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DREAM DEAL FOR CART
Sega's new Dreamcast video games machine has signed a deal with CART to produce a new advanced racing game.
GOLF ROW BREWS OVER SKY RYDER CUP COVERAGE
UK broadcaster BSkyB is set to run into legal hot water over an on-going dispute over the broadcast of this year's Ryder Cup tournament.
INTER SIGN NEW DEAL WITH LONDON SOCCER SIDE
Italian Serie A giants Inter Milan has signed a three-year deal with English Football League team Charlton Athletic allowing it to transfer squad players to the English team to ensure regular top class football.
REEBOK WINS LEGAL BRAND NAME BATTLE
Reebok has won an important trademark legal battle in South America.
UFA SECURE SPANISH CLUB TV RIGHTS
UFA Sports has signed a deal with Spanish soccer club RC Celta de Vigo to exclusively market the worldwide TV rights to its European cup matches.
UMBRO APPOINTS NEW LICENSING AGENCY
Umbro International has contracted LMI as an officially appointed licensing agency.
LMA GO ONLINE IN NEW DEAL
The way soccer transfers in England are carried out could about to be changed after the League Managers Association - the body representing all 92 league club managers - struck a #200,000 ($350,000) deal with Cisco Systems.
OLYMPIC REFUNDS OFFER AFTER TIMETABLE CHANGES
Thousands of people who bought tickets for next year's Sydney Olympics will be offered refunds following the International Olympic Committee's decision to change the athletics timetable.
NEW WEMBLEY DEFEND CORPORATE ARRANGEMENTS
Owners of Wembley Stadium in London have denied claims that the new `super-stadium? ? which will open 2003 ? will be focused more on corporate customers than the sports fan.
CRICKET CRISIS CONTINUES AFTER NEW FIX CLAIMS
A Singapore cricket official has said an apparent match-fixing attempt in last week's Singapore International Challenge final between India and West Indies was shocking and may have come from abroad.
BRANDS CONTINUE TALKS TO LEASE SILVERSTONE
UK firm Brands Hatch Leisure will this week continue its attempts to persuade members of the British Racing Drivers Club to lease it the Silverstone racing circuit, although it has so far failed to win support for the scheme.
REDS SALE APPROVED ? SCHOTT ERA COMES TO AN END
The Marge Schott era in Cincinnati has officially come to an end as baseball's ownership committee approved the sale of the Reds to a group headed by billionaire Carl Lindner.
DALY SPONSOR DEAL HITS THE BUNKER
The Callaway Golf Company has terminated its multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with golf star John Daly after he violated a contract clause to not drink or gamble.
OLYMPIC SPONSORS LOOK ONLINE FOR ADDED VALUE
Sydney 2000 Olympic sponsors will begin advertising on the first ever commercial Olympic Games internet site from next month.
NL PRESIDENT `SET TO RESIGN? ? SAYS REPORT
Len Coleman, president of US baseball?s National League, plans to resign at the end of the World Series, according to press reports.
REEBOK AND DUNLOP END DISTRIBUTION DEAL
Reebok International and Dunlop Slazenger have ended their distribution agreement for the Reebok Golf brand in Europe.
SLOC NAME CEREMONY ORGANISERS
Organisers of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics has appointed Emmy Award-winning Don Mischer Productions to produce the opening ceremony for the event.
CRICKET ‘FIX’ CLAIMS RAGE ON AS AKRAM GETS ALL CLEAR
Wasim Akram has been reinstated as Pakistan cricket captain after being given the all-clear following a judge's inquiry into match-fixing.
VOELLER NEW GERMAN 2006 AMBASSADOR
Former Germany striker Rudi Voeller has been appointed ambassador of the German bid to host soccer's 2006 World Cup.