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South Africa will present its bid to stage the 2006 World Cup to the African Soccer Confederation (CAF) executive in Cairo on Sunday, a South African diplomat said.
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Barcelona have agreed a #254m five-year deal with Spanish digital pay-TV company, Via Digital, for pay-per-view rights starting in 2003.
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Australian cricket's MCG has vowed not to follow in the footsteps of other major stadia across the world and sell its naming rights.
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Soccer may be the global game but UEFA have updated regulations that prevent "foreign" matches being broadcast at peak times during domestic programmes.
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The offer for Australian citizens to order tickets for the Sydney Olympics closes tonight.
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French bank Credit Lyonnais, whose 20-year sponsorship of the Tour de France was threatened by last year's doping scandal, has decided it will continue to back the race.
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The US Justice Department has brought the first charges from its investigation into the Salt Lake City Olympics bidding scandal as a Utah businessman agreed to plead guilty and cooperate in the probe.
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There have been yet more problems at the troubled Southeast Asian Games in Brunei after the roof of the main press centre collapsed, just a week after the tiles on a nearby convention centre fell down and injured a policeman and damaged two parked cars underneath.
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International television rights company CSI Ltd has recently acquired the exclusive television rights for home matches of the English football clubs in the UEFA Cup and the European Pro Beach Soccer League.
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The Indy Racing League (IRL) has extended its deals with ESPN and ABC Sports with new three-year contracts.
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While the UK awaits the government review of the beleaguered Wembley Stadium, Birmingham City Council has unveiled a #324million ($470m/?517m) bid to take over as the official home of the national football stadium.
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Sports marketing firm 720 Degrees has secured a worldwide agreement to market SpeedTime including exclusive rights in the UK. SpeedTime is a new form of non-static perimeter advertising which has been developed by the International Sports Organisation (ISO).
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Sportshows Television, the UK-based independent producer specialising in water sports and adventure sports, said that Andrew Thornley, previously of the now defunct ISL Worldwide, would join the company as a sales and marketing manager.
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The ASEAN Football Federation has announced that Singapore and Indonesia will share the hosting rights for next year's Tiger Cup.
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Com.hem, the cable television division of Swedish firm Telia, is increasing its interactive services to include soccer-related initiatives.
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NFL club the Denver Broncos has signed a two-year outsourced managed hosting contract with internet managers AppliedTheory.
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US satellite TV operator EchoStar Communications has gone public with a $32billion (?36.36) all-stock offer to merge with rival DirecTV after previously withdrawing from the bidding after failing to make progress in private negotiations between the two firms.
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The people of Utah are finding out how the 2002 Winter Olympics will affect them and their communities after a series of open houses was introduced to educate and inform residents.