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Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) has denied it had signed a deal with soccer’s world governing body FIFA to sponsor the 2002 World Cup finals, despite FIFA president Sepp Blatter claiming they had done so on Thursday.
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The Wireless Group, owners of TalkSport radio station, became the largest digital radio operator in the London area after Digital Radio Group (DRG), of which The Wireless Group is a 20 per cent shareholder, won the third London digital radio licence.
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Beijing seems to be cruising towards victory in the race to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, despite human rights demonstrations on the IOC’s doorstep and Chinese stadiums that currently exist only as computer graphics.
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UK broadcaster the BBC attracted 3 million viewers to its coverage of the Vodafone Derby, held at Epsom racecourse on Saturday.
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Sportingbet.com, the first UK-based tax-free internet betting service, has announced the appointment of Colin Walker to its executive board.
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An eight-member US Olympic Committee selection committee today kicks off its visit of cities vying to become the official US candidate to host the 2012 summer Olympic Games.
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British Eurosport is to launch a special 'Le Mans Week' with over 15 hours of television coverage.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter is to face 25 key questions over his handling of the ISL affair at Wednesday's FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Zurich, the details of which have been revealed today.
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Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis's lawsuit to force champion Hasim Rahman to make his first title defense against the Briton has begun in the U.S. Federal court.
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Kate Hoey’s replacement as UK’s Minister for Sport, following Tony Blair’s post election ministerial re-shuffle, is Richard Caborn, a 57-year-old Sheffield member of parliament and former minister at the Department of Trade and Industry.
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Eight potential investment groups have been given permission by Major League Baseball to review the financial records of the world famous Boston Red Sox baseball team, prior to making bids for the club.
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A Japanese company will offer insurance coverage to shop owners for possible damages caused by hooligans during next year's World Cup finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea, company officials said on Tuesday.
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The 2002 Tennis Masters Cup, the season-ending tournament for men co-owned by the ATP, the Grand Slams and the International Tennis Federation, will be staged by Shanghai.
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David D'Alessandro, chairman and CEO of John Hancock Financial Services, one of the ten TOP Olympic Games sponsors, has warned the Olympic movement that the next IOC president must deliver credible TV ratings in the US market or face “deeper economic problems” in the longer term.
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Institutional investors gave the thumbs up to Leeds United’s plans to raise £50million ($70.4m) by securitising the income from its ticket sales to finance the construction of a new stadium.
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Digital Sport, the Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed sports marketing company, has confirmed the sale of its online business One Sport Limited to Sportsio Limited for a nominal cash payment.
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Foot-and-mouth disease will cost the UK hospitality and tourist industry at least £5billion ($7bn) in lost revenues by September, according to a new report on hospitality released today by Sport Business. How to Develop Effective Hospitality Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group
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China is in line for a billion-dollar pay day if Beijing wins the right to stage the 2008 Summer Olympics.