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ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.
Media

The U.S. men's basketball "Dream Team" were trapped in their hotel on Monday by a demonstration against a World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne.
Media

Totalbet.com has launched online Tote horse race pool betting ? which it claims could lead to the first UK gambler scooping a million online.
Media

A new TV series available to broadcasters in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup will be officially launched in Cannes next month.
Events

The Olympic Games have become too big to be hosted by less developed nations and must be scaled back, says senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Jacques Rogge.
Business

The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission has said it wants to ban athletes from betting on their own or their rivals' performances.
Media

The latest ABC Electronic Audit for June 2000 has confirmed Sports.com as the largest audited sporting web site in Europe.
Media

Former Formula One Grand Prix driver, Derek Warwick, has signed a deal to endorse a section of online betting site Firststake.com.
Media

The International Hockey Federation has appointed its media officer for the Sydney Olympics.
Business

The chief executive of UK advertising agency J Walter Thompson has been appointed as chief operating officer of UK cable operator and holders of Premier League pay-per-view rights, NTL.
Media

Gustavo Kuerten will compete in the Sydney Olympics after a deal between sponsors and the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) ended a spat about what he should wear at the Games.
Media

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys has said he wants a new 100,000 stadium ? twice the size of their current home.
Media

Sports graphics company Pineapplehead has signed a five-year contract with Channel 9 to provide all graphics for Australian cricket television coverage as well as scoring and statistics management.
Business

Granada Media has taken 9.9 per cent share in English Premier League soccer club Arsenal in a deal worth $70m.
Events

Downtown Columbus will officially welcome the Nationwide Arena tomorrow as the area's newest venue for major league sports and entertainment.
Business

AC Milan and Lazio want restrictions on foreign players in Italian soccer lifted with Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani even threatening court action to end the current regulations.
Media

Virtual imaging specialist EPSIS Graphics has been selected by French pay-TV Canal+ to provide tactical information and a better look for the broadcasts of French soccer first division matches.
Business

The protracted broadcast rights negotiations over coverage of World Cup 2002 for the Japanese market have finally been concluded.