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Media reports claim Irish millionaires John Magnier and JP McManus are seeking to snap up the rights to broadcast the official Manchester United soccer club channel - MUTV - in the Caribbean.

Clear Channel Entertainment has been selected to produce the E*Trade halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans.

Fast Track, the marketing and events agency founded by Alan Pascoe, has been retained by UK Athletics as its marketing, event and sponsorship partner for a further five years.

The Major League Baseball Executive Board continue talks to solve the contraction issue, key personnel in the broadcast industry gather at the Asian Television Forum and the International Paralympic Committee elect a new president.

US-based online sports ticket exchange company, TicketAdvantage, has launched an internet market place that matches season ticket holders with single game ticket buyers.

NBC will broadcast selected events at the upcoming 2002 Olympic Winter Games from Salt Lake City in a high definition digital format.

Sports' ability to suffer from the fortunes of its backers were once again highlighted this week when energy giant Enron - which owns the naming rights to the home of baseball's Astros looked set to complete one of the most dramatic collapses in business history.

Britain's fading hopes of hosting the 2005 World Athletics Championships disappeared last night after Sheffield announced it had ditched its bid for the event.

BSkyB’s dominance in the UK will give it significant negotiating leverage over the Premier League television rights when they come up for renewal in 2004, according to investment bank Lehman Brothers.

FC:tbol de Primera will broadcast Saturday's draw for the 2002 soccer World Cup.

Leading entrepreneurs are backing Scotland's bid to host the European soccer championships in 2008.

Britain's sporting image was severly dented today after The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) decided to reopen bidding for the 2005 World Championships following the Picketts Lock debacle.

World Sport Group, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports rights company, which emerged from the cash shell Orchard Furniture in August this year, expects its financial performance for the year to December 31 to meet market expectations.

UEFA has whittled down to two the agencies bidding to market its Champions League tournament.

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Interactive gaming and gambling platform TradingSports has teamed up with sport brand-building consultancy WSM to develop a global strategy for the platform.