why
NHL FINALS TO REACH 170 COUNTRIES
NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
EURO 2000 SET FOR BRITISH BETTING BONANZA
British fans are set to bet more than #100 million pounds ($149m) on Euro 2000, making it the world's biggest single sports betting event, bookmakers Ladbrokes said on Friday.
COURT TO RULE ON YUGOSLAVIA EURO 2000 BAN REQUEST
A Belgian court will shortly issue its ruling on a request to ban Yugoslavia from the Euro 2000 soccer tournament, a court official told Reuters.
REBEL EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CLUBS SET TO SPLIT
European basketball is set to be split into two opposing camps in Thessaloniki today when newcomers ULEB will challenge the sport's governing body FIBA by announcing its own rival to the recently launched Suproleague.
EXTREME EXPANDS INTO SLOVENIA
The Extreme Group has launched the Extreme Sports Channel on the Telekabel cable network in Llubljana, Slovenia.
KARPIN BIDS FOR SAME STATUS AS EUROPEAN UNION PLAYERS
Celta Vigo's Russian international Valery Karpin is hoping to finish the season with the status of a European Union national after taking his case to a Madrid court this week.
UEFA UNVEIL STRICT NEW FINANCIAL GUIDELINES
Only clubs which can prove they are financially stable and soundly managed will be allowed to compete in fixtures organised by UEFA from the 2003-04 season, European soccer's governing body has announced.