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NEWCASTLE UNITED INVITE SHEPHERD AND HALL BACK
Newcastle United has said it has invited Freddy Shepherd and Douglas Hall, who resigned in March over disparaging remarks they made about team supporters and local women, to rejoin the football club board.
MCG SPELLS $6M A YEAR
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) may sell naming rights to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for $A6m a year.
NEBIOLO BACKS STANCE ON PAYMENTS
World athletics boss Primo Nebiolo backed on Tuesday Zurich's decision not to accept the alleged financial demands of leading sprinters Maurice Greene and Ato Boldon for the richest meeting in the sport.
STADIUM PUTS ON THE FIVE-STAR FINISH
The $463 million Stadium Australia taking shape in western Sydney will not only be the biggest ever built for an Olympic Games, but from a business point of view, by far the best.
BROWNS’ OWNERSHIP RACE HOTS UP
The field of candidates to buy the NFL expansion team the Cleveland Browns has narrowed, with three of seven bidders dropping out.
GERMAN FEDERATION BOSS HURT BY CRITICS, MIGHT QUIT
German Soccer Federation (DFB) president Egidius Braun has said he had been hurt by critics and was considering retirement.
MALAYSIA TO BID FOR ASIAN GAMES
After successfully hosting the Commonwealth Games over the last one and a half weeks, Malaysia is now planning to make a bid for the Asian games in 2006 and the Olympic Games in 2008.
SAMSUNG TO BUILD WORLD CUP STADIUM
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Supply Administration announced September 21 that a consortium led by Samsung Engineering Co. has been selected to design and build the main stadium for the 2002 World Cup.
CBS, DIRECTV PARTNER ON NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
In a move to keep cable TV on the bench during this spring's NCAA men's college basketball tournament, broadcast network CBS and satellite TV company DirecTV has unveiled plans for joint coverage of the event.
ADVANTAGE TAKES AIM AT IMG IN SPORTS MARKETING
Newly-merged marketer Advantage International is aiming at the top slot in sports and event management and wants to double its share of the lucrative global business in three years, its new international chief says.
FIFA CONFIRMS OLYMPIC AGE LIMITS
The Organising Committee for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Sydney 2000, has reaffirmed their ruling on age limits, and announced that the Men's Olympic final will be played in Sydney's new Olympic Stadium.
ITALY SEES 30PCT LIMIT ON SOCCER RIGHTS OWNERSHIP
The Italian government does not want a single operator to have more than 30 percent of pay-TV soccer rights, Communications Ministry undersecretary Vincenzo Vita has said.
ASIA FOOTBALL CHIEFS TO MULL WORLD CUP BOYCOTT
Asian soccer chiefs will decide on Tuesday whether to heed a call to boycott the 2002 World Cup in emergency talks on the region's representation in the finals.
NO DAMAGE TO WORLD ENGLAND BID – FIFA
England's chances of hosting the 2006 World Cup have not been damaged by the resignation of F.A. chief executive Graham Kelly, FIFA said on Wednesday.
IOC REVEAL GIFTS
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is prepared to throw open its Lausanne headquarters and display all gifts received from Olympic bidding cities.
UK CALLS FOR OPEN BIDDING PROCESS
Britain's Culture Secretary Chris Smith has said that future bidding for Olympic games must be honest and above board if Britain is to take part.
NZ SCALE DOWN GAMES BID
New Zealand's capital Wellington has scaled down its bid for the 2006 Commonwealth Games after its backers decided they could not afford to match funding levels available to the only other applicant, Melbourne.
GOVERNMENT TO PAY OWN WAY AT SYDNEY GAMES
The Australian government will spend A$1.2 million (US$780,000) on tickets for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games to entice dignitaries and investors to the country, officials have said.