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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.

Internet superstore Buy.com is to scrap its sponsorship of the PGA?s minor league golf tour as it fights to stay afloat amid mounting financial pressure.

The soccer stadiums for the first Afro-Asian Games have been severely criticised by a leading official who said they were unfit to stage international events.

A Chinese-led consortium has won the contract to build a new stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam, as the venue for the 2003 Southeast Asia Games.

Spending on gambling is expected to rise by 21 percent in the five years between 1999 and 2004, according to a survey carried out by UK-based market research company Mintel.
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Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has denied that the Olympic Games will change to a two-year cycle.

Online sports technology provider, iSport UK and sports technology consultants, Play-Sport New Media are to merge their UK operations, sportbusiness.com has learned.

London stock market-listed entertainment company Wembley has said the sale of Wembley complex is progressing and a shortlist of bidders has been drawn up.

US broadcaster ESPN is to trial its fledgling broadband internet service after striking up a partnership with Comcast Corporation to offer broadband content to cable modem customers in the Philadelphia area during the X Games.
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Toronto could lose the $2.95million (?3.2m) Canadian Masters Series men's tennis tournament to Montreal unless it secures a $9.8m (?10.7m) grant to help build a new tennis centre.

Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) has finalised its broadcast rights deal with the CBS Television Network and Fox Cable Networks Group beginning with the 2002 season through 2004.

24dogs, the digital greyhound racing service owned by Wembley plc, has launched the Greyhound Racing SuperLeague after securing internet rights for 22 of the top 25 UK greyhound racetracks.

Motor manufacturer Toyota has renewed its sponsorship of Australia?s Adelaide Crows AFL team.
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Tighter security is needed at "non-regular cricket venues", according to the chief investigator of the sport's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU).

Next week?s Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Squash Open, featuring the world?s top men?s and women?s players, will see the launch of the first SMS squash results service for mobile phone users all over the world.

England?s Football Association is warning fans to avoid buying black market tickets for the World Cup qualifier against Germany next week.