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Olympic officials have expressed relief over the appointment of Yianna Angelopoulos as chief organiser of the Athens 2004 Olympics, saying they now expected fewer delays and harder work from Greece.
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Turner Network Television (TNT) will televise the inaugural Laureus World Sports Awards. The awards ceremony, a gala to celebrate sporting excellence across all disciplines and all continents, has been established by DaimlerChrysler and Richemont. The awards will be taped in Monte Carlo on Thursday, May 25.
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NASCAR and the Indy Racing league has added two new venues to its 2001 schedule with new stops in Chicago and Kansas City.
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UK-based on-line sports content company Global Cyber Sports.com (GCSC) has reached an agreement with ITV?s Granada Television to place the banner of the GCSC Ferrari clothing e-commerce site on Granada?s Formula 1 site www.itv.f1.com.
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English soccer?s Premier League clubs earned record revenues during 1998/99 but saw profits slump by more than a half.
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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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Fox Sports International has launched a new all-sports channel for Central and Eastern Europe.
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Denver Stadium district board members are expected to decide on the naming rights for the Denver Bronco?s new stadium this summer. The naming rights issue will be discussed at six public hearings before a decision is made.
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Sportsworld Media Group plc, has been appointed exclusive marketing and media agent to the International Triathlon Union (ITU).
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The gulf between England's rich and poor soccer clubs is growing and smaller teams may need to merge to survive, a British report has said.
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TVNZ Satellite Services has reached agreement with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) to provide a concurrent 8-channel service delivering live coverage of events for the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Sportsworld Media Group plc, the sports, media and entertainment business, has been appointed as exclusive marketing and media agent to the International Triathlon Union (ITU), the governing body for the sports of Triathlon, Duathlon and related multi-sports worldwide.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said the 2006 Word Cup finals should go to Africa if one of the continent's two bidding countries can meet all the conditions required to stage the event.
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Octagon CSI has been appointed by British Motorsport Promoters to produce the British Superbikes series.
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Pay-per-view internet content company Arthur Shaw has signed a four-year deal with web agency Sportstars-direct.com to provide PPV programmes featuring world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis.
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International Management Group (IMG) is planning to extend its internet presence in Australia, reports Australasian Business Intelligence. Via its wholly-owned subsidiary TWI Interactive, the company has targeted a number of internet-based site opportunities, mostly on a revenue-sharing basis.
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European Gridiron football received a boost with the latest attendance figures from NFL Europe.
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British Premier League football club Arsenal has appointed former Storehouse Plc chief executive Keith Edelman as its managing director, according to reports.