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English Premier League soccer club Leeds United, has confirmed its selection of the TALENT sports, venue and event management service from Software4sport following a successful twelve months trial.
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The Athens 2004 Olympic organising committee (ATHOC) has signed a deal with Athens International Airport as it ramps up plans for the Games.

Juan Margets has been re-elected as ITF executive vice-president during its annual general meeting in Mexico.
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In a world of sponsor logos, Ferrari reminded everyone of how Formula 1 cars could look when it stripped its vehicles of branding for this weekend's Grand Prix.
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Michael Jordan – the man who revolutionised athlete endorsements - has decided not to hold a news conference this week to announce whether he is coming out of retirement because of last week's terror attacks in New York and Washington.

The three-nation cricket tournament between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will go ahead as planned in October, organisers have said.

The International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit is visiting South Africa this week for a series of meetings linked to security planning for the World Cup in 2003.

Motorsport chief Max Mosley (pictured) has insisted the Formula 1 US Grand Prix must go ahead as planned to avoid giving in to terrorism – despite mixed views of those involved in the sport.
Business

Doubts over the wisdom of staging the first CART race in the UK next weekend are intensifying following events in Germany.
Business

English soccer faces a strike threat after players’ union officials condemned as ‘derisory’ a new cash offer in the light of renewed television contracts
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The impact of sport’s suspension in the US following the terrorist attacks is set to run into hundreds of millions of dollars if games are unable to be rescheduled – and the postponement of golf’s Ryder Cup until next September will send losses soaring yet higher.
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South Africa's soccer authorities face a damning indictment from an inquiry into the Ellis Park disaster, analysts have said.
Business

Prosecutors have dropped drugs charges against the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) swimming coach Gennadi Touretski.
Events

Nike has rescheduled its annual meeting of shareholders and first quarter fiscal 2002 earnings release in consideration of this week's tragic events and related stock market closures.
Business

Soccer legent Johan Cruyff will become the global ambassador for Hyundai during the World Cup next year in Japan and South Korea, following a deal with sports marketing giant Octagon.
Events

In Argentina the privatisation of Racing soccer club was confirmed yesterday by the Camera de Apelaciones, the court of appeal in La Plata.
Business

One of sport's biggest backers, Ansett Australia, the second-largest domestic airline Down-Under, has shut down its operations with immediate effect, leaving passengers stranded at airports and the sports industry in the region in chaos.
Business

Formula One world champions Ferrari will strip their vehicles of all sponsorship this weekend as a mark of respect to the victims of the US terror attacks.
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Formula One world champions Ferrari will strip their vehicles of all sponsorship this weekend as a mark of respect to the victims of the US terror attacks.
Business

The Press Association (PA) has become the official collector and distributor of on-course information by the UK’s horse racing governing body the British Horseracing Board (BHB) and the Racecourse Association (RCA), the owners of the rights to horse racing.