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SOUTH AFRICAN PROMOTERS CONFIDENT OF WINNING LEWIS FIGHT
South African promoters were "quietly confident" today of staging world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis's next fight in April.
QUOKKA ? BIG LOSSES AS REVENUES FALL SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS
Quokka Sports has admitted its future as an `going concern? is to be reviewed by its auditors after another year of heavy losses and revenues failed to hit targets.
KIRCH AND EMTV MOVE CLOSER TO DEAL
A possible rescue attempt by Kirch of cash-strapped Germany media group EM.TV seems closer after EM.TV management seemed to resolve their differences.
LEWIS’ U.S. PROMOTER SAYS NO SITE CHOSEN FOR NEXT FIGHT
World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis' U.S. promoter has denied a report that Johannesburg had been selected to host the fighter's next defence in April.
CLEANEVENT WINS WIMBLEDON WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
Australian owned event cleaning company Cleanevent have signed a contract with The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for day-to-day cleaning, including the period of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
SEVEN BILLION TUNE INTO EURO 2000
The EURO 2000 football championships were watched by a cumulative audience of seven billion people, a new survey reveals.
MAPLE LEAF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT TO LAUNCH 24-HOUR CHANNEL
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the parent company for the NHL's Maple Leafs, the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the owners of the Air Canada Centre are set to debut a 24-hour channel devoted to the Maple Leafs in September.
BATES BLASTS FA AS HE QUITS WEMBLEY STADIUM ROLE
Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has resigned his post as vice-chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited, accusing the FA of failing to back him.
ATHENS SET FOR NEW BASKETBALL STADIUM
Athens Olympics organisers said they were considering building a permanent 14,000-seat stadium at the site of the Athens airport to stage the qualifying rounds of the Olympic basketball tournament.
RHB VENTURES MERGES WITH QUINTUS
Sports, entertainment and events marketing and management firms Philadelphia-based RHB Ventures and Quintus Group in London, have merged to form Quintus, Incorporated.
SARAJEVO CONSIDERS 2010 WINTER GAMES BID
Sarajevo, which staged the 1984 Winter Olympics and was besieged a decade later during the Bosnian war, is considering another bid to secure the Winter Games in 2010.
CRICINFO SECURES OFFICIAL PAKISTAN CRICKET INTERNET RIGHTS
Cricket web site, CricInfo.com, and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have signed an agreement making CricInfo the exclusive host of the official Pakistan web site for the next five years.
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.
NBC DENY PUSHING FOR LATER START TIMES IN ATHENS
U.S. network NBC has denied that it was trying to exert pressure to put back the times of events at the 2004 Athens Olympics because of prime time television at home.
ARENA FOOTBALL SIGNS WTA TOUR EXEC
The Arena Football League's sales and marketing entity Arena Football League Properties (AFLP) has named Marc Lowitz as vice president of Broadcast, New Media and Business Affairs.
DIGITAL MEDIA SEEKS STAKE IN BOXING GROUP
Digital Sport, the website operator, is in discussions with Sports Network Group, the UK-based boxing promoters owned by Frank Warren, to take a stake in the company.
INDIA TO BAN TOBACCO SPONSORSHIP
The Indian government says it will ban smoking in public places and the sponsorship of sporting events by tobacco firms in a bid to lower cigarette-related deaths.
NFA SEEK PEACE WITH STRIKING OFFICIALS
The Nigerian Football Association (NFA) has called on striking referees to return to their jobs.