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Digital sport completes soccer agency purchase
Alternative Investment Market (AIM)-listed Digital Sport, the online sports content provider, has completed the acquisition of UK-based sports agency, Icon Management Solutions (IMS) and its subsidiaries for £100,000 in cash and Digital Sports shares worth £400,000.
WWF venture with MTV set to hit the screens
The World Wrestling Federation (WWF) has created a reality-based television programme in association with MTV that will debut on the music network on June 21.
Churchill downs reports 2Q revenue increase
Nasdaq-listed US racecourse and wagering operation Churchill Downs Inc has recorded revenues of $163.3million (B
Commonwealth Games counts on success
Organisers of next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester admit its success or failure could determine Britain's fate in bidding to stage global sporting events in the future.
Japan expects nearly half a million World Cup visitors
An estimated 425,000 people are expected to travel to Japan for next year's World Cup, Japanese government officials were quoted as saying on Wednesday.
ITV Sport ‘will break even by 2003/4’
ITV Sport, the new UK subscription-only sports channel to be launched by Granada and Carlton on August 11, will break even by 2003/4, according to Granada’s finance director Henry Staunton.
TNT boosted by Nascar ratings
TNT boosted by Nascar ratings
Lennox signs with King
Boxing promoter Don King said British boxer Lennox Lewis has signed a contract with him to challenge WBC and IBF world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman to a rematch.
MCC signs up SunSystems to manage revenue streams
The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) in Australia will use UK financial software house SunSystems to manage its revenue streams which total over £36 million ($100m).
Frank Warren launches Interactive Video Channel
Sports network Sportev has launched the world’s first online interactive boxing video channel just a few weeks after signing an exclusive agreement with boxing promoter Frank Warren.
Brazilian Championship gets go-ahead
The Brazilian championship, which has been in doubt due to a judicial battle, has been given the green light, just a week before its scheduled start.
Olympics 2008: Osaka looks to the future if bid stumbles
Osaka is putting a positive spin on its status as underdog in the race to stage the 2008 Summer Olympics.
British Eurosport signs US Open Tennis deal
Satellite channel British Eurosport has secured the live television rights to the US Open tennis tournament held at Flushing Meadow in a new four-year deal.
Beijing to accept international contractors
The Chinese government will welcome bids from international investors to take part in the design, construction and operation of competition venues for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing via a public bidding process.
London ‘not on brink of making 2012 Olympic Bid’
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has denied that it is on the verge of making a bid for London to host the Olympic Games in 2012, sportbusiness.com has learned.
Los Angeles Athletics sues Coca-Cola
The Los Angeles Track and Field Organising Committee (LATFOC) filed a complaint against Coca-Cola North America in a Los Angeles court this week for damages allegedly suffered when a dispute over sponsorship led to the cancellation of the Powerade Indoor Track and Field Championships in Feburary at Staples Center.
NTL to axe 5,000 jobs
NTL, the UK’s largest cable company which will broadcast Premiership pay-per-view soccer next season, is to axe 5,000 jobs over the next two years in a bid to meet its ambitious growth forecasts.
Olympics 2008: Turkish Olympic chief blasts IOC report
Turkey's Olympic chief looks disdainfully upon the report that may crush Istanbul's bid to host the 2008 Olympics.