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Tickets.com, a leading one-stop online provider of sports, entertainment and travel tickets and event information, has been named as the Official Ticketing Services Supplier for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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ANC Sports has signed a ground-breaking , multi-year rotational signage agreement with the new Air Canada Centre in Toronto, scheduled to open in February, 1999.
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The European Parliament has, as anticipated, voted in favour of draft European Union legislation which will lead to a ban on most tobacco advertising in three years' time.
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Television ad inventories are selling out as France prepares for next month's WorldCup tournament.
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Individual and team gold medals will be awarded in a record 296 events at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, games organisers have said.
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Two executives working for FIFA's marketing affiliate were placed under formal legal examination on Wednesday by a court investigating allegations of a World Cup ticket fraud, court sources said.
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Sydney 2000 Olympics organisers have said the cost of staging the Games had blown up by A$150 million (US$90 million), largely because of an increase in the number of events.
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Asia basketball fans have been given a boost with the news that ESPN Star Sports will air 77 National Basketball Association (NBA) live games each season for the next four years from this November.
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Qantas has signed a one-year sponsorship deal with the Australian Grand Prix Corporation to back this year's Australian 500cc Motorcycle Grand Prix.
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A US federal judge has dismissed a $30 million suit filed by former Golden State Warriors basketball professional Latrell Sprewell to challenge his suspension for attempting to choke his coach.
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Kenyan steeplechaser Paul Kosgei and an unnamed Romanian woman athlete have had their prize money withheld from two world championship events earlier this year because of a breach of anti-doping rules.
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South Africa could host a Formula One Grand Prix race in 2001 or maybe even sooner if there is a gap in the programme, Formula One Association president Bernie Ecclestone is reported to have said.
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Share prices at Newcastle United rose 12% with the appointment of Ruud Gullit as manager.
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Thailand and Indonesia were banned from international soccer by Asia's governing body on Friday following their farcical match in last month's Tiger Cup.
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Local media reports say Toronto's SkyDome Corp. faces a "significant cash shortage."

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Baseball this season has been very, very good to Fox Broadcasting Co, with the league posting its sharpest rise in audience since 1966.
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The New York Mets and Mike Piazza are close to a long-term contract agreement that could make the All-Star catcher the highest paid player in baseball, according to broadcast reports.

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A delegation from soccer's governing body FIFA have given a thumbs up to South Korea's preparations for the 2002 World Cup, including the daunting task of building 10 new stadiums.