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Soccer?s World Cup has been dealt a triple-blow after three of the main sponsors from France 98 look set not to renew with FIFA?s commercial arm ISL.

The International Olympic Committee has said it had withdrawn its request to the Swiss government for an exemption from value-added tax.

Irish drink giant Guinness has signed a #4 million deal to sponsor British commercial network ITV?s coverage of this year?s Rugby World Cup.

Britain's ONdigital is to televise matches from European soccer's Champions' League live next season as part of a partnership with the ITV commercial TV network.

A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.

A season-long experiment of using two referees to control matches is likely to be approved at the annual meeting of soccer's law-making International Board on Saturday.

NBA Entertainment has promoted Heidi Ueberroth to the role of senior vice-president for International Television and Business Development.

Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset has been awarded the rights to broadcast the Champions? League soccer matches in Italy for the next four seasons.

Leading Australian media figures have denied they had agreed to keep quiet about Sydney's tactics in wooing International Olympic Committee (IOC) votes for the city's bid to host the 2000 Games.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter will meet European soccer chiefs this week to discuss his suggestion to hold the World Cup every two years.

The Cleveland Browns expansion football franchise has said it awarded local television broadcast rights to WKYC-TV, the NBC affiliate.

Thousands of would-be investors in the William Hill chain of bookmakers - the second largest in the UK - are today looking at receiving refunds and betting vouchers after the planned flotation was shelved just hours before it was due to take place.

Video game publisher Hasbro Interactive has struck a five-year licensing agreement to develop family and children?s software games and interactive toys based on the world of Nascar.

Dick Pound, the International Olympic Committee's top investigator into the Olympic bribery scandal, has said a Salt Lake City ethics committee may have erred in fingering some of the latest group of suspects.

Media Content, the company set up by ex-ISL pair Jean-Paul de la Fuente and Jean-Francois Denis, together with former Kagan World Media MD Robert Montgomery, is set to list on London's Alternative Investment Market.

Wembley plc, the gaming and leisure operator, has announced another year of record profits.