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The president of leading internet news site MSNBC, John Nicol, has recruited Ona Karasa as the new general manager of the Winter Olympic websites, saltlake2002.com, Olympics.com and nbcolympics.com.

David O?Leary, the manager of English Premier League soccer team Leeds United, says he wants his team to move to a new purpose-built stadium

A major row has broken out over Dutch soccer giants Ajax Amsterdam?s plans to install an artificial pitch at its Amsterdam ArenA.

Trans World International (TWI) has won the contract for the television and new media rights to the Tennis Master Series, previously held by the now defunct ISL/ISMM.

Tele-Cine, the builders of secure TV and internet production facilities, has signed a long-term contract to provide transmission services for the digital TV channel gobarkingmad - a live, 24-hour greyhound racing channel where punters can see a race every five to eight minutes.

UK mobile internet services company Wap Integrators and Premier League club Derby County have signed an agreement to provide fans with club branded mobile phones offering content from Derby County?s web site.

England?s 1966 World Cup soccer hero Sir Geoff Hurst has backed the campaign to keep Wembley as the home of English football.

MLB Advanced Media, which manages MLB.com and each of the 30 official Major League Baseball club sites, has reported record traffic to its site.

US LED screen manufacturer Saco Smartvision plans to raise $5million in a private share placement to pay off creditors and lift a cease trade order against its shares.

Reigning Scottish Premiership soccer champions Celtic are offering overseas fans the opportunity to watch the club's pre-season warm-up matches through a video-on-demand webcast.
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India have withdrawn from a three-match, one-day cricket series against world champions Australia scheduled for September, the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) said on Thursday.

Matches in a triangular one-day cricket tournament involving India, New Zealand and hosts Sri Lanka to be held in the central city of Dambulla have been shifted to Colombo due to a money dispute, the Sri Lankan cricket chief said on Thursday.

UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB has unveiled a new digital set-top box which will allow sports fans to pause live broadcasts and record one programme whilst watching another.

Fox Sports Net has signed a deal with LodgeNet Entertainment which will see the broadcaster?s array of digital channels installed in hotels around the US.

Go Racing, the media consortium run by UK broadcasters Channel 4 and BSkyB and track owner Arena Leisure, has hired its first marketing director just a few weeks after it agreed a #387m ($545m) ten-year multimedia racing rights deal with the British Horseracing Board and the Racecourse Association.

UK firm BTopenworld, the online subsidiary of telecoms firm BT, has launched a cricket news and betting subscription service in partnership with online portal CricInfo and internet bookmaker BlueSquare.