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Fox Sports World Espanol, the Spanish-language US sports network, will broadcast coverage of this season’s Major League Soccer which runs throughout the summer.
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Intrade, the betting exchange for trading on major sporting events modelled on financial exchanges, has told sportbusiness.com how the system will work when it opens for trading tomorrow.
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HBO Enterprises has appointed Total Sports Asia (TSA) as its exclusive TV rights representative in Asia for boxing events.
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US television ratings for the exhibition matchplay golf tournament dubbed the ‘Battle of Bighorn’ were disappointing for host broadcaster ABC.
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The disciplinary committee of the Spanish National Football Federation (RFEF) meets today to discuss possible sanctions against Atletico Madrid soccer club after the disruptive behaviour of its radical fans Frente Atletico in a cup semi final against Zaragoza on Wednesday.
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UK pay-TV operator BSkyB has won the support of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and commercial free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 following a run-in with the BBC over televised rights access, sportbusiness.com has learned.
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Television distributor Venevision International has been chosen by satellite broadcaster DirecTV to sub-license the rights to the 2002 soccer World Cup in a number of Latin American nations.
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The Bush administration will remain neutral on Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, despite powerful appeals from members of Congress to oppose the proposal on human rights grounds.
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The Welsh bid to host the 2009 Ryder Cup at the Wentwood Hills course received a boost after the local city council awarded the venue planning permission for course enhancements.
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Fox Sports International has launched a new all-sports channel for Central and Eastern Europe.
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Prize money at the 2003 cricket World Cup in South Africa will total $5 million, five times the amount at the previous World Cup in 1999 in England.
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US broadcaster NBC has agreed to allow its West Coast affiliates to broadcast delayed primetime coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games held in Salt Lake City.
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The head of Mexican sport, Nelson Vargas of the Comision Nacional de Deporte (Conade), has ratified this year's budget of 727.8million pesos ($80.3m).
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TalkSport, the UK radio station run by former editor of The Sun newspaper Kelvin McKenzie, has filed a complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) saying the BBC allegedly abused its dominant position by overpaying for the rights to broadcast sports events on radio.
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Triathlon will be watched by an estimated audience of 300 million viewers in 2001, according to Sportsworld Media Group, the media and marketing partner in the International Triathlon Union.
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Car manufacturer Ford has renewed its broadcast sponsorship for BSkyB’s coverage of the English Premier League for the ninth consecutive season. How to Develop Effective Sponsorship Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group:
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Microsoft Corp. has announced that its MSN Internet unit will help produce the official Web site for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sport and Broadband: A new report from SportBusiness Group:
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Breeders' Cup officials this week unveiled a plan aimed at boosting familiarity and interest in European horses among American racing fans ahead of this year's multi-million dollar thoroughbred racing card.