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MALAYSIA AMAZED AT LOSING ASIAN GAMES TO QATAR
Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded after the country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar.
VOTE FOR ASIAN GAMES 2006 TAKES PLACE THIS WEEKEND
Delegations from four cities bidding for the 2006 Asian Games will gather in the South Korean city of Pusan this weekend for last-minute lobbying ahead of Sunday's vote to decide the host city for the event.
IN DEMAND STATES SPORTING GOALS
Rob Jacobson, the new executive VP of In Demand, the dominant distributor of pay-per-view movies and events, has set out his objectives for the company.
EUROPE OFFERED FREE NFL HIGHLIGHTS PACKAGES
The NFL is offering European television stations free access to game highlights with a new Sunday-night highlights service.
TUA FANS TO GET BEHIND-THE-SCENES WEBCASTS
TV network and streaming video service provider TVWorldwide.com has been selected by 100percentSports.com to produce several live webcasts with heavyweight boxing challenger David Tua.
SPORTVISION AND NATIONAL MOBILE TELEVISION SIGN DEAL
National Mobile Television (NMT), the provider of mobile television production equipment, has agreed to permanently install Sportvision?s video insertion technologies on NMT trucks in the U.S.
TIGER WOODS CRITICAL OF USPGA
The world?s best golfer has branded the golfing authorities a?monopoly? in their business dealings, and feels that the US Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem only contacts him when he wanted to use Tiger?s huge influence with broadcasters.
RIVALS.NET SPONSORS CHANNEL 4’S FOOTBALL ITALIA
Rivals.net is sponsoring a package of interactive initiatives across Channel 4's Football Italia programming, magazine and website.
ORAD LAUNCHES NEW VIRTUAL INNOVATION
Virtual technology firm Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd, is to launch a 3D on- air graphics system named CyberGraphics.
SPORTVISION ANNOUNCE MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Sportvision, Inc., the US-based sports media technology, has appointed Steven F. Roberts to executive vice president, Product Management, and promoted Russell Quy to executive producer and vice president, Media Production.
RUGBY ROLE FOR OCTAGON?S PAUL VAUGHAN
Paul Vaughan, executive vice president of Octagon Marketing is set to become the next commercial director of the Rugby Football Union (RFU).
SPORTAL TO HOST REGGINA WEBSITE
Sportal have added mid-table Serie A team Reggina to their portfolio of sports internet partners. The three year deal is to provide hosting and maintenance services to the club?s website. Other Italian football sides in the Sportal stable of websites are Juventus, AC Parma and AC Milan.
LONDON?S WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP STADIUM UNDER FINANCIAL CLOUD
The financial viability of the Picketts Lock stadium, Britain?s venue for the 2005 World Athletic Championships, has come under scrutiny.
TWIN TOWERS TO BE DEMOLISHED AS PLAN REJECTED
There will be no last hour reprieve for Wembley's famous Twin Towers, which will now be demolished with the rest of the stadium.
SURFINGSPORTS.COM ADDS VIDEO TO SPORTS CHANNEL
eSynch Corporation, a supplier of technological services for the streaming media and video-on-demand markets, has partnered SurfingSports.com to broadcast extreme sports videos to broadband internet users.
UNIVERSITY TO LAUNCH SPORTS MARKETING STUDY PROGRAMME
Host Communications is to collaborate with the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics to launch a unique, three-year UK Sports Marketing certification programme in 2001.
VOTERS TO DECIDE ON LAMBEAU FIELD NAMING RIGHTS
Brown County residents will vote this week on a non-binding naming-rights referendum for the 43-year-old Lambeau Field stadium, home to the Green Bay Packers.
SAMARANCH ATTENDS EUROSPORT AWARDS CEREMONY
IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch and 150 of Europe's Gold medal winners from Sydney attended the new Eurosport 'SportStar Awards' in Monaco last week.