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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will visit Ghana and Nigeria early next month for a final look at stadium and television facilities for the African Nations Cup finals. The CAF inspection team's visit comes after concern was raised by several television broadcasters last month over the state of preparations for filming the 16-team finals, which start on January 22.
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Washington Redskins officials have rejected proposals to build a roof over Fedex Field on cost grounds, according to the Washington Post. "It was one of the things that was looked at while looking at ways to improve things at the stadium [but] it's not going to happen," spokesman Karl Swanson said. Snyder was considering making a bid to host the Super Bowl in 2012 in conjunction with the Baltimore-Washington region's bid to host the summer Olympic Games that year, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
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Morocco's 2006 World Cup campaign boss said during a lobbying visit to Nigeria that Africa should make only a single bid to host the tournament.Morocco and South Africa are among five nations bidding to host the 2006 finals along with Brazil, England and Germany."FIFA may find it easier to reject Africa's bid if both Morocco and South Africa insist on presenting their bids, citing lack of unity," Driss Benhima, head of the Morocco 2006 bid committee, told reporters.Benhima said the Confederation of African Football had to evolve a fair method of choosing either Morocco or South Africa. CAF are due to discuss the issue at their next Congress in Accra, Ghana in February.
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Australian newspaper reports say that plans to allow sightseers free entry into Sydney Olympic Park during the 2000 Games have displeased giant American television broadcaster NBC. NBC Sports head Dick Ebersol indicated yesterday he was not happy about the Homebush Bay Olympic site being turned into a "party and picnic" area for the Games. Ebersol, whose network is spending $1 billion to broadcast the Olympics, said he would have preferred the site closed to non-ticketholders at least during the first week of competition.
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The co-founder of Broadcast.com has struck a deal to buy the Dallas Mavericks, according to a report in USA Today.
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Hi-tech firm Orad has announced its CyberSport and IMadGINE virtual advertising systems will be used by the Philadelphia Eagles NFL during the broadcast of their 2000 pre-season games.
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Madrid mayor Jose Maria Alvarez del Manzano has reiterated his desire for the Spanish capital to bid for the Olympics as soon as feasible.
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English cricket legend Ian Botham has launched a marketing and sports management agency, with the aim of building a stable of young sports stars.
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IMG Motorsports and Marconi have agreed that Marconi Systems will become title sponsor of Cleveland's CART racing event.
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The Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) has appointed ROI Marketing Inc as its agent in the US for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the ATP Tour.
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International media magnate Rupert Murdoch has agreed to sell the German television rights to European Champions' League soccer for the next three seasons, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper has reported..
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Vans has announced that Mark Smith, a former Nike senior designer, has joined the company as vice president of design.
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UK cable company, Telewest, is poised to take a minority stake in Arsenal FC according to a report in the UK's Sunday Business newspaper.
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The European Broadcasting Union has secured rights to broadcast the World Athletics Series beyond 2001.
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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has signed a new agreement with ISL Worldwide.
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FieldTurf Inc. and FieldTurf International, Inc. have announced that they have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court against Southwest Recreational Industries, Inc. the maker of the synthetic grass sports surface known as Astroturf, for unlawful acts of patent infringement and anti-trust violations.
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The owner of the New Jersey Devils has tentatively agreed to sell the NHL team to the joint venture holding company of the New York Yankees and New Jersey Nets, The Star-Ledger of Newark has reported.
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Speedway Motorsports (SMI) and Nationwide Insurance have signed a three-year comprehensive marketing agreement themed on race and fan safety.