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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has confirmed that the Aussie government planned to apply its new 10 percent consumption tax to Sydney 2000 Olympics tickets sold at inflated prices to the wealthy.
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Total Sports Inc., a provider of online coverage of sporting events, has filed with regulators to raise as much as $57.5 million in an initial public offering.
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Plans for the new #475million ($770 million) national stadium at Wembley in London has come under more fire after a hostile reception by leading sports officials.
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Irish state broadcaster RTE has said it had failed to resolve a row with a Turkish television company over the rights to broadcast Wednesday's Euro 2000 play-off between Ireland and Turkey in Bursar.
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CBS and Disney's ABC-ESPN, losers in the recent NASCAR deal, are vying to tie-up the rights to NCAA men's basketball, as formal presentations to the NCAA began this week.
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Senegal lawyer Lamine Diack is present his case today to retain control of the world governing athletics body after the death of International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) president Primo Nebiolo this month.
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The World Cup of Golf will become the fourth World Golf Championship next year with a change in format, it has been announced.
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The Women's Tennis Association has signed a five-year sponsorship contract worth $34m with Sanex, manufacturers of body care products. It is thought to be the biggest sponsorship in the history of women's sports.
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The Hong Kong governing has announced it is to mount a bid to host the 2006 Asian Games.
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Goal Media Group, the global Internet soccer company, has announced the appointment of Keir Radnedge as executive editor.
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The two clubs who reach the European Cup Final next May will each receive up to 25,000 tickets for the match at the Stade de France in Paris, UEFA has announced.
Business

Shares in SportsLine USA, the online sports site part-owned by CBS, surged following last week's long-term acquisition of NCAA rights by CBS.
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BT are reported to be set to enter the English soccer TV rights battle.
Business

Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm that analyses technology change and its impact on business, consumers, and society, has predicted that that new Web technologies will allow professional sports leagues to create and deliver innovative broadband sports programming directly to fans.
Business

E*TRADE Group, a global leader in electronic personal financial services, has signed an agreement with the NFL to sponsor the Super Bowl XXXIV Half-time Show.
Business

SFX Entertainment has acquired SME Power Branding, a leading sports brand identity company based in New York.
Business

Sports TV company Sportsworld Media has struck a #22.4 million deal to buy Australian Media Holdings, the TV and sports sponsorship group.
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British Telecom has rebutted a report claiming that the company is planning to bid for Premier League rights.