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Swedish internet TV provider Kamera has bought the UK internet protocol (IP) rights to a package of Serie A match highlights from MP Web, the new media company of the Milan-based Media Partners group.
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The organisers of an anti-racism soccer tournament in Rome hailed it as a success on Tuesday but the event was marred by the glaring absence of hardcore Lazio fans, who boycotted the event.

Cash-strapped Stadium Australia has confirmed after three months of negotiations that it will host three of the home games of Australian Football League (AFL) team Sydney Swans for the next seven years. The Swans? remaining ten matches a season will be played at their home stadium ? the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

English Rugby league team the London Broncos has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that its majority shareholder Virgin has been approached by Leigh and another unnamed team (possibly York) for a takeover and relocation to the north of England.

European sports website Sports.com is to offer real time betting odds to soccer fans via a set of updateable banners which have been created and produced by London-based interactive marketing agency Tribal DDB.
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World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has picked the Toronto SkyDome as the venue for WrestleMania X-8, traditionally the highest profile WWFE event.

The battle over which English city will house the new national stadium continued unabated this week with Coventry claiming to have the financial advantage over its rivals in London and Birmingham.

CricInfo.com, the digital cricket information company, has told sportbusiness.com that it has as big a chance of renewing its internet broadcasting rights to English cricket despite competing bids from the BBC and Channel 4.
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One year into its existence, the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) has already made some front office adjustments.

While the UK awaits the government review of the beleaguered Wembley Stadium, Birmingham City Council has unveiled a #324million ($470m/?517m) bid to take over as the official home of the national football stadium.

sportbusiness.com can reveal the eight groups - each comprising of an architect and a construction company ? which have been short-listed to draw up design studies for the proposed new Munich Stadium.

Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC, owners of Premier League soccer club Southampton FC, has recorded a pre-tax loss for the financial year of only #96,000 ($140,00/?153,000) as turnover leapt by a third to #29.1million ($42m/?46m) from #20.8m ($30m/?33m).

New Zealand sport fans are set for interactive action after Sky TV signed a deal with Holotype New Media to introduce the first such service in the country.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said the world governing body's member associations must be unanimous when sanctioning players guilty of doping.

Unilever is extending its sports sponsorship involvement by signed a naming rights deal with the Sydney Marathon.
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Digital sports content provider TEAMtalk Media Group plc has recorded an operating loss of #2.3million ($3.4m/?3.6m) for the three months to June 30 but still sees profitability on plan in 2003/04.