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UEFA opened their glittering new $20 million headquarters on the banks of Lake Geneva with President Lennart Johansson declaring the organisation was in great shape with the new millennium approaching.
Events

The price of a 30 second commercial spot for this season's Super Bowl telecast has risen by 25% to a record $2 million, according to advertising buyers quoted by Associated Press.
Media

The UK?s Horse of the Year show has reported a huge new surge of interest ? with a 10,000 increase in the number of people visiting the event for 1998.
Business

IMG has secured Soccer Australia its biggest ever sponsorship deal as LG Electronics signed a two-year, $4m deal to be its major sponsor.
Business

A senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official has said he expected the Games to be held in Africa in the next 10 years.
Business

SFX Entertainment, Inc. has acquired UK Midland Concert Promotions Group Limited (MCP), a leading U.K. concert promotion company and motor sports venue operator.
Business

FOX Sports World (English-language) and FOX Sports World Espanol (Spanish-language), have announced their acquisition of the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier international club competition for CONACAF members, beginning September 28.

Former FIFA president Joao Havelange has urged Brazil to pull out of the race to host the 2006 event.
Business

ESPN and ABC Sports will merge their advertising sales staffs and have named Edward R. Erhardt, most recently vice president and group publisher of Advertising Age magazine to lead the combined entity.

Fox Sports International has signed a deal with Action Group International and Licensing Management International to acquire the international television rights for the 2000-2002 FIM Motocross and Supercross World Championships.
Business

Senior motorsport executives in the States have announced the formation of a new sanctioning body whose primary focus will be the organisation of professional road racing throughout North America.
Business

US Spanish-language television broadcast company, Univision Communications Inc., have announced that Stephen J. Solomon, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the National Hockey League, will join Univision as president of its sports division.

UEFA has dismissed calls to start the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea three weeks early so as to avoid the region?s rainy season.
Business

Nike profits rose 22% in its fiscal first quarter, exceeding expectations, although revenue was virtually unchanged.
Business

The Ivory Coast's main tobacco company has signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the country's leading soccer club and current African champions, ASEC.
Media

The BBC have secured exclusive rights to Great Britain's Davis Cup matches for the next four years.

Organisers of Euro 2000 are celebrating after it was revealed tickets for just four matches in next year's soccer tournament are still available to the general public - even though the draw has yet to take place.
Business

Dutch electronics firm Philips has signed a sponsorship deal with ocean racing's Pete Goss.
Business

A group of Icelandic businessmen and an investment bank are in talks about buying a majority stake in English second division soccer club Stoke City, an Icelandic banker said.
Business

YankeesNets, the new holding company of the soon to be merged New York Yankees and the New Jersey Nets, is considering selling stock to the public, according to a published report by Crain's New York Business.