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SECURITY TO TOP IOC’S ATHENS 2004 INSPECTION AGENDA
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspection team for the Athens 2004 Games will take a hard look at security when they visit Greece later this week.
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.
MARLBORO MAY EXIT FORMULA ONE IN TWO YEARS
Philip Morris, owners of the Marlboro tobacco brand, may be considering exiting Formula One at the end of the 2002 season.
KIRCH PINS PAY-TV WORLD CUP HOPES ON UK LAW
Kirch Group are looking to circumvent laws on listed events in the UK in order to sell 2002 World Cup broadcast rights to British pay-TV operators.
NRL FINED OVER SALARY CAP BREACH
The Australian National Rugby League (NRL) have fined eight clubs a total of A$395,000 ($213,300) for breaching the 2000 salary cap.
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.