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Further details of a potential bid to take Manchester United back into private hands have been reported in the UK press.
Media

President Bill Clinton said after the US won the Womens' World Cup final that he expected more girls to take up sports.
Business

Israeli cable Sports Channel has acquired the rights to the Israeli Premier League and National League soccer rights for the next six seasons.
Business

A unit of Johannesburg listed television and software group, MIH Holdings, has said its Greek pay television operation had invested $6.25 million in a popular Greek football club.
Media

British leisure company ENIC Plc has announced it has sold part of its interest in the Greek football club AEK PAE (AEK Athens) to NetMed BV, a subsidiary of US-listed media group MIH Limited .
Business

British media and leisure holding company Granada has bought a 9.9 percent slice of English Premier League giant Liverpool - in a deal worth #22million ($34.24m).
Business

Pangolin, the independent sports media company,has bought the the popular Scandinavian multi-sport siteSportNow (www.SportNow.se).
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Granada Media Group's move to take a 10% stake in Liverpool FC has drawn criticism from pay-TV company BSkyB.
Events

Italian pay-TV broadcaster Stream has launched its plans for coverage of the next soccer season saying it would offer a better and cheaper product than its sole rival Telepiu.
Business

The chairman of health club group Champneys has joined the board of directors at English Premier League soccer club Newcastle United.
Business

AutoNation, the automotive retailer with $18 billion in annual revenues, has become an official first-time sponsor of the National Football League and Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta on January 30, 2000.
Business

France Telecom has taken a 10% stake worth $1bn in NTL the Nasdaq-listed UK media company.
Media

Turkey said today it had taken all necessary security measures ahead of next week's European swimming championships.
Business

Sydney's scandal-weary Olympics organisers had some good news this weekend - Australians are buying tickets to see the 2000 Games.
Business

News Corp Ltd have completed the acquisition of Liberty Media Corp's 50% interest in Fox/Liberty Networks.
Media

SportsLine Europe, the majority-owned subsidiary of the Internet sports media company SportsLine USA, has entered into a three-year promotional and consulting agreement with IMG.
Events

The Fox network has signed a major multi-million dollar deal to begin broadcasting Dominican Republic baseball games.
Events

German TV channel TM3, which pulled off the coup of the year in German sports broadcasting by buying the rights to Champions League soccer, aims to triple its market share in the long term, according to a German magazine report.