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Internet portal SportsYA.com has launched an interactive sports TV programme with Argentine TV network Azul TV.

English Premier League high flier Sunderland has named former brewery executive Hugh Roberts as their new chief executive.

Walt Disney Co are to shut down its struggling Internet portal, GO.com, with heavy redundancies, but will maintain other web operations like ESPN and ABCNEWS.com.

Princeton Video Imaging (PVI) chairman Brown Williams has acclaimed the debut of EyeVison action replay technology on CBS? coverage of the 35th Super Bowl.

Tim Clarke, chief director airline, Air Emirates, the new $36million shirt sponsors of Premier League club Chelsea, has told sportbusiness.com why the west London club was chosen as ?one of the cornerstones of the Emirates global portfolio of sponsorships?

Online sports media company SportsLine.com has bought some assets of MVP.com, the online retailer with ties to basketball star Michael Jordan and hockey star Wayne Gretzky, and tapped a USA Networks unit to operate its flagship internet sports service's online store.

The official website of the ATP has been relaunched with a new name ? atptennis.com - and a new design.

The Denver Metropolitan Football Stadium District board is expected to approve an offer by Invesco Funds Group to name the new Mile High Stadium Invesco Field at Mile High.

Morocco plans to bid to stage the 2010 World Cup finals, its fourth attempt to secure soccer's showcase event, the country's sports minister has said.

Despite crackdowns and steep penalties, illegal betting on horse racing in Singapore is still a bustling S$10 million (US$5.72 million) a month business.

The NBA has signed a multi year partnership with Real Networks which will provide live internet broadcasts of NBA.com TV and NBA.com Audio Pass.

Sir Rodney Walker, chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), the Football Association (FA) subsidiary coordinating the troubled Wembley National Stadium project, has told the FA that they will need to put #100million up front to attract financial backing for the project.

The English Football Association (FA) is planning to cut ticket prices for this year's FA Cup final, according to media reports.

The World Health Organization has put forward a proposal document that would phase out tobacco sponsorship deals and advertising in newspapers, magazines and on the internet.

Munich might miss out on the 2006 World Cup if it fails to reach an agreement on a new stadium, Franz Beckenbauer has said.

Mali has been confirmed as the venue for the 2002 African Nations Cup finals, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said.