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Leeds United and South Africa captain Lucas Radebe is seeking to buy a 50% stake in a South African Premier League side, according to club officials.

Sportel exhibitors, Kingston MediaSTream, the international satellite and broadcast arm of the Kingston Communications Group, has won two major international contracts.

Sportal, the European sports content portal, has clashed with Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) organisers over journalistic access at one of the tournament?s matches.

The UK?s Sky Sports channel has signed a five-year deal with the British Speedway Promoters? Association for the broadcast rights to all British Speedway.

British celebrity footballer David Beckham has scored a winner with his new book, knocking The Beatles off the top slot in a Sunday Times book chart.

The Women's United Soccer Association, which plans to kick off next April, unveiled its nicknames, logos and venues.

Every aspect of world cricket has been tarnished by a damning Indian corruption report released on Wednesday, according to The Times of London.

Leicester City are to develop a new 32,000-seater stadium. This will replace their present home ground Filbert Street, where they have been resident since 1891.

The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.

The English Rugby Football Union announced record financial results at their press conference in London today. The news follows on from disappointing performances over the past three years.

David Cardwell, chairman and co-founder of Copyright Promotions Group (CPG), the sports and brands licensing agency, has been presented with a special Outstanding Achievement Award at the inaugural Licensing Industry Dinner and UK Awards (LIDA).

Francis Baron, chief executive of the English Rugby Union, aims to make England the number one rugby nation in the world as part of the unions soon to be announced 8-year Strategic Plan.

NFL Europe has named its new president following the resignation last week of Bill Peterson. Peterson, who worked for the NFL in Europe for 10 years, has accepted a position with an international business conglomerate based in the U.S. He had been in the position for less than a year.

Wales has submitted a bid to the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) to host the 2009 Ryder Cup.

German soccer club Borussia Dortmund failed to impress on its first appearance as a publicly-owned company on Tuesday as its shares sank below their issue price on the Frankfurt bourse.

Arenafootball2's board of directors have sanctioned the addition of six new teams into the league to begin play in the 2001 season.