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Italian soccer giants Juventus have announced their intention to list on the Milan bourse following a share offering by the end of the year.

Sports.com CEO Tom Jessiman has told sportbusiness.com the sports internet and mobile data company is well-placed to be the ?last man standing? in pan-European online sports content, following the #9.3million ($13m) equity funding boost from its existing investors.

Susan Eid, an adviser to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has urged industry leaders in the cable market to end their quest for regulation of sports programming in the US.

Sports.com, the European internet and mobile data provider, has secured a further $13 million in equity funding.

Investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DKW) has distributed a research note claiming that Manchester United plc has been the subject of bid speculation.

AOL executive and Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, the man who lauded the internet as a way for owners to communicate directly with fans at this year?s Sports Summit in New York, is now considering scaling down his e-accessibility in the wake of ?several hundred vulgar and threatening e-mails? sent to him.

The official website for the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, Lionstour.com, attracted over 10 million page impressions during the tour.

A consortium including former directors of Leicester City Plc said have withdrawn a proposed 80-pence-per-share offer for the English premier league soccer club, which had valued it at #26.4 million($36.94 million).

English Premier League soccer club Arsenal plans to float on the London Stock Exchange to raise money to build a new 60,000-capacity stadium.

Argentine soccer competition Primera B Metropolitana will kick off this Saturday, a week late, after 13 clubs finally paid its players and seven more promised to pay before tomorrow's deadline.

Hockey?s governing body, the Federation Internationale de Hockey, has launched its new website.

SportsLine.com has decided to extend its association with Tiger Woods despite the company?s CEO Michael Levy stating at the IOC New Media conference only six months ago that player sites were yet to see profitability.

Global spending on sponsorship of sports websites has reached $453 million according to a new report published jointly by SportBusiness Information Resources and Sponsorship Research International (SRi)

New parks may be a home run for team owners, but sports economists agree that new ballparks and stadiums are a strike-out for taxpayers who typically have to foot the multimillion dollar bill. For the full story see the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com.

Advertising for some major sporting events such as Formula One could go up in smoke after the European Union (EU) unveiled new draft legislation for a Europe-wide ban on tobacco advertising.

The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone has given the go-ahead to UK Premier League soccer club Arsenal?s new stadium proposals at Ashburton Grove in Highbury, London.