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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is today launching a new web site devoted to its groundbreaking new media conference in December.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele has compared the international transfer of young players to the slave trade.

Manchester United, the world's richest soccer club, has signed a sponsorship and merchandising deal with sports gear giant Nike worth a massive $439 million.

National Football League owners have agreed to loan the Chicago Bears $100 million to help renovate Soldier Field, the team's current home, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.

Brown County residents will vote this week on a non-binding naming-rights referendum for the 43-year-old Lambeau Field stadium, home to the Green Bay Packers.

Sportel exhibitors, Kingston MediaSTream, the international satellite and broadcast arm of the Kingston Communications Group, has won two major international contracts.

Sportal, the European sports content portal, has clashed with Rugby League World Cup (RLWC) organisers over journalistic access at one of the tournament?s matches.

Officials of the NBA?s Charlotte Hornets have said they want a new downtown arena built for the team, citing losses of $1 million a month at their current home, the Charlotte Coliseum.

Synchro Systems? branded ticket management system Venuemaster has been taken up by three major new sporting clients in Australia.

The Women's United Soccer Association, which plans to kick off next April, unveiled its nicknames, logos and venues.

Wellington Rugby Football Union in New Zealand has reported an outstanding year for the new WestpacTrust Stadium constructed on Wellington's waterfront.

Channel 4 has made a joint submission with BSkyB and Arena for the rights to televise British horseracing. The bid is worth a projected #750m over 10 years.

Online media content producer Broadband Sports saw its consolidated online traffic surge to an all-time high of nearly two million unique visitors in September 2000.

BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.

The sale of naming rights to the Denver Broncos? new stadium has hit a snag amid growing opposition at plans to drop its existing name.

Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.