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Brazilian football has become entrenched in political infighting as soccer chief Ricardo Teixiera, stung by damaging allegations and incidents this month, tries desperately to cling to power.
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British race track owner Arena Leisure said it had enough cash in the bank to fund its share of new horse racing media rights consortium, attheraces, for four years.
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Negotiations over the French TV rights to the 2002 World Cup have stalled because rights holders the Kirch Group have set the price too high, a French newspaper has reported.
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The government reviews of England?s beleaguered Wembley Stadium and the national athletics stadium at Picketts Lock, both being assessed by former Prison Service director Patrick Carter, will not be available until this Friday and next week respectively.
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Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has been in a Barcelona clinic for the last two weeks, according to the Spanish media, as fears mount over his health.
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The future of the beleaguered Wembley Stadium will be debated this week when trouble-shooter Patrick Carter releases his report on whether the national stadium should stay at its north London home.
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R Douglas Kahn has stood down as president and CEO of satellite and cable distributor PanAmSat just a month after the firm reported sharply reduced earnings for the second quarter of the year.
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Columbia?s major soccer division ? Division Mayor del Futbol Colombiano ? has slapped a fee on media use of goal images scored during matches in local tournament Torneo Copa Mustang for which it owns the broadcasting rights.
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Sergio Cragnotti, president of Italian soccer team Lazio is looking for a partner to invest in the Serie A club and says he would prefer a media company.
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ESPN Today, the sports broadcaster?s dedicated interactive channel, has attracted 500,000 users since it launched last month.
Sport and Interactive TV: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
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UK cable company NTL has boosted the financially-pressured digital television market by announcing that it has passed the one million subscriber mark for the first time, adding that it was on course to reach its end of year target of 1.25 customers.
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ESPN-owners Walt Disney Co took a 26 percent hit in fiscal third-quarter pro forma profit as the entertainment company marked lower TV ad sales and theme-park attendance, and absorbed a $95million (?107m) charge for job-cutting costs.
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Cash-strapped German media group EM.TV is poised to sell its 37.5 percent stake in Formula One in a move that could help resolve a long running battle over the future of the sport.
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A new sport betting service based on derivative-style contracts will launch this week in the UK.
Online Gambling: The Regulation of Global Sports Betting: A new report from SportBusiness Group: Click here
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UK terrestrial and pay-TV broadcaster ITV has secured the rights to the next two Rugby World Cups in a six-year deal with the International Rugby Board (IRB).
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Boxing promoter Don King said British boxer Lennox Lewis has signed a contract with him to challenge WBC and IBF world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman to a rematch.
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A spokesperson for the UK government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that it has ordered Patrick Carter to produce a second report on the options for a national stadium.
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The 11th European Sponsorship Consultants Association (ESCA) Congress will be held this year in Stockholm on November 15-16.