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Rivals team-up for All Blacks games
New Zealand pay television operator Sky Network Television will join rival TelstraSaturn in broadcasting live three end-of-year rugby tests by the All Blacks against Ireland, Scotland and Argentina.
Fox Sports Net going interactive
US regional broadcast network Fox Sports Net has announced that it is on the verge of signing its first tie-ups to develop interactive services.
New Wembley plan presented
A new plan for a 90,000-seat Wembley stadium, including a temporary athletics track, has been presented to the UK Government.
Tennis tightens up security
The governing body of women's tennis (WTA) is increasing security at its tournaments after the US air strikes on Afghanistan.
PGA confirms Presidents Cup dates
The PGA tour has confirmed the Presidents Cup, which had originally been scheduled to be contested in November next year, will now be played from November 18-23, 2003.
World Cup TV deal close
UK terrestrial broadcaster, the BBC, says it is confident the long-awaited deal to show the 2002 World Cup soccer finals on free-to-air TV is close to completion after a year-long row with German media giants Kirch.
TEAM to bid ‘aggressively’ for UEFA rights
TEAM Marketing managing director Richard Worth has told sportbusiness.com his company will bid ‘aggressively’ to retain agency rights to market UEFA’s Champions League tournament.
S Korea vows World Cup free of terror
South Korea's top police officer vowed on Tuesday to keep terrorists and soccer hooligans away from the 2002 World Cup and said American and other missions were receiving extra protection amid US-led attacks on Afghanistan.
Soccer bid victory worth $737m
Hosting the Euro 2008 football championships in Scotland could result in a boost of up to £500m ($737m/B
Fans try to bail out Argentine club
Fans of Belgrano de Cordoba soccer club in Argentina have collected $7,696 (B
Castrol dips into fishing industry
Operation Bass, a US fishing tournament organisation, has signed a sponsorship deal with oil firm Castrol for an undisclosed sum.
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Cedric Kushner Boxing merger delayedZenascent, Inc. the New York over the counter billboard-listed incubator company for sports and entertainment event promotion, is to extend the time frame of its merger with Cedric Kushner Boxing (CKB) to allow more time to raise funds.
Canal Plus on target to break even in 2002
The Vivendi-owned Canal Plus media group, whose family of European broadcasting networks have acquired an array of sports rights, is set to achieve its target of breaking even by the close of next year.
UPC closes down its sports cable business
United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), the Dutch-based cable television and internet group has pulled the plug on its 24-hours a day sports cable network, SPORT 1, sportbusiness.com can confirm.
LPGA event cancelled
The inaugural LPGA Sports Today Classic has been cancelled because of the military action in Afghanistan.
Squash championships cancelled
The world men's squash championships, to be held in Melbourne, Australia next week, became a casualty of international unrest as they were cancelled due to lack of financial support.
Sponsor threat in FIFA TV row
Failure to strike major market TV deals for next summer's FIFA World Cup could result in sponsors demanding compensation.
FIFA under pressure on Caribbean rights
FIFA president Sepp Blatter is set for a showdown over World Cup 2002 TV rights for a number of Caribbean territories.