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Events

A new annual international sports awards ceremony will be inaugurated in Monaco on May 25. The Laureus Sports Awards, will be hosted by stars of the entertainment world such as Jeff Bridges, Ashley Judd and Dylan McDermott and will broadcast to a hoped-for global audience of 1 billion viewers.
Business

Jon Wigley, London ?based Vice President of Marketing for the ATP Tour is to become Managing director of Sports Interactive AG, a joint venture between ISL and Kabel New Media which will manage the online activities of the AP Tour and Tennis Masters Series.

South African cricket supremo Ali Bacher has alleged that two matches were fixed during last year's World Cup, The Australian newspaper has reported.
Stadia

London Premier League club Arsenal are to submit a planning application for a $240 million new stadium later this year.
Business

Mike Tyson's May 20 fight against fellow American Lou Savarese in Milan has been delayed.

Michael Knight, the Australian Minister for the Olympics, has introduced the Olympic Arrangements Bill in the New South Wales Parliament to ensure that the ?over-commercialisation? and transportation ?shambles? of Atlanta 1996 is not repeated.
Business

talkSPORT, the UK sports radio station, has secured a six-figure two-month sponsorship deal with Iveco Fiat to sponsor the station?s broadcasts of English interest in the Champions League and UEFA Cup.
Business

Sportsworld Media, the Australia-based sports programming and marketing company, has completed its #50m recommended offer for Sports and Outdoor Media International (SOMI) now that the acquisition has been declared wholly unconditional, reports the Financial Times.
Business

Content is still king on the internet ? especially if it is exclusive ? that was the message at a hugely popular workshop this morning at SportBusiness 2000 in London.
Business

Judging the success of a sponsorship on consumer recall is `totally flawed? according to Michael Payne, marketing director of the IOC, speaking on the second day of SportBusiness 2000.

Derby County FC vice-chairman Peter Gadsby has won his libel action case against Stuart Webb, a former fellow director of Derby County.
Business

The eight European members of the 24-man FIFA executive committee could cast their votes for England?s World Cup 2006 bid en bloc if Germany is eliminated in the early rounds of voting.
Business

A 24-hour TV channel could provide the widespread breakthrough for women?s sport, believes Dr Donna Lopiano, executive director of the Women?s Sport Foundation.
Media

Squash media and enthusiasts will be able to participate in the sport's first live worldwide interview with the world's leading women players - including England's world champion and world No1 Cassie Campion and Australia's former three-times world champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald - during the Com4Net Munich Open which gets underway in Germany today.
Events

NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
Events

Rights fees for the major sports properties are set to keep on rising ? according to a panel of experts at the SportBusiness 2000 conference.
Business

Europe could be about to follow the US with a new wave of privately financed sports stadia ? according to Charles Aster, partner at Coudert Brothers, speaking at the SportBusiness 2000 conference in London.

UK Government Minister Chris Smith has officially opened SportBusiness 2000 in London before hundreds of delegates.