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Barcelona has made a bid to host the next bout of former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, according to local press reports.
Business

Barcadi-Martini has signed a deal to renew its sponsorship of the Ford World Rally team, the agency BWP International has announced.
Business

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder thinks money has become too big in modern soccer.
Media

Demands by leading European soccer clubs that their games should take priority over international friendlies are completely unacceptable, UEFA General Secretary Gerhard Aigner has said.

Angel Maria Villar has been elected as the Spanish football federation president for his fourth consecutive four-year term after a vote early this week.
Events

The 2000 NBA All-Star Game, taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 11- 13, will be shown in 205 countries, with a potential audience of 750million households.
Business

Sport Entertainment & Media, the UK-based company which represents Premier League soccer players, had the likes of Emmanuel Petit and Lennox Lewis for helping it triple profits this year.
Business

This season's secondary European club rugby competition has been launched with a new name, the European Shield rebranded as the Parker Pen Shield.

The board of Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has approved this year's revised budget for the club.
Events

Octagon Esedos, the Spanish agency of the sports marketing giant has appointed the son-in-law of King Juan Carlos I of Spain as its new business development manager.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.

IOC president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.
Business

Denis O’Brien, the millionaire Irish businessman, has raised his offer to buy PGA European Tour Courses PLC, a golf course operator, by three million pounds to £35m ($51m/B
Business

Public relations giant Edelman has launched a new sport sponsorship consultancy in Europe.
Business

A decision on whether London will bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games will not be known until after next summer’s Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Media

UK company Aggreko has won an exclusive contract to supply temporary power for broadcasters during next year’s FIFA World Cup in Japan.
Business

Madrid will not withdraw its candidacy to organise the Olympic Games for 2012 in favour of New York, says a spokesman for the Madrid mayor.

Spain's Estudiantes is now the most supported basketball squad in Europe with 9,306 season ticket holders.