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McMAHON BILLIONAIRE AFTER WWF SHARES SOAR
Vince McMahon, founder of the World Wrestling Federation, is worth an estimated $1.5billion after shares in the company soared on its first day of trading.
ESPN UNVEIL NEW SOCCER RANKINGS
ESPN International has developed a new computer-based ranking system for the world?s leading soccer clubs.
SOCOG RETHINK TICKETING PROCESS
Following a public outcry concerning the unfairness in the allocation of Olympic tickets because postal delays meant thousands of first-round applicants were disadvantaged in making their second applications, SOCOG have abandoned their first-in-first-serve ticket policy,
EC BACKS SPORT ANTI-DOPING AGENCY
The European Commission has backed the idea of a world sports anti-doping agency but wants guarantees about how it would operate.
EURO 2000 VIOLENCE THREAT ? SAYS REPORT
Rotterdam police and local authorities are falling badly short in their efforts to contain a rising hooligan threat at next year's European championship finals, an independent research body has said.
ARROWS SIGN NEW SPONSOR
TWR has signed the Baan Company ? a global provider of enterprise business solutions ? as a new sponsor for its Formula One Grand Prix team.
BOA SAY WEMBLEY CLASH DAMAGING BID HOPES
A clash between football and athletics bosses over London's Wembley Stadium is compromising Britain's hopes of staging future Olympic Games, the British Olympic Association's chief executive has said.
NORMAN’S CASH BOOSTS GOLF EVENT
Greg Norman has dipped into his own pocket to make The Greg Norman Holden International Australia's richest golf tournament after a A$1m (#400,000) boost in prize money.
ONDIGITAL ADD BUNDESLIGA TO RIGHTS PORTFOLIO
OnDigital, the UK's digital terrestrial pay-TV service, has bought the exclusive rights to the German Bundesliga and will begin broadcasting games in November.
REEBOK ADMITS TO FACTORY FAILINGS
Sporting goods manufacturer, Reebok, has published a report strongly criticising working conditions in factories in Indonesia manufacturing its own products.
ENGLAND SET TO IMPRESS WITH BID
The Prince of Wales, Prime Minister Tony Blair and film star Hugh Grant will lead attempts to impress international soccer chiefs who will inspect England's World Cup 2006 facilities this week.
SPORTAL SIGNS ANDREW CROKER
Andrew Croker, formerly joint head of football for IMG, the sports marketing agency has joined Sportal, the internet sports company run by Rob Hersov.
ARROWS SIGN NEW SPONSOR
TWR has signed the Baan Company ? a global provider of enterprise business solutions ? as a new sponsor for its Formula One Grand Prix team.
TICKETS ATTRACT 1.25m STAMPEDE
More than one and a quarter million people jammed telephone lines as they tried to buy a ticket for England's vital Euro 2000 playoff match against Scotland next month.
MLS TEAM SALE `IN FINAL STAGES? – REPORT
An investment banking firm in New York is in the final stages of purchasing Major League Soccer outfit DC United's operating rights, according to a report in the Washington Post.
DREYFUS ADDS TO DOPING CONTROVERSY
Robert-Louis Dreyfus, head of adidas and president of French soccer club, Olympique Marseilles, has called for an end to the "hypocrisy' on performance enhancing drugs in soccer.
MCCORMACK CONSIDERS LIFE WITHOUT IMG
Head of IMG, Mark McCormack, has discussed the future of his company in an interview with the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.
SUMMIT ORGANISERS READY FOR FIRST OF NEW MILLENNIUM
Organisers of next year?s Sport Summit say they are anticpating a bumper turn-out for the first show of the new millennium.
CHESS PLAYERS BLAST MICROSOFT OVER WEB GAME
A number of chess players battling against world champion Garry Kasparov on a Microsoft web site this week accused the company of mishandling a move that denied them at least a highly-respectable draw.
CART SIGNS NEW AUSSIE RACE DEAL
CART and Gold Coast Motor Events ? a partnership between the Queensland government in Australia and IMG ? have signed a deal to keep the FedEx Championship Series visiting the city through until 2003.