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NBC and Fox's hardball efforts to negotiate new baseball rights have thrown the bidding process wide open, according to Variety magazine.
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England?s faltering 2006 World Cup bid campaign is making a last ditch appeal to FIFA to not let the violent scenes involving the nation?s fans during Euro 2000 ruin its chances of success.
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The BBC licked its wounds on Thursday after losing television rights to England's top-flight soccer but the government said it would not cough up more money for the public broadcaster.
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The European Commission has approved Euro 2000's ticket sales policy, just two days before the tournament kicks off in Brussels.
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More than one million tickets for this summer?s Sydney Olympics are expected to still be available when the opening ceremony gets underway.
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CBS aims to restore its reputation for championship boxing coverage by broadcasting four Showtime Championship Boxing events, including Mike Tyson's scheduled match against Lou Savarese, on a delayed basis.
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Indonesia have been awarded the right to hold the 2002 Tiger Cup by the Asian Football Federation four years after civil unrest forced the nation to relinquish hosting the event.
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Virtual imaging firm Orad Hi-Tec Systems has signed a deal for its CyberSport system to Japanese firm IMAGICA.
Business

Canadian Airlines has decided to pull out of its 20-year, C$20 million naming rights deal with the Saddledome, home to the NHL?s troubled Calgary Flames.
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Legislators are poised to approve next week a total loss to taxpayers of $945 million for hosting the 2006 Asian Games in Hong Kong along with an event for disabled athletes.
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Time Warner and Walt Disney have called a temporary halt to feud that has blacked out the ABC cable network in 3.5million US homes since Monday.
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Miami?s Pro Player stadium is set for yet another name change.
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NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL
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Broadband Sports has been selected as the new designer, producer and manager of the official Dallas Cowboys Web site.
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The British government has dismissed a report that England might team up with Germany in a bid to host soccer's 2006 World Cup rather than press its own case.
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Athletics chiefs plan to hand out gold bars to the winners of their Golden League series this year although the value of the jackpot has been halved.
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China has launched Beijing's bid for the 2008 Summer Games under the slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics."
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Danny Jordaan made a powerful appeal to FIFA's executive committee to end the cycle of European domination of world soccer by handing South Africa the 2006 World Cup finals.