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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed corruption allegations against its president Jagmohan Dalmiya on the opening day of a two-day meeting to discuss a match-fixing crisis.

British Telecommunications and Extreme International have signed a deal for distribution of the Extreme Sports Channel and extreme.com.

Internetsoccer.com has added SoccerRecruiting.com and FootballPages.com to its network offering. The acquisitions are intended to extend the company?s reach to both the European fan and the college athlete.

As the winners and losers of the 1999-2000 English Premier League season are confirmed, a different but no less significant set of results will be published.

Cricket?s world governing body starts a two-day emergency meeting in London today, with the match-fixing scandals top of the agenda.

Coca-Cola is to build a soccer zone at Britain's troubled Millennium Dome in an attempt to boost ongoing poor attendance, according to a report in a UK newspaper.

CART has recorded a rise in revenues and net income in its first quarter financial results.

The English FA has decided not to send an under-18 team to a tournament in Turkey next month because of security fears following the fatal stabbing of two Leeds United fans there earlier this month.

Sportal, the official website producer for Euro 2000, has launched its Euro 2000 Dream Ticket competition.

A scientist at Sydney's top Olympic training centre, the New South Wales Academy of Sport, has been suspended after being charged with illegally importing steroids ordered over the Internet.

Juventus's Alessandro Del Piero is the world's best paid soccer player, according to a survey conducted by the magagzine France Football.

Teamtalk.com, the online club-by-club football news service, is to extend its sports offering into UK rugby union and rugby league.

Brands Hatch motor racing circuit on Tuesday claimed to have significant support from local people for its 25 million pounds ($39.42 million) redevelopment plans to host the British Grand Prix from 2002.

Jordan Grand Prix has launched a new official web site ? www.fijordan.com ? to coincide with the team?s 150th Grand Prix event.

Pakistani cricket officials have been asked to submit a much-delayed report on match-fixing to a special meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) next week, local media reported today.

The media arm of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica may lead a European soccer superleague project which would replace the current Champions League format, a company source has said.

The campaign team behind South Africa's bid to host the 2006 World Cup will end its global charm offensive in the coming week with visits to Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Enic, the UK-based sports, media and leisure group with controlling interests in European club?s Slavia Prague and Vicenza as well as minority stakes in Glasgow Rangers, FC Basel and AEK Athens, has reported greatly increased half-year profits. The company made substantial gains on player trading, and the sale of part of its holdings in AEK and Autonomy, the new media company.