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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Nobody can accuse Dick Pound, the 59-year-old Canadian lawyer and former Olympic swimmer, of not keeping up with the times as he campaigns for the most powerful job in world sport - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.

Dallas cut the ribbon on Friday on a new $420 million (B

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced on Monday that he would settle the conflict of interest between his private media assets and those owned by the government before the Italian parliament’s summer break in August.

MP Web, the new media division of Media Partners, has signed an exclusive deal with Tele+ for the acquisition of internet rights for 18 Italian Serie A and Serie B soccer clubs.

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has agreed to commission a special programme focusing on triathlon’s European Cup competition.