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Two former US broadcast executives have set up Transfusion Integrated Properties (TIP) - a company aimed at creating fresh revenue streams for existing sports properties.

New Zealand is poised to lose either a 2003 World Cup rugby union semi-final or a whole pool and a quarter-final to ensure it makes a profit from the tournament.

Asian pay-TV platform ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has signed up Toshiba and Carlsberg Asia as broadcast sponsors for coverage of English Premier League soccer.

Action Performance, the Nasdaq-listed motorsports marketing company, has signed an exclusive ten-year licensing agreement with Chip Ganassi, winner of four CART world championships and owner of two NASCAR racing teams.

US broadcaster NBC has extended its current rights agreement with the US Golf Association through to 2008, including coverage of the US Open Championships.

The global sports ticketing industry is worth about $43bn (B

The Ryder Cup could be staged in Britain and Ireland between 2018 and 2034, according to Sandy Jones, the chief executive of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA), who was speaking to the Ryder Cup committee yesterday.

CART has presented its five-year strategic plan to the financial community for the first time.

The debacle over staging the IAAF’s World Athletic Championships has blown London’s chances of being taken seriously as a host to a major sporting events for the next 20 years, according to leading global sport industry experts.

The debacle over staging the IAAF’s World Athletic Championships has blown London’s chances of being taken seriously as a host to a major sporting events for the next 20 years, according to leading global sport industry experts.

In light of the recent global security issues, the organisers of the 12th annual SportelMonaco market were 'more than satisfied' with the attendance levels for the event.

According to industry sources, Canadian sports channel The Score has been put up for sale with the Toronto-based broadcaster CTV among the bidders.

The home ground of Australian rules football club Geelong has undergone its second title change in four years under a three-year naming rights deal believed to be worth more than A$1.4 million (US$700,000, B

The International Tennis Federation has approved the playing of the Davis Cup final between Australia and France next month on a portable grass court at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

Audi of America has signed a deal to become an associate sponsor for the world’s largest two-day rowing event, the Charles Regatta in Massachusetts.

English Premier League soccer is slipping closer to experiencing its first strike action as the row between the League and Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) escalates.