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Littlewoods Leisure are to launch a new #2million top prize football pools service, which viewers will be able to access via their ordinary television remote controls

Sports.com, the mobile and fixed internet provider of European sports content, community and commerce, has been designated as the Official Internet Sports Partner of The Open Championship (opengolf.com) by the Championship Committee of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.

Quokka Sports, the online digital content company, has acquired the exclusive internet rights and been named the official provider of internet coverage for the Volvo Ocean Race (formerly The Whitbread)for 2001-2002 and 2005-2006

UK basketball fans will be able to tune into exclusive footage of the Pro-Am 2000 tournament via the internet.

The new home of the NBA?s San Antonio Spurs has been secured in a $41m, 20-year deal.

The Australian Olympic Committee and host broadcaster Channel 7 have created a web address, olympics.com.au, in competition with the official Games site, olympics.com, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.

The four-member Olympic Council of Asia's Evaluation Committee has arrived in Hong Kong's to scrutinise Hong Kong?s bid to host the 2006 Asian Games

The German government has confirmed that it will offer financial support to Berlin and Leipzig for the facelifts of their soccer stadiums ahead of the 2006 World Cup finals.

Communications giant Vodafone has paid A$65m for the naming rights to a new sports stadium in Australia.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) has appointed internet industry veteran Howard Meltzer to chief operating officer, New Media, which includes responsibility for the core web site wwf.com.

Green Bay councillors have proposed an agreement on how to market naming rights for the NFL?s Green Bay Packer?s Lambeau Field.

The US House of Representatives has turned down landmark legislation aimed at banning online gambling.

Italian publisher and internet portal operator Seat Pagine Gialle has bought 50.1 percent of ticket agency TicketOne, a company that sells tickets for sports and cultural events by phone, internet and 350 retail outlets.

Sports media technology firm Sportvision Inc and digital media company ACTV, Inc has agreed to collaborate on the development of convergence applications for sports programming.

Workmen at Sydney's Olympic stadium were forced into an embarrassing cover-up on Wednesday after accidentally revealing the Olympic cauldron to media.

Major League Baseball?s Baltimore Orioles are set to sell the naming rights to their Oriole Park ballpark.