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ASICS SPONSORSHIP SNUB FOR U.S. SPRINTERS
A Japanese-owned sportswear company has snubbed American sprinters and chosen to back British athletes instead after the U.S. relay team's "arrogance" at the Sydney Olympics last year.
MAYOR LIVINGSTONE HOLDS FINAL SAY ON LONDON OLYMPIC BID
Ken Livingstone, the outspoken mayor of London, will hold final approval for any London Olympic bid, the British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman has said.
ENGLAND CRICKETERS CRITICISED BY OWN WEBSITE
English cricket's ruling body was left red-faced after its own website criticised several members of the squad currently touring Sri Lanka, including captain Nasser Hussain.
UEFA WARN CLUBS OVER ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Clubs who form a breakaway northern European League will not be able to take part in the lucrative Champions League, according to European soccer's ruling body UEFA.
NEW WEMBLEY WON’T BE READY UNTIL END OF 2004
Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) has admitted that the new Wembley stadium will not be ready until the end of 2004.
PLAY – SPORT NEW MEDIA LAUNCH CRICKET NETWORK
A new network of websites aimed at uniting the UK?s domestic cricket community, and supported by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was launched at Lord?s Cricket Ground in London last night.
STAR TV BIDS FOR PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER RIGHTS
Hong Kong cable-TV operator i-CABLE Communications could lose the broadcasting rights for Premier League soccer in the England and Scotland to Rupert Murdoch?s Star TV.
ECCLESTONE SET TO SELL UP F1 SHARES SAYS PAPER
Bernie Ecclestone, who has ruled Grand Prix racing almost single-handedly for the past 30 years, is preparing to hand over control of Formula One to five big European carmakers, according to UK press reports.
UNITED SET FOR MULTI-MILLION POUND MUSICAL
English soccer club Manchester United are to be immortalised in a multi-million pound musical destined for London's West End theatre district.
BOA AND GOVERNMENT DECIDE WHETHER TO LAUNCH LONDON BID
British Olympic chiefs will meet government ministers today to decide whether London can launch a bid to bring the Olympic Games back to Britain for the first time since 1948.
SOCCER ACTS TO CUT POWER OF AGENTS
David Dein, the vice-chairman of London soccer club Arsenal, and the English Football Association (FA), said a new transfer system could be in place by next season which would force agents to sign a declaration promising not to tout players to other clubs while they are under contract.
EBERSOL APPLAUDS XFL AD SALES
Dick Ebersol, chairman of NBC Sports has announced that 70% of the advertising time for the first 10 weeks of the XFL football league, starting February 3is sold out.
FIFA TAKING NO ACTION ON GROBBELAAR CASE
FIFA will take no immediate action against former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, the player at the centre of a 1990s bribery case.
NZ WANTS CUT FROM ALL BLACK TOUR TAKINGS
The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRFU) is out to win a share of the money generated when its national team, the All Blacks, play overseas.
ISL `COULD BE SOLD IN EIGHT WEEKS?
Staff at Swiss marketing giant ISL have been told the company is looking for a new buyer ? and that any sale could be concluded within the next eight weeks.
SUNDERLAND APPOINTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
English Premier League high flier Sunderland has named former brewery executive Hugh Roberts as their new chief executive.
OCTAGON APPOINTS NEW VP FOR ASIA
Octagon has appointed Swee Sin Wu as vice president of business development for Octagon in Asia.
EMIRATES EXEC EXPLAINS CHELSEA KIT DEAL
Tim Clarke, chief director airline, Air Emirates, the new $36million shirt sponsors of Premier League club Chelsea, has told sportbusiness.com why the west London club was chosen as ?one of the cornerstones of the Emirates global portfolio of sponsorships?