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Business

Harvey Schiller, the former executive director of the US Olympic Committee, has resigned as president of Turner Sports.
Business

True Value Hardware, the world's largest retail hardware chain, has signed a multi-year agreement with The International Race of Champions (IROC), making True Value the exclusive title sponsor of the IROC series.

A vote scheduled by NBA team owners on the sale of the Vancouver Grizzlies to billionaire Bill Laurie was postponed at the request of the team's current owner John McCaw.
Business

NBA commissioner David Stern has said that even though attractive new venues beckon, no expansion is in the works and the league would prefer that teams stay in their current cities.
Events

An Australian member of the International Olympic Committee severely reprimanded for taking free holidays in Salt Lake City has backed a possible permanent ban on IOC visits to cities bidding to host Games.
Business

The International Olympic Committee?s reform commission has agreed 49 key recommendations during its meeting at the weekend.

Manchester United has signed an agreement with Irish department chain Roche Stores to open a flagship retail outlet in Dublin next year - as well as three shop-in-shop outlets according to the UK?s Sunday Business newspaper.

English Premier League champions Manchester United should not be allowed to compete in next season's English FA Cup, a spokesman for the tournament's sponsors, the AXA insurance group, was quoted as saying.
Sponsorship & Marketing

SportsLine USA, the global Internet leader in sports content, community and commerce, has entered into an agreement with REDA Sports Express, the largest specialised distributor in the sporting goods industry, to provide merchandise for sale in its e-commerce area.
Media

BSkyB has made England's top clubs an offer of #1bn for the exclusive rights to Premier League football for the next three years, according to today's Financial Times.
Events

Sydney's Olympic Games chief has apologised to Australians for a misleading public ticket ballot and promised to refund thousands of fans who had ended up with third-choice tickets.
Business

A recent research project by Sports Marketing Surveys on the Cricket World Cup has shown how successful sponsorship is amongst cricket fans in creating brand awareness.
Stadia

Scotland fans seeking tickets for next month's European championship play-off with England have sent computer and phone lines crashing by swamping the Scottish FA with more than a million calls in one hour.

Michael Jordan wants to withdraw his name from the Chicago-based restaurateurs who use it to sell "macaroni-and-cheese, memorabilia and mystique", according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Business

Independent sponsorship consultancy BDS Sponsorship has been appointed by Wembley National Stadium Ltd to handle the legendary London venue?s `End of an Era? initiatives.
Media

Media baron Rupert Murdoch and his Fox Entertainment Group has turned over day-to-day control of the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers to a big league Hollywood executive just two seasons after buying the famous baseball club.
Sponsorship & Marketing

SFX Entertainment has acquired the assets of International Sports Management Pty Limited (ISM), one of Australia's leading sports talent representation firms.
Business

Manchester United have confirmed they will not defend the English F.A. Cup this season, preferring to play in a FIFA?s new World Club Championship in Brazil in January.
Stadia

The United States' drug czar has rejected the International Olympic Committee's plans for a world sports anti-doping agency, saying the US had not been properly consulted on the idea.
Stadia

The International Cricket Council hopefully will approve the use of a portable pitch for international one day games after a trial match in late November, New Zealand Cricket has said.