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NZ’S SKY TV NOT BUYING AUCKLAND WARRIORS
Sky Network Television is not interested in purchasing the Auckland Warriors rugby league team despite a media report saying that it was considering a shareholding, stated chief executive Nate Smith.
PUSTOVOITENKO STANDS DOWN AS UKRAINE SOCCER CHIEF.
President of the Ukrainian Football Federation (UFF) Valery Pustovoitenko will not seek re-election when his term expires next week.
POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE PITCH GIVES CELTIC $8.85M LOSS.
Scottish Premiership club Celtic has unveiled a pre-tax loss for the full year of 5.9 million pounds ($8.85 million) and pointed the finger at poor performance on the pitch.
AUSTRIANS AND SWISS SET TO TEAM UP FOR SOCCER EVENT
Austria's soccer federation has been approached by Switzerland's head of state Adolf Ogi to discuss a possible joint-bid for Euro 2008, according to local media reports.
DEADLINE SET FOR ATHENS TV BIDS
Four television companies shortlisted for broadcasting the Athens 2004 Games must submit their final bids by September 12, the organising committee has said.
MAN JAILED IN 1ST U.S. ONLINE GAMBLING CONVICTION
The first person to be convicted on federal charges of running an illegal offshore Internet sports gambling operation has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison.
THEGOLFCHANNEL.COM MIXES BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE
The Golf Channel is to revamp its web site during the PGA Championship next week to offer visitors more than just the latest news about the day?s golf.
DISNEY IN $1.5M SPORTS COMPLEX CLAIM
Two businessmen who say the Walt Disney Co. stole their idea for a sports-theme attraction have asked a jury to award them $1.5 billion in damages.
NEW TELEFONICA SPORT OPERATIONS CHAIRMAN.
Jose Maria Garcia has joined Spanish media giant Telefonica's unit Telefonica Media as chairman of its sports operation
ANSETT CUP TELECASTS HALVED
The Australian Football League will cut coverage of the 2001 pre-season Ansett Cup by half to avoid over-exposure. The Seven Network Limited will televise only 14 out of 27 games.
YANKEES NO FANS OF REVENUE SHARING
A Major League Baseball committee report suggesting that the all the league's teams share 40-50 percent of their local revenue is likely to receive a cool reaction from the New York Yankees.
SFX AND U.S. WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM PARTNER FOR NATIONAL TOUR
SFX Sports Group and SFX Family Entertainment are to conduct a post-Sydney 12-game women's indoor soccer tour, featuring eligible members of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team, and members of the 1999 U.S. World Cup Team.
OUR VILLAGE IS BEST EVER, SYDNEY OFFICIALS SAY
The athletes' village for the Sydney Olympics, with a dining area to serve 5,000 people at one sitting, has been acclaimed by Australian Games officials as the best ever.
CARDIFF SET TO HOST FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINALS DURING WEMBLEY REBUILD
Cardiff?s Millennium Stadium is set to be confirmed as the host for a number of key soccer games while Wembley Stadium is demolished and rebuilt.
CHOICESEAT ADDS TO EXECUTIVE ROSTER
ChoiceSeat, the provider of in-stadia interactive entertainment networks, has named three additions to their executive roster.
WORLD CUP ORGANISING COMMITTEE CHIEF QUITS
The head of South Korea's 2002 World Cup organising committee has resigned for personal reasons, a committee spokesman has confirmed.
BORIS BECKER, PIXELPARK FORM INTERNET PLATFORM
Three-times Wimbledon tennis champion Boris Becker is to act as front man for a new internet sports platform venture being launched by Pixelpark AG, Germany's biggest web designer.
ATHLETICS SITE RUNS TO MILLION HITS MARK
UK Athletics is celebrating after its official web site increased its number of hits five times over since the start of the year.