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The London-based Quintus Group has concluded the acquisition of Bailey Carr Ltd, adding to the company?s recent acquisition of RHB Ventures USA .

BBC Director-General Greg Dyke branded soccer world body FIFA as "hypocritical" on Tuesday for selling the television rights to the 2002 World Cup while supporting global television coverage of the event.

Troubled computer games company Rage Software is banking on England soccer captain David Beckham to help return it to profitability.

UK-based structural strands company Bridon International has secured a contract to supply structural cables for the roof structure of the Inchon Munhak World Cup Stadium in South Korea.

English rugby league teams Bradford and Wigan are considering buying into rugby union.

ABC and ESPN have bought the exclusive broadcasting rights in the US market for premier IAAF events in a three- year agreement with the IAAF and ISL Worldwide.

The Football Association of Ireland has signed a five-year deal with Sky Sports for the broadcast of all the Republic of Ireland?s home internationals.

The British Open Squash Championships will make the National Indoor Arena (NIA) in Birmingham its base for at least the next seven years, following a recent deal.

England?s Rugby Football Union has refuted comments allegedly made by them that England?s Six Nations squad could be banned from international competition for life if they persist with their new contracts.

Britain?s Liverpool Football Club is looking for an Asian affiliate for a television channel the club hopes to set up with Granada Television, a major Liverpool shareholder.

Rugby union chiefs are threatening to ban England's top players from international competition unless they rip up an agreement signed with the country's leading clubs this week, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.

SportBusiness Group is moving its central London headquarters as it continues to expand.

Irish sport is preparing for renewed disruption following the first confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease in the Republic.

Sydney-based clothing manufacturer Classic Sportswear has signed a major kit deal with Great Britain?s Rugby Football League.

A space age design for London's premier athletics stadium at Picketts Lock was unveiled today as the Government dismissed claims it would not be built in time for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.

Next month's European Cup semi-finals will go ahead as planned despite Britain's foot-and-mouth crisis, tournament organisers said.