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Eurobet has launched an electronic marketplace that enables sports fans to make wagers directly with other fans without the involvement of bookmakers.
Business

ESPN.com will offer sports fans the opportunity to interact with an audio broadcast of a sports event when it provides exclusive audio for the Jimmy V Classic next Tuesday featuring Tennessee vs. Virginia and Seton Hall vs. Michigan State.
Media

UEFA chief executive Gerhard Aigner says that the Champions League needs to be reformed to prevent fans losing interest in the tournament, according to a report in a British newspaper.
Business

Online betting SportsBetting.com has launched Football Mania - a free prediction contest on this year's NCAA College Bowl Games.
Media

Orad Hi-Tec Systems has launched its new `Clickable Video? concept.
Business

September's Sydney Olympics should be a financial success after being praised worldwide as the greatest Games in history, Olympic leaders said on Tuesday.
Media

Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group plc, has launched a betting and gaming internet service at ladbrokes.co.uk, and at its tax-free international site ladbrokes.com.
Business

Local organisers of the Athens Olympics want Greeks to get more involved now that the IOC believe they are capable of staging the 2004 Summer Games.
Business

Rob Avis, former sales director of TheStreet.co.uk, has been snapped up by Rivals.net - the UK-based network of independent sports sites - to be its first commercial director.
Events

WIGE and RTL New Media are to team up to produce an online service package for the forthcoming four-hill ski-jumping tournament and ski-jumping World Cup.
Events

The Australian government has warned football leagues and media outlets that it won't tolerate a reduction in the amount of football shown on free-to-air television.
Media

UK pay-TV broadcaster, Sky digital has launched two new services as part of their interactive offering: on-screen betting through the TV channel and a new Sky Text service.
Business

The German media giant Kirch group's newly merged ProSieben Sat1 Media AG is looking to win the broadcasting rights to Formula One motor racing post 2003.
Business

Dallas-based investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst is to slow down its Latin American acquisitions programme, according to US press reports.
Media

The BBC is planning to launch a new paid-for sports channel.
Media

African Games officials want to harmonise international sporting calendars to ensure their top athletes do not have to choose between lucrative overseas meetings and the continent's top event.
Events

The British Internet Publishers Alliance (BIPA) has named Rob Hersov, CEO and founder of Sportal, as the organisations? new Chairman.
Events

Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is to broadcast in Russia.