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The Football League's #315 million ($476.2 million) deal with British pay-TV company ONdigital will safeguard the future of the country's poorer clubs according to Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn.

South African World Cup 2006 bid officials have said it would be a pity if the chances of rivals England were scuttled by UEFA'S threat to expel the English team from the European championship finals.

The London-based soccer advisory company, Media Content Sports Media Advisors Ltd, has secured its most prestigious consultancy project to date.

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England's bid to stage the 2006 World Cup finals appears to have been dealt a fatal blow by the violent behaviour of the hooligans who caused mayhem over the weekend in Belgium, according to senior FIFA figures.

The British media has backed European football's governing body which has threatened to expel England from the Euro 2000 championship if English fans become involved in any more hooliganism.

English soccer chiefs were planning to hold an urgent meeting with European governing body UEFA today in a bid to stop a new generation of hooligans from destroying their Euro 2000 campaign and seriously undermining their 2006 World Cup bid.

TalkSPORT, the UK's only sports radio station, has defeated the BBC today in London's High Court over its coverage of soccer?s Euro 2000 tournament.

British pay-TV company ONdigital said on Friday it has won a three-year #315 million ($476.2 million) contract to show English Football League and Worthington Cup soccer matches.

The Lawn Tennis Association has signed a three-year sponsorship agreement with risk management and insurance giant Marsh to boost British tennis.

BBC Sport has struck back following the morale-sapping loss of Premier League broadcast highlights to terrestrial rivals ITV.

South Africa's 2006 World Cup bid committee officials will meet their Brazil counterparts next week to discuss a possible deal over Brazilian backing for South Africa's bid.

Video-on-demand (VOD) specialist Yes is to launch a new dedicated sports channel in the UK.

Anyone trying to escape the blanket coverage of Euro 2000 via a flight with Virgin Airlines could be in for a rude awakening.

Yes Television has signed a 5-year deal with the All England Lawn Tennis Club to offer Video On Demand (VOD) coverage of the Wimbledon Championships.

Sportsworld Media Group has named Coral Eurobet?s ?eurobet.co.uk? web site as the exclusive on-line gaming partner for its subsidiary Netsports? ?Dream League? fantasy sports brand.