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A new annual international sports awards ceremony will be inaugurated in Monaco on May 25. The Laureus Sports Awards, will be hosted by stars of the entertainment world such as Jeff Bridges, Ashley Judd and Dylan McDermott and will broadcast to a hoped-for global audience of 1 billion viewers.
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The NBA Board of Governors have approved new owners for the Dallas Mavericks, Vancouver Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets.
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A spokesman for BSkyB has denied reports it has made any bid for exclusive UK television rights to the soccer World Cup in 2002.
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The UK?s Channel 4 is set to join forces with cable giant NTL in a bid to win the rights to broadcast live England soccer internationals.
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South Africa has invited African soccer greats Abedi Pele of Ghana and Cameroon's Roger Milla to be ambassadors for their 2006 World Cup bid.
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The North American Broadcasters Association (NABA) has teamed up with the International Council of the National Academy of Television and Arts Sciences (NATAS) to present a special breakfast panel on the future of sports broadcasting at this month?s Sportelamerica.
Business

A Moroccan official said he was surprised by the results of a poll of sports editors showing the country was bottom of the list of the five bidding to host the 2006 World Cup finals.
Business

Speedway Motorsports, Inc. has reported that total revenues for the fourth quarter increased 45% or $23.4 million to $75.7 million, compared to last year.
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The 2000 NBA All-Star Game, taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 11- 13, will be shown in 205 countries, with a potential audience of 750million households.
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It may have only taken four minutes, but the financial fall-out of Mike Tyson?s latest return to the ring proved a very profitable one, according to reports.
Business

Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban have underlined their support for a joint bid to host the European soccer championships in 2004.
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English Premier League club Derby County has emerged as the latest club to be the target of BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster which already has stakes in both Manchester United and Leeds Sporting, the owner of Leeds United.
Business

IMG has secured Soccer Australia its biggest ever sponsorship deal as LG Electronics signed a two-year, $4m deal to be its major sponsor.
Business

Over the years sport has been shaped by many great teams and partnerships. Now there is a new pairing which promises to impact on the sports business in a most dramatic way.
Business

Rotterdam police and local authorities are falling badly short in their efforts to contain a rising hooligan threat at next year's European championship finals, an independent research body has said.
Business

Guinness announced a 15 per cent sales increase in the UK for the September/October period during which they sponsored the Rugby World Cup.
Business

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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Almost two-thirds (65%) of the UK adult population watched England play Scotland in the Euro 2000 soccer playoffs.