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In a move designed to strengthen its commitment to the growing girls' action sports market, Broadband Interactive Group (BIG) has acquired Chicksticks.com, the action sports Web site designed exclusively for girl surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding enthusiasts.

Europe?s most prestigious national team soccer tournament will be shown live on satellite pay-per-view in US markets at a cost of $19.95 per match.

Organisers of England's bid to host the 2006 World Cup have shrugged off a report claiming South America had offered its backing to rival bidders South Africa.

Italian broadcaster Mediaset and digital TV platform Stream have signed a preliminary accord for the exclusive pay television rights for the 2000-2001 European Champions League soccer games.

Rivals.com has named Patrick Crumb as senior vice president of business development and Michael Smith as vice president of human resources. Kim Leaming was promoted to vice president of marketing.

The official website of Euro2000 is preparing for almost inevitable 'denial of service' attacks by hackers during the course of the upcoming Tournament according to project's engineers.

Golf.com has launched its second joint venture based on fantasy games with Smallworld.com, an independent developer of online fantasy sports games.

The Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has signed a multi-year agreement to broadcast LIVE WNBA games to millions of viewers across Latin America.

A UK-based football supporters? organisation claims that violence is ?inevitable? at Euro 2000 because the government has not done enough to stop known hooligans from travelling to the tournament.

The NFL wants to bring fans even closer to the action by introducing miniature cameras into the safety helmets of the players during preseason games.

Benfica, the leading Portuguese soccer club wants to recapitalise itself and is set to announce plans to offer up to 25 per cent to outside investors.

Senior executives of UK sports video-on-demand company VNL Sports are describing a new deal with ESPN as a turning point for the company.

British fans are set to bet more than #100 million pounds ($149m) on Euro 2000, making it the world's biggest single sports betting event, bookmakers Ladbrokes said on Friday.

More than one million tickets for this summer?s Sydney Olympics are expected to still be available when the opening ceremony gets underway.

Japan has begun the official two-year countdown to the 2002 World Cup, unveiling a display indicating the number of days to go until the first match in the tournament it is co-hosting with South Korea.

The Australian government has announced a total ban on tobacco advertising at sporting events from October 2006.