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The monetary value of Champions League football to English soccer clubs has been dramatically emphasised with the revelation that Leeds United has increased turnover by 67% for the last six months of last year.
Business

The delay in holding a public referendum in Memphis on whether to finance an NBA-worthy arena could kill the city's chances of getting a team, officials have warned.
Business

Interactive sports content company Sportal has unveiled a demonstration version of an interactive broadband sports channel.
Business

The Salt Lake Organising Committee is confident that its computer network will perform well for next February's 2002 Winter Games.
Business

Greece's state-run Soccer Pools and Lottery Organisation (OPAP) hopes to raise about 60 billion drachmas ($156.2 million) through a share sale to help fund the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Events

Tickets.com and the Milwaukee Brewers are expanding their relationship to include retail distribution through Tickets.com's retail outlets and call centres.
Business

Australia?s Channel 7, anxious to avoid the criticism which rivals Channel 9 received for not showing this month's epic Australia v India Tests, is seeking the help of the ABC when it covers the Ashes series this year.
Media

Melbourne?s transport operators have teamed up with the Australian Football League to produce AFL Metcards.
Business

English Premier League club Sunderland said on Wednesday they wanted to be one of the richest clubs in the world.
Events

A broadcast war is developing in China between the country?s national broadcaster and ESPN over the right to televise China?s top soccer league.
Business

All online gambling in Australia will be outlawed under Federal Government legislation designed to ban Australians from Internet betting.
Events

BBC Director-General Greg Dyke branded soccer world body FIFA as "hypocritical" on Tuesday for selling the television rights to the 2002 World Cup while supporting global television coverage of the event.
Business

Sports media technology Sportvision has teamed up with CBS Sports and SportsLine.com to deliver animated play analysis of the 2001 NCAA Men?s Basketball Championship.
Events

NASCAR broadcast coverage will switch from TBS to TNT as part of Turner Sports new marketing strategy, according to news agency reports.
Media

Sportinglife.com has signed an exclusive deal with Sports Media Broadcasting Limited.
Media

Major League Baseball will charge fans to listen to broadcasts of its games over the internet, according to the New York Times.
Business

Jacques Rogge, a Belgian surgeon who has won a reputation for fixing the pains and strains of organising Olympic Games, on Monday joined the race for world sport's most powerful job - the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency.
Events

The Supreme Court has ruled against a satellite TV firm that had bid for the right to transmit NFL games to customers in Canada.