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Ignite Sports, the interactive sports publisher, has launched a new publishing system designed to enable a broad range of sports properties to manage and update their web sites from any internet access point.
Business

English Rugby League team the London Broncos confirmed to sportbusiness.com that, contrary to earlier reports, no decision on who would take over from Virgin as the new owners of the club would be made until next week.
Media

Leading Greek soccer club Olympiakos is planning to build a new stadium following the break down of talks with the club’s current stadium owners, the Greek Olympic Committee (GOC).
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Internet giant Yahoo! has signed a deal with soccer's world governing body FIFA to manage and run the official websites of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups - in doing so becoming the 15th and final official partner for next year's tournament.
Business

The LPGA World Cup of Golf, scheduled to be played in Australia later this year, has been cancelled.
Business

The Union of European Basketball Leagues (ULEB) has hit back at FIBA’s decision to pull out of Europe’s premier club tournament, the Euroleague.

The man who revolutionised athlete endorsements in the sport industry, Michael Jordan, looks set to announce next his week his return to the NBA.
Business

The terrible events in the US yesterday caused havoc with sporting events across the globe with all Major League Baseball games last night called off, this week's UEFA European soccer ties postponed, and a question mark hanging over this weekend’s NFL ties and golf’s Ryder Cup later this month.
Media

England Rugby, the new joint venture between the Rugby Football Union and Premier Rugby, has appointed the largest independent television production company in the UK, TWI, to handle its sales of international television rights in overseas markets.
Business

Opinion is hardening in the City against the sports-led strategy of the listed UK commercial television companies Carlton and Granada, the backers of ITV Digital, ITV1 and the ITV Sports Channel.
Business

The managing director of race track owner Arena Leisure has spoken of an historic six months for his company when he presented Arena’s results for the half year ending June 30.
Business

UK Athletics is set to announce a big sponsorship deal later this week.

Sponsorship & Marketing

Sportsetail, the merchandising business owned as a joint venture by the UK’s Hay & Robertson and BSkyB, has reached a European product and distribution agreement with FIFA for the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Business

Mexican footballers want to create a players' union to defend their rights.
Business

London stock market-listed Sportsworld Media Group plc has issued a statement reiterating its confidence in meeting market expectations for the year ended 30 June 2001, despite a 20% fall (from a weekly high of 373.5p 312.5p) in its share price over recent days.
Business

The New York Yankees has created its own television company called YES with hopes of doubling its broadcast revenues.

The Southeast Asian Games, currently being hosted by Malaysia, is set to take place less frequently as organisers try and recapture its attraction to both the public and sponsors.
Business

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An official of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Football Association has told sportbusiness.com that assistance is required from international stadium companies in the renovation of the Middle-Eastern state’s soccer infrastructure
Business

The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games have begun delivering their final presentations ahead of this afternoon's decision in Moscow around 3.30pm BST.