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In the wake of the recent test case ruling involving the Independent Television Commission (ITC), 2002 World Cup TV rights holders the Kirch Gruppe could decide not to part with the rights, meaning UK viewers would be unable to watch the tournament to be held in Japan and South Korea.
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The National Basketball Association's web site, NBA.com, set a single-day record with nearly 1.2 million visitors the day after the exciting opening game of the NBA Finals, the league has said.
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Britain's Craig Reedie will bid for a place on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s ruling executive board when the organisation appoints a new president for the first time for 21 years next month.
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Win or lose, Toronto plans to show the world that it can throw a party of Olympic proportions.
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Advertising agency Mother has won the £27 million ($37.9 million) account for UK satellite broadcaster Ondigital, including the launch of the new digital channel ITV Sport.
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French broadcasting network TF1 will pay $56 million to retain its Sunday morning highlights coverage of the French Football League (LNF) despite previously stating that it would play no part in the “wild explosion in prices for TV soccer rights”.
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Fox’s season finale for its NASCAR Winston Cup motorports coverage, broadcast on its US entertainment network FX, was the highest rated programme in the network’s seven-year history.
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EchoStar Communications, which is locked in a battle with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to merge with US broadcaster DirecTV, has lost ground to its rival after failing to secure financial backers for any proposed bid.
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Britain's sacked sports minister believes Britain broke a secret agreement with Germany by bidding to host the 2006 World Cup, according to a UK newspaper which published an interview with her on Sunday.
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The future of the Olympic Games looks set to pass into the hands of a Belgian surgeon-cum-yachtsman who has earned a reputation for a calm touch in a storm.
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Over 800,000 Time Warner cable subscribers in the New York area were in uproar on Sunday night after an electrical shutdown caused viewers to miss the climax of the US Open golf tournament and the start of the Yankees baseball game against the Mets.
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Car manufacturers Jaguar will provide contingency sponsorship for the Trans-Am Series, a form of professional closed-roof performance coupe and sedan road racing in North America.
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Food brand Heinz has signed a $57million deal with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers to secure the naming rights to the team’s new stadium for the next 20 years.
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The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Executive Board has given unanimous backing to proposals by Sir Paul Condon aimed at removing corruption from the game.
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Olympic boss Jacques Rogge is confident swimming's governing body FINA will agree to start testing for erythropoietin (EPO), one of the most dangerous banned drugs in sport.
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Knowing more about the extent and nature of match-fixing within the game of cricket is more important than ‘naming and shaming’ individual players, according to Sir Paul Condon, director of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU).
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The Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and ESPN units have confirmed that Tiger Woods will appear in several special events for the two television networks over the next five years, in a widely expected deal.
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World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.