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Octagon, the sports marketing arm of the massive Interpublic Group, has launched as a consolidated brand and declared its intention to grow its share of the market.

Latin America?s Octagon Koch Tavares has signed a deal to be exclusive marketing agency for the Brazilian Tennis Confederation (CBT).

Top Australian Olympic official Kevan Gosper has defended Sydney Games organisers against a consumer watchdog over the number of Olympic tickets available to the public.

Sports.com Limited, a majority-owned subsidiary of SportsLine USA, Inc, has formed a strategic alliance with France Telecom Multimedia, a subsidiary of France Telecom, to produce and host co-branded sports channels for France Telecom's Internet portal, Voila, and its Internet service provider, Wanadoo, in France.

Goal Media Group, the global Internet soccer company, has announced the appointment of Keir Radnedge as executive editor.

UK Minister of Sport Kate Hoey and government officials are examining the terms of Wembley's #120 million lottery funding to see if the money should be paid back by Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), a subsidiary of the Football Association.

Australia's telecommunications giant Telstra Corp Ltd said it had talked to the Australian Football League (AFL), but it was not in the process of bidding for the pay TV or Internet rights of the game.

The co-founder of Broadcast.com has struck a deal to buy the Dallas Mavericks, according to a report in USA Today.

UK commercial broadcast network ITV has signed a deal with beer firm Carlsberg to sponsor its coverage of soccer?s Euro 2000 tournament this summer.

NSTAR has entered into a two-year marketing and community relations agreement with the Boston Celtics. NSTAR is the parent company of Boston Edison, Commonwealth Electric, Cambridge Electric and Commonwealth Gas.

THE RM286 million used to build the Sepang F1 Circuit which hosted the inaugural Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix in October has greatly benefited the Malaysian economy, according to a research study by Universiti Malaya.

An IOC report says preliminary results indicate that the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, were broadcast in more countries than ever before and that the global cumulative audience is likely to equal Lillehammer's record??.

Celtic look set to build on their Scottish Premier Division triumph by moving for a main market listing, according to the UK Sunday Telegraph.

One of New Zealand's most powerful tribes, the Tainui tribe who are worth at least $NZ157 million ($134m), have joined forces with former Kiwi coach Graham Lowe in a bid to buy the Auckland Warriors.

Sepp Blatter's bid to become FIFA president was given a significant boost on Friday when England declared it would vote for him in Monday's election.

Stewart Milne, chairman of Scottish soccer club Aberdeen is planning to complete a multi-million pound revamp of the team's Pittodrie stadium by 2005.