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Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the parent company for the NHL's Maple Leafs, the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the owners of the Air Canada Centre are set to debut a 24-hour channel devoted to the Maple Leafs in September.

Chelsea chairman Ken Bates has resigned his post as vice-chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited, accusing the FA of failing to back him.

Manchester United supporters have expressed concern at their club?s deal with the New York Yankees.

Athens Olympics organisers said they were considering building a permanent 14,000-seat stadium at the site of the Athens airport to stage the qualifying rounds of the Olympic basketball tournament.

Sports internet company Sportal has been forced to axe 10 percent of its global workforce after investors demanded cutbacks.

Sportal and the cricket lovers bible Wisden, have signed a multi-year agreement for Sportal to be the exclusive commercial agent for Wisden Online.

Hull City have been given 14 days to secure their future by the High Court after they were put into

New South Wales-based local authority Liverpool council has approved a major deal with the Bulldogs Leagues Club for a Aus$700 million ($382.3million) club, water recreation park, football stadium and indoor arena.

Sports, entertainment and events marketing and management firms Philadelphia-based RHB Ventures and Quintus Group in London, have merged to form Quintus, Incorporated.

A new stadium will be built in or near Munich and used for the 2006 World Cup, says Franz Beckenbauer, the chairman of the 2006 World Cup organising committee and the Bayern Munich president.

Sarajevo, which staged the 1984 Winter Olympics and was besieged a decade later during the Bosnian war, is considering another bid to secure the Winter Games in 2010.

Cricket web site, CricInfo.com, and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have signed an agreement making CricInfo the exclusive host of the official Pakistan web site for the next five years.

TNN kicks off its live XFL coverage on Sunday as the Birmingham Thunderbolts and the New York\New Jersey Hitmen at Giants Stadium.

CEO of Jaguar Racing and US motor sport legend Bobby Rahal are among a growing list of senior sports industry executives to speak at SportBusiness2001: The Main Event, to take place 18-20 April at the QEII Conference Centre in London, UK.

U.S. network NBC has denied that it was trying to exert pressure to put back the times of events at the 2004 Athens Olympics because of prime time television at home.

The Arena Football League's sales and marketing entity Arena Football League Properties (AFLP) has named Marc Lowitz as vice president of Broadcast, New Media and Business Affairs.