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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

China is in line for a billion-dollar pay day if Beijing wins the right to stage the 2008 Summer Olympics.

US satellite network, DirecTV has agreed a deal to become a ‘flagship partner’ in the American Airlines Center opening later this month in Dallas – the new home of the NBA Dallas Mavericks and the NHL Dallas Stars.

Talks between golf’s PGA Tour and various cable and broadcast networks about a new television contract are expected to be completed this week.

The official website for this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships attracted record traffic during the two-week event, with 78 percent more unique users than last year.

US broadcaster Fox Sports Net has registered an 8 percent ratings rise for the first half of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season.

The outcome of a test case hearing could determine the long-running dispute over whether the UK television rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup are awarded to terrestrial broadcasters – BBC and ITV – or if the rights owner, German media group Kirch, is allowed to sell them to a satellite or cable platform.