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A united North-South Korean soccer team for the 2002 World Cup finals is one proposal South Korea plans to make to the North at an unprecedented meeting of their leaders in June, a South Korean official has said.

LOS ANGELES: Andrew Gellatly, SportBusiness.com new media editor, reports from the Interactive Sports 2000 conference.

Jim McManus has been appointed vice president, motorsports, at sports events signage and banner provider Britten Media.

The WTA Tour has chosen to look on the bright side after failing to win equality for women players in the prize money offered for the 2000 Wimbledon tennis championships.

First Entertainment, a leading Multimedia Internet Entertainment Company, will stream live video of the PGA Compaq Classic of New Orleans on the company's F2 Sports Network. The live streaming will take place between May 1 - 7 from the English Tern Golf and Country Club in New Orleans.

The English FA has decided not to send an under-18 team to a tournament in Turkey next month because of security fears following the fatal stabbing of two Leeds United fans there earlier this month.

CNBC, the financial news network, has signed a four-year deal with the PGA Tour to televise 33 Senior PGA Tour events domestically, beginning in 2001.

The Commissioners of the four major US sports have met in New York to discuss the role of new technology in sports? future. David Stern of the National Basketball Association, Paul Tagliabue of the National Football League, Gary Bettman of the National Hockey League, and Bud Selig, head of Major League Baseball discussed the need for additional online sports content, web video, and a significant increase in internet interactivity with fans. In addition, the commissioners expanded on the revenue stream potential of the internet.

SportBusiness.com new media editor Andrew Gellatly reports from the Interactive Sports 2000 conference in Los Angeles.

E. Stanley Kroenke, a Missouri real estate tycoon has paid Ascent Entertainment Group #450 million for the NBA Denver Nuggets, the NHL Colorado Avalanche and their arena, Denver?s Pepsi Centre.

The Wall Street Journal has added fuel to speculation raised during Sport Business 2000 that stadium naming rights deals are coming to Europe. The newspaper reported: ?At least a dozen European premier division soccer-club owners over the past year have been privately huddling with U.S. fund managers about following the American model of raising corporate sponsorship cash to underwrite the construction of new grounds.?

Miami?s Pro Player stadium is set for yet another name change.

Two soccer fans were shot and wounded on their way to a soccer game in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday after supporters of an opposing team besieged their bus, a local news service reported.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has yet to receive any formal bids for the hosting of the 2004 African Nations' Cup a little more than a month before the deadline closes.

InMotion Technologies? VideoFinish technology, known as SimulCam in the USA, has been nominated for a Sports Emmy Award.

Granada Media interactive (GMi), the online advertising division of the Granada Group, has brokered a commercial partnership between Granada and leading digital content provider 365 Corporation.