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Bangladesh has brought in Russian experts to repair disabled power plants after soccer fans threatened violence if the electricity fails during World Cup matches.

Delta Air Lines is to sponsor the ATP Senior Tour of Champions this year.

Dealers say foreign exchange trade in London, the world's busiest currency market, will slow to a trickle next Monday when England makes its debut in the World Cup.

France 98 has not delivered the goods for UK commercial TV netork ITV despite the apparent deluge of television advertising related to football, reports the London Sunday Telegraph.

PR company Bell Pottinger Communications has a new role in sport.

The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) looks set to split with ISL

NBC has clinched a record NBA Finals rating with a sixth-game overnight score that may also be the top single-game rating in league history.

The value of gambling through online computer services, particularly the internet, will increase from $535m to more than $10bn per year within five years, according to a recent report.

Legendary coach Don Shula has joined the team bidding for the reactivated Cleveland browns franchise.

Two executives working for FIFA's marketing affiliate were placed under formal legal examination on Wednesday by a court investigating allegations of a World Cup ticket fraud, court sources said.

Malaysia, despite an economic crisis back home, wants tothe 2006 Asian Games and have appealed to other nations not to bid, saying itwould be a waste of money.

Stewart Milne, chairman of Scottish soccer club Aberdeen is planning to complete a multi-million pound revamp of the team's Pittodrie stadium by 2005.

Bud Selig, Major League Baseball's acting commissioner for nearly six years, denied a New York Times report Thursday that he has accepted the job on a permanent basis.

The search has started for a company willing to pay to have its name associated with the Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia.

John Prescott, the Secretary of State for the Environment, has approved an extension to St James' Park, the home of Newcastle United Football Club.

The German government is set to launch a legal challenge to the European Union ban on tobacco advertising which threatens to cut off a financial lifeline to some sports and events.