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The English Premier League has awarded the production contract for its 40 pay-per-view (PPV) soccer matches to satellite broadcaster Sky Sports in a deal reported to be worth around #2.5 million ($3.54m) a year.
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A mystery bombing campaign means Colombia could lose South America's biggest soccer tournament and deal a blow to President Andres Pastrana's attempts to show progress in his quest for peace.

Last month, Quokka Sports Inc, which had been broadcasting live sporting events over the internet, joined the ranks of dot-com companies to suspend operations, citing ?circumstances beyond our control.''

The World Wrestling Federation has secured new television agreements in Europe, Asia and Australia, increasing the number of countries broadcasting WWF programming to 150.

TV broadcaster ABC?s five playoff telecasts have averaged a 1.6 rating, an increase of 14 percent over last season?s first five games.

The mayor of London Ken Livingstone said he would do everything within his powers to help the British Olympic Association (BOA) win a bid for the capital city to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

Pay-TV and terrestrial broadcasters will soon be battling it out to win the rights show live matches and highlights of Scottish soccer Premier League matches after current contracts run out at the end of next season.

The British Horseracing Board (BHB) yesterday said it was dissatisfied with negotiations currently going on between the Go-Racing consortium and the country?s 59 racecourses about gaining media rights to broadcast horseracing matches for the next 10 years.

English soccer fans may only be able to watch four of the 64 World Cup games on terrestrial television next year, according to Labour backbenchers John Grogan and Ivor Caplin.

Head of Sky Sports Vic Wakeling says Kirch overpaid for the European rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup and revealed that Sky will not bid for them.

FIFA has set up its own marketing company as fears grow for the future of the ISMM Group ? and said it will give the Kirch Group first refusal on TV rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups if ISL?s parent company fails to prevent bankruptcy.

The UK government may still permit the broadcast rights of certain World Cup 2002 matches to be sold to pay-TV operators ? despite a statement last week claiming all 64 matches are listed events.

Australian broadcaster Seven Network aims to undermine its rival Nine Network?s coverage of Australian Football League in 2002 by making use of its extensive archive of AFL matches.

Sport site network Rivals.net has teamed up with Entertainment Films to sponsor the movie Mike Bassett ? England Manager.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are still struggling to secure a naming rights deal for its new stadium.

The toe-dipping around the Olympic pool is set to stop and the serious contenders are preparing to dive into the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.