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Some 1929 soccer business participants were in Cannes last week for Football Expo 2000, an increase of 60% on the attendance at last year?s Expo.

Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB is extending its interests in English Premiership football with the purchase of a 9.9 percent stake in Chelsea Village, the holding company for Chelsea Football Club.

Toyota Motor Corp look set to announce an alliance with Yamaha Motor Co, the world's second largest motorcycle maker, in a bid to strengthen its engine development ahead of its entry into Formula One racing.

BSkyB has offered #250million for exclusive UK television rights to the World Cup 2002, according to The Observer newspaper.

Bookmaker Coral has announced the launch of its new UK-based online sports betting service ? and signed up an exclusive deal with soccer club Manchester United and the Formula 1 team Arrows.

Donald Sturm?s failed bid to buy the NHL Avalanche and NBA Nuggets teams could cost him dear after the city of Denver announced it was seeking $137,500 from Sturm after he pulled the plug on the deal.

Total Sports, the event-centred online sports media company, has announced the launch an official Web site of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).

Bookmakers have opposed the British government's decision to sell the state-owned Tote betting business to the racing industry on grounds it would be a virtual monopoly.

A British parliamentary watchdog has urged the UK government to reverse its decision to rebuild Wembley into a showpiece soccer stadium with no athletics track.

BSkyB has signed a long-term agreement with Tottenham Hotspur to design, develop and maintain the club?s Internet site.

The Australian Football League has launched a number of specially tailored Internet packages ? giving its large overseas fan base the opportunity to access video highlights and audio broadcasts of games.

Online sports media company Total Sports has teamed up with Air2Web ? a wireless web-based infrastructure services provider - to create a wireless application for sports fans to receive updated scores and news on their digital cellular phones.

English soccer fans are to lobby the British government at Westminster today after demanding more say in the running of the sport.

UK terrestrial digital broadcaster ONdigital has secured exclusive live coverage of the Tennis Masters Series and the Tennis Masters Cup.

NBA.com TV Daily ? a new global video service providing updates and highlights of NBA action from the night before ? has gone live today.

Celtic could soon leave the Scottish Premier League and join a new Atlantic League aimed at leading clubs who dominate Europe's second tier competitions, a club spokesman has said.