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The WTA Tour has appointed a former senior Nike executive as its new chief.

Sportingbet.com, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed online bookmaker, said the postponement of sporting events following the US terrorist attacks cost the firm £13m ($19m/B

Basketball and baseball are set for one of its most crucial days in New York later tonight with the dream double of Michael Jordan's NBA return at Madison Square Garden and the Yankees at home in the World Series.

Ticket prices for the 2002 Open Golf Championship to be held at Muirfield next July will be the same as this year's event at the Royal Birkdale course, after the organisers announced a freeze on entry admission costs.

Australian International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Kevan Gosper has stated that the Salt Lake City Winter Games would proceed with the full support of competing nations.

The NBA is still ploughing ahead with its wish to diversify its TV content by producing either a behind-the-scenes sitcom or an animated series despite the projects having been in development for more than two years.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is sending two of its members to India on Wednesday to review the security arrangements for the upcoming Test match tour between the two nations.

The long-term future of the Honda Indy 300 at the Gold Coast, Australia could hinge on a television deal between CART and the Queensland state government.

Octagon is set to recruit a new family of sponsors for the English Rugby Football Union (RFU) home internationals, after renewing its deal to handle Twickenham’s advertising signage.

XM Satellite Radio is broadcasting the entire 2001 World Series on ESPN Radio between the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks.

Rupert Murdoch will not become the first media mogul to own a global TV network, and consequently rule the roost over televised sport, after failing in his bid to buy DirecTV, the largest satellite network in the US.

Detroit-based sports management company Michigan & Trumbull has unveiled a plan to re-open Detroit’s Tiger Stadium after reaching an agreement with the City council and planning department

Continental Airlines has struck a deal with the New York Knicks to become the NBA team’s official airline.

After a widespread chill across the advertising world, signs of a thaw have emerged at US broadcaster NBC, where advertising sales for the Winter Olympic Games are beginning to pick up.

European soccer's governing body UEFA will decide on the venues for the Champions League and UEFA Cup finals when its executive committee meets in December.

Turner Sports has further extended its window of exclusivity in the ongoing talks for the renewal of the TV rights deal for the NBA.