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Carmen Policy who resigned last week after seven years as president of the 49ers, has announced that he and billionaire banker Al Lerner are applying to buy the Cleveland expansion team that begins play in 1999.
Business

Twenty-three-year NBC veteran Randy Falco is taking over as president of the NBC TV Network this fall, replacing Neil Braun, who announced his resignation and plans to join the bidding for Polygram Filmed Entertainment.
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Howie Long has signed a new five-year contract with Fox Sports, ensuring that "Fox NFL Sunday." will keep the same lineup.
Business

A US federal judge has dismissed a $30 million suit filed by former Golden State Warriors basketball professional Latrell Sprewell to challenge his suspension for attempting to choke his coach.
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Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, has called a crisis meeting of the IOC Executive Board to discuss the use of drugs in sport.
Business

Tour de France team sponsors are divided about whether their brands would suffer from the doping scandal at the world's top cycling race.
Business

The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) may sell naming rights to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for $A6m a year.
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Brazil has said it would bid to stage the 2006 World Cup, and immediately received the backing of the South American Football Confederation (CSF).
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Sepp Blatter, chief of the world soccer body FIFA, says he will step down as chairman of the committee seeking the 2006 Winter Olympics for the Swiss city of Sion.
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England?s Chelsea football club chairman Ken Bates has received substantial but undisclosed libel damages and a public apology over a newspaper article which he said cast a slur on his name.
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Germany's powerful but secretive media conglomorate the Kirch Group may be going public according to an unconfirmed report Friday in Italy's financial daily Sole 24 Ore.
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England?s Chelsea football club chairman Ken Bates has received substantial but undisclosed libel damages and a public apology over a newspaper article which he said cast a slur on his name.
Business

South Africa is convinced it will host a Formula One Grand Prix race next season after a six year gap despite the introduction of a bill banning tobacco advertising, Sports Minister Steve Tshwete has said.
Events

Dutch police are expecting to be overstretched during the 2000 European soccer championship and their union is already calling for the three-week tournament to be shortened by a week.
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World rugby's governing body has failed to promote the sport outside its traditional strongholds and is in dire need of a serious shape-up, former Australian hero David Campese has said.
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Walt Disney Co. has offered to pay the National Hockey League about $400 million for five-year exclusive broadcast rights on ABC and ESPN, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Business

A $411 million plan to build a new home for the Padres baseball team and renovate downtown San Diego took a step closer to reality Tuesday when the city council voted to place the issue on the November ballot.
Business

A new European Super League moved several steps closer after announcemnts from UEFA, and top clubs Manchester United, Arsenal and Ajax Amsterdam.