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Gart Sports Company, the parent company of Sportmart, has unveiled a new superstore concept with the opening of three Sportmart stores in Southern California.
Business

British motor racing tycoon Bernie Ecclestone's plan to float his Formula One empire hit another obstacle on Wednesday when the European Commission said F1's exclusive media contracts broke European competition law.
Business

The US Tennis Association and American International Group (AIG), the US-based international insurance organisation, has signed a multi-year agreement to sponsor the US Davis Cup tennis team.
Events

A landmark London court ruling expected on Wednesday is set to break pay television giant British Sky Broadcasting's (BSkyB) stranglehold on coverage of English Premier League soccer, according to London's the Independent on Sunday newspaper.
Events

News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has said he is not interested in lifting his stake in Italian pay-TV operator Stream from its current 35 percent.
Events

The beleaguered organisers of the Rugby World Cup have criticised ITV's coverage of the event as a "disgrace" according to a report in the UK?s Guardian newspaper.
Events

Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB has opened negotiations with Aston Villa about buying a 9.9% stake in the Premier League football club, according to a report in the Mail On Sunday.
Events

The Australian Football League (AFL) has agreed a five-year deal for vision, audio and text rights for AFL content across online and wireless technologies with Telstra.
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Business

BAA Scottish Airports, owners and operators of Scotland's principal airports at Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow, is to sponsor the WPGA International Matchplay golf tournament as part of Scotland's Ryder Cup bid.
Business

Sportsworld Media Group, the London-based sports marketing group, has confirmed that it is in talks with Australian-based Southern Cross Broadcasting about selling its Aussie TV advertising sales business.
Events

India's state broadcasting corporation, Prasar Bharti has won exclusive rights to broadcast the first Afro-Asian Games scheduled in New Delhi in November.
Business

Sportech, the UK-based holding company for gaming giant Littlewoods Leisure, has signed a sponsorship deal with ITV?s interactive soccer coverage for an undisclosed sum.
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Events

The US women?s soccer league is heading into the end of season play-offs for its inaugural season having exceeded attendance expectations, but it has fallen short in the television ratings.
Events

US broadcaster Fox Sports World Espanol will broadcast coverage of the Mexican Baseball League for the remainder of 2001 and the whole of the 2002 season.
Events

The official World Internet Chess Championships have been launched by FIDE Commerce International (FCI) ? the exclusive holders of commercial rights to all FIDE world chess events.
Business

Australia?s Nine Network will be the official broadcaster for the Tennis Masters Cup which will be held in Sydney from November 12-18 at the Sydney SuperDome.
Events

HBO Enterprises has appointed Total Sports Asia (TSA) as its exclusive TV rights representative in Asia for boxing events.
Events

New Zealand pay television operator Sky Network Television Ltd has named private broadcaster TV3 as Sky's free-to-air broadcast partner for rugby union and cricket for the 2001/02 season.