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KPMG Consulting, provider of Internet integration services, have announced that golfer Phil Mickelson has reached a multi-year agreement with the company to wear the KPMG Consulting brand on the front of his headwear during tournament play and other promotions.
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Lucent Technologies has signed a long-term agreement as Title Sponsor of the Tour de las Americas, the Latin American PGA golf tour.
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Paris will stage the best Olympics ever if it wins the right to hold them in 2008, the bid organisers said in an official statement.
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The concluding session of the first day of the IOC Sports and New Media conference re-emphasised the key values of rights exclusivity, but according to Christopher Murray, Chairman of the Entertainment & Technology Dept of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles: "The web has so radically changed the dynamics of publishing, that with one keystroke anyone can download a CD or video and become a pirate".
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A Florida group seeking to host the 2012 Olympics has unveiled plans for an Olympic stadium and village in downtown Tampa at the sites of two public housing projects.
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Vertical Alliance, the US-based e-business customer management company, has completed the integration of 18 International Speedway Corporation (ISC)-owned web site communities into one integrated customer management solution.
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The eastern German city of Leipzig plans to order a feasability study on bidding for the summer Olympics in 2012 or 2016.
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Eurosport has won a bronze trophy at the `Olympic Golden Ring? Awards, organised by the IOC (International Olympic Committee).
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Sportal have added mid-table Serie A team Reggina to their portfolio of sports internet partners. The three year deal is to provide hosting and maintenance services to the club?s website. Other Italian football sides in the Sportal stable of websites are Juventus, AC Parma and AC Milan.
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The Swedish prosecutor's office has reopened an inquiry into a suspected attempt to bribe the International Olympic Committee into choosing Stockholm for the 2004 summer games.
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An executive hired nine months ago to streamline the US Olympic Committee has resigned, saying he could not carry out his plans.
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NTL has pulled out of a multi-million dollar deal to broadcast English Premier League soccer matches on a pay-per-view basis.
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Universal McCann Event, McCann Erickson?s sports marketing department in Paris, has brokered a partnership agreement between Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the world governing body for air sports, and Discovery Wings Channel, the North American channel for air sports enthusiasts.
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The World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed new television distribution deals in Russia and Bulgaria.
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Philips Electronics has decided not to renew its title sponsorship of the Texas-based Philips Invitational honouring Harvey Penick.
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South Africa has called for several team sports to be axed from the Olympic games because they were unnecessary and put the event beyond the financial reach of most developing countries.
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The Japanese city of Osaka has pressed its claim to stage the 2008 Olympics against current favourite Beijing, saying it could outdo the Chinese capital in experience and facilities.
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Australians have been queuing in their thousands at the main SOCOG Sydney box office for the release of 7,500 Olympic swimming tickets.