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goalnetwork.com, the global online soccer network launched in November, has signed a deal to be the exclusive sponsor on 185 soccer matches broadcast on FOX Sports World and 175 soccer matches on FOX Sports World Espanol.

Orad?s virtual advertising systems will be used during the 2000 Winter Goodwill Games. to be held February 17-20 in Lake Placid, NY.

Chelsea Village, owner of English Premier League soccer club Chelsea, has appointed Peter Bewsey - formerly of recruitment firm the Corporate Services Group - as its new chief executive.

NBC Quokka Ventures, has announced that Randy Falco, the president of NBC Television Network and chief operating officer of NBC's Olympic broadcast group, has joined its board of directors.

FOX Sports World (English-language) and FOX Sports World Espanol (Spanish-language), have announced their acquisition of the exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier international club competition for CONACAF members, beginning September 28.

Television companies attacked sports clubs this week for demanding exorbitant fees for the rights to transmit top events and said the trend was harming viewers, broadcasters and sports themselves.

New World Publishing Inc. has unveiled SonicSport.com an Internet portal that will have live streaming video from major sporting events, fantasy sports, betting odds, sports scores and stock quotes.

True Value Hardware, the world's largest retail hardware chain, has signed a multi-year agreement with The International Race of Champions (IROC), making True Value the exclusive title sponsor of the IROC series.

Total Sports Inc., a provider of online coverage of sporting events, has filed with regulators to raise as much as $57.5 million in an initial public offering.

British Telecom has rebutted a report claiming that the company is planning to bid for Premier League rights.

Wembley authorities have refused to back down when they presented the British government with a formal response to criticism of their plans for a new English national stadium.

Sportvision, Inc., the leading sports media convergence company, has formed an advisory council to be chaired by San Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci.

Vans has announced that Mark Smith, a former Nike senior designer, has joined the company as vice president of design.

Former World Cup hero, Sir Bobby Charlton, championing England's campaign to host the 2006 World Cup, has appealed to Africans to support England if two bids from their own continent are unsuccessful.

Both the BBC and its rival ? the commercial network ITV ? will broadcast live coverage of the England vs Germany clash at Euro 2000 this summer.

Sponsors of horse racing events at the UK's top racecourses have warned the so-called "Super 12" not to sell their broadcasting rights to BSkyB, reports The Guardian newspaper.