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RIVALS.NET SIGNS SPOOF ENGLAND MANAGER MOVIE
Sport site network Rivals.net has teamed up with Entertainment Films to sponsor the movie Mike Bassett ? England Manager.
STEELERS STILL SEEKING STADIA SPONSOR
The Pittsburgh Steelers are still struggling to secure a naming rights deal for its new stadium.
CANDIDATES GEAR UP FOR IOC PRESIDENTIAL RACE
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.
FIFA RESERVE JUDGEMENT AFTER INSPECTING GREEK GAME
FIFA has reserved judgment after investigating whether a bitter feud between the Greek football association (EPO) and the government was affecting the Greek game.
LEEDS SOCCER CLUB LAUNCHES LUTV
England Premiership soccer club Leeds United has launched LUTV, a behind the scenes insight into the club through their official website.
ENIC SEALS ACQUISITION OF SPURS STAKE
English premiership club Tottenham Hotspur Plc said sport and media group ENIC had completed its purchase of former chairman Alan Sugar's 26.9 percent holding, worth around 22 million pounds.
INSPECTORS EVALUATE OSAKA’S OLYMPIC BID
A cabinet minister and kimono-clad young women turned out to greet Olympics inspectors when they arrived on Sunday in Japan's western metropolis Osaka to evaluate its bid to stage the 2008 Summer Games.
AFL COMMISSIONER FACES AXE
The president of AFL club Carlton, John Elliott, has summoned all his counterparts to a meeting in Melbourne next Tuesday with a view to challenging the existing AFL Commission.
HORNETS CLOSE TO ARENA FINANCE PLAN
The NBA?s Charlotte Hornets have moved a step closer to retaining the franchise in the city after Charlotte city staff and the Hornets reached a tentative agreement on a financing model for a new uptown arena.
OFFICIALS FACE CASH PROBLEMS AFTER SPONSOR QUITS TOUR
Indian golf officials fear they could face an uphill task raising funds after the main sponsor of the Indian professional tour pulled out last week.
UFA-SPORTS ?UNTOUCHED? BY BERTELSMANN DEAL
Europe's biggest media group Bertelsmann AG has opened the way for a possible stock market listing through a share swap deal to take control of Europe's largest television group RTL, the Luxembourg-based owners of Munich-based sports marketing group, UFA Sports.
BSKYB MADE OFFER LEWIS REFUSED
Lennox Lewis was allegedly offered a last-ditch incentive by BSkyB to prevent him from switching the broadcast coverage of his fights to the BBC.
PVI?S SUPER BOWL TECHNOLOGY SET FOR GLOBAL ROLL-OUT
Princeton Video Imaging (PVI) chairman Brown Williams has acclaimed the debut of EyeVison action replay technology on CBS? coverage of the 35th Super Bowl.
TURKISH SOCCER RIGHTS NEAR RESOLUTION
Turkish state television has offered to step in to resolve a dispute over soccer broadcast rights that has led to the suspension of all first division matches.
EURO 2000 CLOSES BOOKS $17m IN PROFIT
The Euro 2000 Foundation closed its doors and its books yesterday with an 18 million euro ($17 million) profit to be channelled to youth football in the Netherlands and Belgium, the tournament's co-hosts.
INDY RACING LEAGUE NAMES DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
John Lewis has been promoted to director of operations for the Indy Racing League.
ADDED POLITICAL PRESSURE ON BEIJING BID AS IOC URGED TO STEP IN
Some 28 Chinese democracy activists have urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to press Beijing, which is bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games, to free jailed dissidents.
TOBACCO BAN TO HIT HUNGARIAN F1
A proposed ban on cigarette advertisements in Hungary has shocked tobacco producers and could jeopardise Formula One races in the country.