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World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWF) has reported a softening of demand for its events and programming in its second quarter results.

Formula One aims to ban tobacco advertising by 2007, the sport's ruling body has reiterated.

Scotland is considering a joint bid with the Republic of Ireland to host football's 2008 European Championships according to UK newspaper reports.

South Africa has taken over the hosting of the first women's Champions Challenge international hockey tournament from India because of security concerns, the sport's governing body (FIH) has confirmed.

Low ticket prices mean the Commonwealth Games in Manchester next year will be the most popular ever, the chief executive of organisers M2002 has said.

The UK government’s handling of the Wembley Stadium project was a “scandalously inept treatment of public money,” according to a report by the culture, media and sport select committee.

The English soccer strike fiasco could still be avoided, Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chief Gordon Taylor has said – if soccer chiefs meet the PFA's demands for a bigger slice of TV revenues prior to strike day on December 1.

The Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) is to broadcast soccer’s Copa Toyota Intercontinental final live to Latin America on November 27.

Clear Channel Entertainment's motor sports division has signed a three-year deal agreement with Anaheim's Edison International Field to produce its motor sports events at the Southern California facility until 2005.

Future bids to co-host a World Cup will not be considered until after next year’s tournament in South Korea and Japan, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has confirmed.

British politicians have slammed the government over its stop-start plans for a national athletics stadium but said no side came out with any credit.

The appointment of a new chairman to Australia’s only listed sports club, the Brisbane Broncos, has resulted in a 25 percent boost to the club’s share price.

Rockingham Motor Speedway, Britain's newest motorsports facility, has added two new senior executives to its management team.

Asia sport network ESPN Star Sports has signed its first-ever terrestrial carriage deals in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

The NBA and the WNBA have entered a multi-year, multi-platform television agreement with leading Greek broadcaster Alpha TV.

A string of industry big-hitters have been confirmed to address the industry’s leading motorsport conference – Motor SportBusiness – in Monaco next month.