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VIRTUAL WORLD CUP TICKETS SOLD ON INTERNET
World Cup tickets are being sold illegally on the internet for over $10,000.
FRANCE 98 ADVERTISING UNDER PERFORMS IN UK
France 98 has not delivered the goods for UK commercial TV netork ITV despite the apparent deluge of television advertising related to football, reports the London Sunday Telegraph.
ESPN STAR INK LIVE NBA DEAL
ESPN Star has signed what it claims to be the most comprehensive cable and satellite package for live NBA coverage in Asia.
ESPN AND OPTUS ANNOUNCE 24 HOUR SPORTS CHANNEL
ESPN International has signed a multi-year programming agreement with Sydney-based Optus to provide a 24 hour international sports channel called ESPN Australia.
UNIVISION TOPS WORLD CUP US AUDIENCE RATINGS
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision has turned out to be biggest U.S. beneficiary in this years World Cup.
VILLA SCORES #11.7M AFTER LATE RUN
Aston Villa, the Premier League football club, has announced annual pre-tax profits of #11.7m, against a loss of #3.9m last year.
SPONSORS DIVIDED ON TOUR BRAND DAMAGE
Tour de France team sponsors are divided about whether their brands would suffer from the doping scandal at the world's top cycling race.
EC ISSUES GUIIDELINES ON SPORTS BROADCASTING
The European Commission has for the first time issued guidelines saying how competition rules should apply to the broadcasting of sports events.
UEFA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST SUPER LEAGUE WITH MERGER PLAN
UEFA, battling to avert the creation of a breakaway Super League, it may merge two of Europe's three major competitions.
BROWNS FRANCHISE GOES FOR $530 MILLION
National Football League owners have accepted a $530 million bid for the expansion Cleveland Browns from businessman Alfred Lerner following one of the most intense bidding wars in sports history.
WEEK TWO OF NFL SEASON DISAPPOINTS
CBS's NFL broadcasts saw lower figures in the past week, while Fox ratings brought mixed numbers.
SECOND TIER ENGLISH CLUBS TO TRIAL PPV
The Football League, which represents clubs outside the elite Premier league, plans to launch English soccer's first pay-per-view television trial after Christmas.
F1 COMPETITION TALKS MAKE PROGRESS SAYS EU
Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone and the European Union (EU) competition commissioner have made headway in talks on commercial control of the sport, according to EU officials.
STEINBRENNER LOOKING INTO YANKEES SALE
The New York Yankees' principal owner George Steinbrenner has been contacting his partners about possibly selling the baseball team to Cablevision, the cable television operator, Newsday has reported.
S.AFRICA BIDS TO STAGE ‘RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE II’
South Africa wants to host the unification fight between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis in what would be the continent's biggest boxing event since the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Mohammad Ali and George Foreman.
ITALIAN LEAGUE CHIEF SAYS CLUBS WANTS TO AVOID TV ROW
Italian soccer clubs want to avoid a showdown over television rights that could end with the big clubs creaming off most of the money, the chairman of Italy's Football League said on Thursday.
TOP CLUBS AGREE TO UEFA FORMAT BUT DEMAND MORE TV CASH
Europe's leading 14 clubs have accepted UEFA's proposals for a 32-team European Champions' League.
FEWER ATHLETES THAN EXPECTED REGISTER FOR BANGKOK GAMES
Only 6,745 athletes from 42 nations have registered to take part in next month's Asian Games by the deadline this week, compared with the anticipated total of more than 8,700, the Games organising committee said.