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EUROBET LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE GAMBLING SERVICE
Eurobet is launching a new sports wagering site ? and is kicking it off to coincide with the traditional curtain raiser for the English domestic football season.
TELEGLOBE ENDS BAR F1 SPONSORSHIP DEAL
Money-losing Teleglobe Inc. has said it will end its sponsorship agreement with Formula One auto racing team British American Racing (BAR) at the end of the current season.
RUGBY CLUB SIGNS UP NEW TALENT
Natal Rugby Union has become the first South African venue to select the Talent Arena Sports Management software from UK-based Software4Sport.
HOCKENHEIM CONFIDENT F1 WILL STAY
Hockenheim should remain the venue of the German Grand Prix providing it undergoes a major facelift, Baden-Wuerttemberg State Premier Erwin Teufel has said.
KOREANS EXPECT MLB BROADCAST RIGHTS HIKE
Korean broadcasters can expect to pay twice the current rate for broadcast rights to Major League baseball games when the present deal expires this season.
BLUE JAYS ATTRACT BUY OUT OFFER
Canadian Major League Baseball franchise, the Toronto Blue Jays, has become the subject of a $150million buy out offer from Rogers Communications, a Toronto- based cable company.
EUROSPORT SETS UP SALES TEAM FOR YOZ BRAND
Eurosport, the European sports channel, is setting up a separate sales team to handle advertising and sponsorship sales of events and youth programming, under the YOZ (Youth Only Zone) banner.
TOP UEFA MAN QUITS TO HEAD G14 PRESSURE GROUP
UEFA?s head of club competitions has quit the organisation to team up with the G14 pressure group, comprising of Europe?s leading soccer clubs.
WIMBLEDON SITE SERVES UP RECORD BREAKING HITS
More tennis fans than ever before enjoyed a 'virtual seat' at Wimbledon?s grass courts this year, after total traffic to its official web site saw it become the most highly trafficked official Grand Slam site in history.
AFL SEEM SET FOR NEW BALL NAMING RIGHTS
The Australian Football League (AFL) looks set to seek a new partner for logo rights on the match ball ? with an asking price of A$2m per year.
ZOFF QUITS UNDER FIRE FROM MEDIA TYCOON
Italian media mogul, soccer club owner and former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has sparked the resignation of the coach of the country?s soccer team.
NBC/FOX PLAY HARDBALL OVER BASEBALL RIGHTS
NBC and Fox's hardball efforts to negotiate new baseball rights have thrown the bidding process wide open, according to Variety magazine.
ILLEGAL EURO 2000 GAMBLING ? 15 ARRESTED
Police have arrested 15 people in Hong Kong in connection with illegal soccer bookmaking involving about HK$18 million (US$2.3 million).
SYMAH VISION STEPS INTO ASIA
Symah Vision has signed an exclusive agreement in Korea with Sky Investment Advisors Group (SIAG) and its newly created Ad Virtual Co. Ltd - with the aim of expanding its business in Asia.
BBC SIGN SOCCER WEB BROADCAST DEAL
The Scottish Premier League and BBC Scotland have signed a deal to allow supporters worldwide to hear live internet broadcasts of every league game next season.
FORMER COACHES TO TESTIFY AGAINST COLLEGE GAMBLING
The United States Congress has called on former greats of the NCAA sports scene to endorse efforts to outlaw gambling on college sports.
TOP DOT COM?S LAUNCH PAN-ASIAN SPORTS INTERNET BUSINESS
Asiacontent.com, SportsLine.com, and Sports.com have combined forces to bring premium internet and wireless sports results, news and e-commerce services to Asian audiences.
NINE NETWORK DEBUTS ORAD SWIMMING SYSTEM
Orad Hi-Tec Systems? ?Virtual Swimming World Record Line? was used for the first time during Nine Network?s live coverage of the Sydney Olympic 2000 qualifying swimming trials.