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British Olympic chiefs will meet government ministers today to decide whether London can launch a bid to bring the Olympic Games back to Britain for the first time since 1948.

Las Vegas casinos emerged as the big winner following the Baltimore Ravens? 34-7 rout of the New York Giants in last Sunday?s Super Bowl.

Turkish soccer authorities agreed a $465 million television deal on Wednesday to end a dispute over broadcast rights which delayed the second half of the season by a week, a spokesman for the governing body said.

The BBC says it would consider pitching a rival bid against Rupert Murdoch?s Sky for the rights to heavyweight boxing?s greatest prize ? live coverage of Mike Tyson against Lennox Lewis.

Shares in French commercial TV station TF1 - which had been hit recently by fears of slower advertising revenues - gained over two percent as investors cheered in-line 2000 earnings and a deal to buy all of Canal Plus and Havas Image's stakes in the Eurosport sports channel.

An increase in subscribers to Spain?s pay-TV channels ? the broadcasters of live Primera Liga soccer - has coincided with declining attendance at league matches.

Octagon Marketing has won the exclusive rights to capitalise on the commercial potential of chess worldwide over the next three years.

HBO.com is to launch a live interactive adjunct to HBO Sports' new 12-week talk/magazine show, On the Record with Bob Costas.

Uniforms to be worn by Salt Lake Organizing Committee staff, course workers and volunteers for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games will be bright, colour-coordinated, and costly.

French pay- television company Canal Plus, a unit of Vivendi Universal , said it had received two billion French francs ($280.6 million) from the sale of its Eurosport stakes to TF1 .

Heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is today signing a $1.6m deal with the BBC ? a key victory for the broadcaster as it looks to rebuild its sports portfolio.

FIFA will take no immediate action against former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, the player at the centre of a 1990s bribery case.

Staff at Swiss marketing giant ISL have been told the company is looking for a new buyer ? and that any sale could be concluded within the next eight weeks.

SportsLine.com has announced a loss following the release of its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2000.

Troubled sports internet company Quokka Sports will announce its 2000 fourth quarter and year-end financial results at the close of the market on Thursday, February 8, 2001.

UK commercial radio station TalkSPORT has teamed up with Rivals.net - the network of more than 300 independent sports websites - to partner its "The Big Ticket" promotion next month.