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TV WATCHDOG SAYS STOP BSKYB MAN U BID-REPORT
Britain's broadcasting watchdog has urged the competition regulator to block BSkyB Plc's planned 623 million pound takeover of Manchester United soccer club, said a report in the Financial Times on Friday.
ATLANTA CHIEF TELLS SYDNEY TO FORGE AHEAD
The man who ran the ill-fated 1996 Atlanta Games offered some advice to Sydney 2000 Games organisers on Friday: ignore an Olympic corruption scandal and trust that everything will come out right.
SAMSUNG CAST DOUBT OVER OLYMPIC SPONSORSHIP
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) corruption crisis has thrown doubt over its sponsorship of the Olympics.
NEWS CORP AND TELECOM ITALIA TALKS BREAKDOWN
The future of pay-TV in Italy appears hopelessly out of focus following the breakdown of talks between Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Europe and Telecom Italia.
SALT LAKE OLYMPICS TAKES STEPS TO REPAIR BAD IMAGE
A Boston millionaire with strong ties to Utah was named on Thursday to head the panel organising the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics as part of a sweeping restructuring aimed at putting a bribery scandal to rest.
REGULATOR URGES BLOCK ON MAN UTD BID
It told the Monopolies and Mergers Commission - which is currently investigating the proposed #623 million bid at the direction of the British Government - it should prevent such take-overs as it would…
SPONSOR ACCUSES SYDNEY OF BRIBERY
A U.S. insurance giant and major Olympic sponsor has said the committee responsible for Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Games appeared to have been involved in bribery.
SUPER 12 – NO EXPANSION ‘FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS’
The southern hemisphere's Super 12 competition will not be expanded for at least two years, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced.
TV DEAL STRUCK FOR CHAMPIONS? LEAGUE
French pay television group Canal Plus says it and private terrestrial TV company TF1 have agreed to share broadcasting rights for the European football Champions' League for matches played from September to May from 1999 to 2003.
SAMARANCH SUPPORT FROM ASOIF
Embattled Olympics chief Juan Antonio Samaranch has received unequivocal support from the Summer Games sports federations.
GUINNESS SIGN RUGBY COVERAGE DEAL
Irish drink giant Guinness has signed a #4 million deal to sponsor British commercial network ITV?s coverage of this year?s Rugby World Cup.
IOC RECEIVES CORRUPTION EVIDENCE
Eleven responses have been received by the International Olympic Committee to its request for evidence of corruption in the bidding process to host the Olympic Games since 1996.
BOYER WINS STADIUM DEAL
The Boyer Group has been appointed the exclusive signage sales agent for Stadium Australia in a seven-year deal.
ONDIGITAL TO BROADCAST CHAMPIONS’ LEAGUE
Britain's ONdigital is to televise matches from European soccer's Champions' League live next season as part of a partnership with the ITV commercial TV network.
SA CONFIDENT OF WORLD CUP BID
South Africa is confident it will emerge as the sole African bidder to host the 2006 soccer World Cup, a move that would greatly boost its hopes of staging soccer's showcase, says bid chief Danny Jordaan.
TWO REFEREE EXPERIMENT SET TO GET GREEN LIGHT
A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.
LANGE STEPS DOWN FROM RUGBY ROLE
New Zealand Rugby League vice chairman and former prime minister David Lange has stood down after three years involvement at management level.
TWO REFEREE EXPERIMENT SET TO GET GREEN LIGHT
A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.