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BARCELONA CHIEF QUITS
Joesp Lluis Nunez, president of Barcelona for the last 22 years, has announced his planned resignation in July. Nunez intends to initiate a major overhaul of the club before he departs, which will include the sale of Rivaldo, the World Player of the Year.
FIRST ENTERTAINMENT SPONSORS TEAM USA ROWING
FirstEntertainment, the multimedia internet entertainment company, has signed a sponsorship agreement with Team USA for the Trans-Atlantic Rowing Race to be held in October 2001.
OCTAGON REVS UP SUPERBIKES SERIES
Octagon CSI has been appointed by British Motorsport Promoters to produce the British Superbikes series.
WTA LOOK TO POSITIVE OVER WIMBLEDON PAY BLOW
The WTA Tour has chosen to look on the bright side after failing to win equality for women players in the prize money offered for the 2000 Wimbledon tennis championships.
USTA AND LINCOLN SIGN TENNIS PARTNERSHIP
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) has agreed a multi-year partnership with car manufacturers Lincoln.
PEPSI WINS COMERICA PARK SPONSORSHIP RIGHTS
Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers have named Pepsi the `Official Soft Drink of Comerica Park? as part of a new, multiyear agreement.
DVDT CORPORATION LAUNCHES SPORTS SITE
Digital Video Display Technologies (DVDT) Corporation has launched www.4justodds.com, an extensive site for real-time sports news, data, and analysis.
US HEAD OF OLYMPIC MARKETING RESIGNS
Dave Ogrean, the head of marketing for the U.S. Olympic Committee, has resigned.
UNITED TOPS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TV RATINGS
Last Wednesday?s Champions League match between Manchester United and Fiorentina attracted 10 million viewers - or 43% of the national audience - for the UK?s commercial terrestrial channel, ITV.
DOTCOM TAKE US SOCCER TO GERMANS VIA THE NET
US soccer is coming to the German Internet market after DotCom Ventures ? a subsidiary of the Peacock Financial Group ? struck a web co-production agreement with Cyware Media.
NEWS CORP/LIBERTY TARGETS EASTERN EUROPE
News Corp and Liberty Media has announced that its joint venture Fox Sports International is to launch a sports television channel targeting viewers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.
SOFTWARE CO SPONSORS U.S. WATER POLO TEAMS
Persistence Software has signed a sponsorship agreement with USA Water Polo (USWP).
JORDAAN: NATIONS CUP PROBLEMS `NOTHING TO DO WITH SA?
The head of South Africa?s bid for soccer?s 2006 World Cup has refuted suggestions that events at the African Nations Cup in Nigeria will have a negative effect.
IOC REFORM GROUP LAYS DOWN BIDDING GUIDELINES
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) reform group has opened the door for members to resume visits to cities bidding to host Olympic Games and recommended a set of guidelines for such trips.
REEBOK WINS LEGAL BRAND NAME BATTLE
Reebok has won an important trademark legal battle in South America.
CSI SCORE NEW DEAL WITH CRICKET UNION
CSI has extended its television rights contract with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union.
NBC SPORTS ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO RACING’S TRIPLE CROWN
NBC Sports and Triple Crown Productions (TCP) have agreed to a multi-year contract, giving the network the exclusive American broadcast rights to thoroughbred horse racing's Visa Triple Crown - the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. The agreement goes into effect in 2001 and continues for five years through 2005.
CHIEF EXEC OFFERED TO RESIGN OVER TICKET FIASCO
The chief executive of the Sydney Olympic organising committee offered to quit last week to take the blame for a ticketing fiasco that has virtually excluded the Australian public from some of the most popular events at the 2000 Games, Sydney Olympic officials have revealed.