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Tom.com, the media and advertising company controlled by Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-Shing, has won the broadcast and advertising rights to China?s national basketball league, adding to its portfolio of Chinese volleyball, table tennis, rowing and college soccer rights.

Television distributor Venevision International has been chosen by satellite broadcaster DirecTV to sub-license the rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup in a number of Latin American nations.

US television ratings for the exhibition matchplay golf tournament dubbed the `Battle of Bighorn? were disappointing for host broadcaster ABC.

Scottish soccer clubs Dundee and Dundee United have jointly submitted a multi-million pound bid to become a Euro 2008 venue should the tournament be awarded to Scotland.

HBO Enterprises has appointed Total Sports Asia (TSA) as its exclusive TV rights representative in Asia for boxing events.

Intrade, the betting exchange for trading on major sporting events modelled on financial exchanges, has told sportbusiness.com how the system will work when it opens for trading tomorrow.
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The image of pay-per-view (PPV) sports television was tarnished today just weeks before the English Premier League launches its PPV soccer matches after PPV film and sport service u>direct abandoned its plans to broadcast tomorrow?s Intertoto Cup semi-final between Newcastle United and Munich 1860.
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UK satellite broadcaster Sky Sports has secured the exclusive live rights to the UEFA Cup home ties involving English Premiership clubs Leeds United and Chelsea.

The Continental Basketball Association?s (CBA) name and logo has been sold to the owner of former CBA club Grand Rapids Hoops for $16,000 (?18,000).
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A new sport betting service based on derivative-style contracts will launch this week in the UK.
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ESPN has sold out of its sponsorship packages for the seventh annual X Games to be held in mid-August in Philadelphia.
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The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) is looking to broadcast all of its tournaments over the internet.

Germany has a good chance of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games, according to newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge.

New Zealand television production firm On Site Broadcasting (OSB) has signed a five-year domestic contract to handle all satellite broadcaster BSkyB?s coverage of sporting events in the country.

Championship Auto Racing Teams, in conjunction with Dale Coyne Racing and Firestone, will conduct special one-day tests at England?s Rockingham Motor Speedway on Tuesday and Germany?s Eurospeedway next Monday in preparation for inaugural FedEx Championship Series events scheduled in September at the new oval venues.

Walt Disney Co's ABC and ESPN units say US golfer Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.