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Chris Akers has acquired a five per cent stake in the Extreme Group (Extreme), and agreed to become the company's executive chairman.

Sky Sports has signed a new four-year deal with the World Snooker Association for two major tournaments.

Eurosport has launched the Turkish language version of its news service, Eurosportnews.

New Zealand pay-television operator, Sky Network Television Ltd., has won rights to broadcast six of New Zealand's national rugby team?s tour matches in Europe and Japan later this year.

An Australian Federal Court ruling, which obliges pay-TV company Foxtel to distribute Seven Network Ltd's C7 Sport channels, could be defied.

Lachlan Murdoch, the 29-year-old son of global media baron, Rupert Murdoch has been appointed deputy chief operating officer of News Corp Ltd, the third most senior position in his father?s empire.

3Com, which has just renewed its naming rights to the former Candlestick Park through next season, has set up about 50 transmitters in the stadium offering fans wireless internet access.

Sportal, the UK-based internet sports provider, has become the first purely dot.com company to join BIPA, the British Internet Publishers Alliance.

New Jersey's attorney-general has pressed state sports authorities to revoke the licenses of two prominent boxing promoters after they admitted paying officials to boost fighters' rankings.

Sydney?s two major stadia, the Stadium Australia Group's Stadium Australia and the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust's Sydney Football Stadium, have become keen commercial rivals.

New Jersey's attorney-general has pressed state sports authorities to revoke the licences of two prominent boxing promoters after they admitted paying officials to boost fighters' rankings.

The potential of sport in the streaming media and broadband content industry will be just one of the issues discussed at a conference in London next week.

UK?based venture capitalists 3i have invested #3millon in Sport First - the UK?s only national sports newspaper.

Technology Holdings, a joint venture company formed by Comcast Corporation and QVC, has closed a $40.8 million strategic investment in Global Sports.

Online sports media company Total Sports, has teamed up with multimedia sports marketing company International Sports Properties (ISP Sports) to expand the Total College Sports Network (TCSN) with seven new collegiate properties.

World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) and sports media technology company Sportvision will provide live webcast coverage of the 2000 Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii October 14.