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Eurosport.com, the European sports portal, has reported record figures for it's online coverage of the Tour de France - registering over two million page impressions daily for the three-week event (July 7-29).

Football hooliganism in the UK is on the increase as offenders become more sophisticated and "more like organised crime groups", according to a National Criminal Intelligence Service report will show today.

Edmonton 2001 reported a total attendance of 400,000 during the ten days of the IAAF World Championships and ticket revenues surpassed the organisers? $12.5m (?13.95m) target.

Vietnam has signed a contract with a Chinese consortium to build a $52.9 million (?59m) main stadium for the 2003 Southeast Asian Games, an official said.

The UK Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has confirmed to sportbusiness.com that it has received a letter from Prisma - the sports rights subsidiary of German media giant KirchGruppe ? demanding an investigation into the sale of television rights for the soccer World Cup.
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Bob McClaren, the president of business operations at baseball club Houston Astros, will leave the franchise at the end of the season.

The Italian government is to give police new powers to combat soccer hooliganism at and other sporting events, the Interior Ministry said.

The sacked president of Sri Lanka's cricket board was granted bail on Monday as police sought his arrest over fraud allegations that have plagued the game in the country.

NFL club the Denver Broncos has signed a two-year outsourced managed hosting contract with internet managers AppliedTheory.

UK broadband TV company Video Networks has become the exclusive video-on-demand partner for England?s Premier League soccer league.
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ukbetting, the online bookmaker that made its debut on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) last week, has signed a deal with troubled sports internet company Sportal for an undisclosed sum.
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Spanish soccer club Barcelona could make Pts25bn ($134.5m/?150.2m) from the exploitation of grounds around the famous Nou Camp stadium, reported El Periodico de Catalunya on Saturday.

Speedway Motorsports is reportedly talking to potential naming rights sponsors for the company?s Sears Point track, according to the US investment bank Bear Stern?s `Weekly Pit Stop? update on stock market listed companies involved in motorsports.
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Shares in Ofex-listed Arsenal soccer club have risen to #2,100 ($2,993/?3,349) each from #1,700 ($2,422/?2,711) amid rumours that it plans to seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange to help it fund its new #268m ($381m/?427m) stadium at Ashburton Grove, North London.

US virtual imaging company Princeton Video Image (PVI) has signed a two-year deal with NFL team Philadelphia Eagles to provide virtual advertising in all Eagles pre-season games.

The NHL has signed an exclusive deal for a ground-breaking new e-commerce platform.