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World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis' U.S. promoter has denied a report that Johannesburg had been selected to host the fighter's next defence in April.
Business

The Williams tennis sisters Venus and Serena have won their cases to evict cyber-squatters from contested domain names, arbitrators have ruled.
Events

HBO.com is to launch a live interactive adjunct to HBO Sports' new 12-week talk/magazine show, On the Record with Bob Costas.
Business

The Senior PGA Tour?s decision to award its broadcast rights to CNBC has paid early dividends.
Business

Transport and accommodation standards must improve for Britain to have a chance of bidding successfully for the Olympic Games, UK government Culture Secretary Chris Smith has said.
Business

Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL) chairman Rodney Walker has started a new round of talks to discuss his plans for an athletics track in the new national stadium.
Events

The Mexican national soccer team has signed a partnership with US national Spanish-language television network Telemundo to broadcast all of Mexico's exhibition and official games.
Business

A new website that matches potential sponsors with rights holders has recorded more than 15,000 hits in its first two weeks of trading.
Business

Athens Olympics organisers (ATHOC) are forecasting revenues from TV rights for the 2004 Games will rise 16.5 percent from the Sydney figure to $800 million.
Business

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has announced it is to hold an extraordinary congress immediately to discuss the threatened split from the organisation by eight member nations.
Events

UK commercial sports station TalkSPORT can continue to broadcast commentary of major sporting events off the TV as it did during Euro 2000, even if the BBC has rights to the event.
Events

English soccer First Division side Nottingham Forest has reported losses of #4.8m ($7.3m) for the year to May 31, 2000.
Events

A meeting of owners, trainers, stable lads, transporters and breeders' representatives in London has insisted that money from horse-racing?s imminent broadcast deal should be split up according to the 40-40-20 funding formula agreed by the British Horseracing Board (BHB) last month.
Events

The GAA has denied that it is in talks with the Irish government about the possible use of Croke Park for rugby.
Business

ESPN Star Sports has appointed Bob Kemp as vice president, production.
Events

Rivals.net is sponsoring a package of interactive initiatives across Channel 4's Football Italia programming, magazine and website.
Business

The sale of naming rights to the Denver Broncos? new stadium has hit a snag amid growing opposition at plans to drop its existing name.
Business

Eurosport has secured a broadcast sponsorship deal with computer processors supplier AMD for an extensive package of World Cup qualifying programming.