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The ten US cities biding for the 2012 Olympic Games are facing a June 30 deadline to name a board of directors and governance structure to their organisations.

Brititsh newspaper The Daily Telegraph has signed up to be an official FA Premier League sponsor as part of its strategy to become more closely identified with sport.

The UK government has removed England's home cricket international matches from the list of events that terrestrial television stations can cover freely.

The 2004 Olympics in Athens could be a disaster without proper planning, the head of the organising committee said on Thursday.

The English Football Association hopes to collect #12million by selling the rights to sponsor the England football team in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup.

M6, the sole French terrestrial TV station with no World Cup coverage, has said it had more viewers during the tournament compared with the same period last year, but the rise was not as strong as the overall increase in French television viewers.

Sydney Olympic organisers are banking on selling more Olympic tickets - and at higher prices - to help offset a $150 million increase in the cost of staging the 2000 Games.

Sydney 2000 Olympics organisers have said the cost of staging the Games had blown up by A$150 million (US$90 million), largely because of an increase in the number of events.

Outbreaks of hooliganism by English and German fans in France should not affect those nations' bids to stage the 2006 World Cup finals, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said.

A Florida financial broker has signed the NFL?s biggest stadium naming rights deal.

Optus Communications is liquidating its pay-TV sports channels, and is renegotiating its sports broadcast rights, putting football coverage in jeopardy.

Australian Television group Seven Network Ltd has agreed to provide a dedicated 24 hour sports channel to Optus Communication's Optus Vision cable pay television network.

A record-breaking 26 million people in Britain watched England crash out of the World Cup in a penalty shoot-out against Argentina, broadcasters said on Wednesday.

Men?s tennis is to undergo a commercial revolution from 2000. The ATP has partnered with ISL and Octagon to develop television and sponsorship on the back of a re-structured, heavily branded sport.

ESPN International has signed a multi-year programming agreement with Sydney-based Optus to provide a 24 hour international sports channel called ESPN Australia.

South Africa became the latest edition to the world motorcycle calendar when organisers said the country would host a round of the 500cc world championship next April.