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The NFL is to file its first lawsuit against an online web site this week in the US federal court.
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Superbowl.com, the NFL's official Super Bowl site, has gone live.
Business

Olympic chief Juan Antonio Samaranch, under fire for most of 1999 over a corruption scandal, has admitted he might have quit earlier this year if just a quarter of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had turned against him.
Events

The British government is to look at a compromise proposal by UK Athletics chief executive David Moorcroft aimed at solving the bitter dispute over plans for a new Wembley stadium.
Business

Washington Redskins owner Daniel M. Snyder and Fred Drasner have been awarded an Arena Football League team, bringing sport to the Washington Metropolitan area for the 2003 season.
Business

Sydney's troubled build-up to the 2000 Olympics has suffered another serious setback when US sports goods manufacturer Reebok withdrew its multi-million dollar sponsorship of the Games.

Sydney's preparations for the 2000 Olympics have reached another milestone when the last of the permanent sporting venues was officially opened this week.
Events

Wembley authorities have refused to back down when they presented the British government with a formal response to criticism of their plans for a new English national stadium.
Media

The NFL has launched its official Super Bowl site, Superbowl.com, with Miller Lite as its presenting sponsor.
Media

Major League Baseball has reached a deal with ESPN over the cable network?s placement of late-season Sunday night games.
Events

IOC chief Juan Antonio Samaranch has stepped into the row over the future of London's Wembley Stadium when he said that an arena holding 65,000 spectators would be big enough to host the Summer Games.
Business

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Juan Antonio Samaranch has admitted he was not certain the IOC would agree this week to stop its members from visiting cities bidding to host Games in the future despite a damaging corruption scandal in the last year.

UK-based ticketing company Synchro Systems has been appointed to manage all the ticketing services for the 2001 Ryder Cup, to be staged at The Belfry, England.
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The NBA, in partnership with Intersport Holland, has launched the first ever NBA Shop in Europe.

FIFA general secretary Michel Zen-Ruffinen has discussed the possibility of the 2002 World Cup organising committees receiving more than the US$100m (#62m) guaranteed to each committee by FIFA, according to the Soccer Investor Daily Bulletin.
Business

Scott Ehrlich, formerly the senior vice president and executive producer at News Corporation's News Digital Media, producer of FOXnews.com, FOXsports.com and FOX.com, has joined Rivals.com, the world's largest network of sports team and sports specialty channel Web sites.
Business

Sports.com Limited, the majority-owned subsidiary of SportsLine.com, Inc. and leading Internet-based provider of sports content in Europe, is to raise $49m through a second round funding.
Business

Critics of South Africa's bid to stage the 2006 World Cup are making too much fuss over the country's crime statistics, campaign officials have said.
Business

British Sky Broadcasting, 40% owned by News Corporation, has agreed to pay $1.5 billion for a 24% stake in KirchPayTV, the German pay-TV operator.

The chief executive of the British Show Jumping Association, Andrew Finding, is to leave his post and take up the role of chief executive of the British Equestrian Federation.