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SportsTALK.com, a US provider of in-depth, inside sports news, has formed a strategic partnership with the multimedia entertainment and marketing company College Broadcast.

MassHysteria, a developer of new media applications and web solutions, has been selected by America Online (AOL) to produce on line fantasy leagues for each of the four major sports, according to Scott Phillips, MassHysteria's president and chief executive officer.

Sports.com is to be the primary sports content provider for Mviva ? a new interactive portal announced by UK-mobile phone sellers Carphone Warehouse.

Two former senior British police officers were accused in court of criminal negligence on Tuesday over the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the Hillsborough soccer stadium disaster 11 years ago.

Rangers FC and NTL, through its wholly owned subsidiary Premium TV, have entered into a media partnership worth #31 million.

Asian Internet firm Chinadotcom Corp has formed an Internet sports content firm with news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Nike has reportedly launched an interactive 3-D game designed to promote its new line of Presto shoes.

The search for a new naming rights sponsor to replace the defunct Pro Player at the Miami Dolphins? stadium could involve the sale of a stake in the franchise.

Core Capital Partners has made an equity investment of $1.5m in the Women's Sports Network, a new media company focusing on young women and sports.

Bavarian tycoon Leo Kirch's media group has confirmed it plans to unite its three sports rights management agencies in a new holding company and integrate the Internet more strongly into its sports activities.

A tour of the proposed new Fenway Park site by Boston City Councillors has revealed flaws in the plan for the proposed Red Sox Stadium.

Preference Technologies has signed a multi-year content agreements with bowl.com and Electronic Boxing Weekly to provide information for MySportsGIG, Channel Two on the Global Information Gateway.

A call has been made for a moratorium on the development of the National Stadium in Abbots town, Dublin, until a Dail (Irish parliament) committee examines the costs involved. Fine Gael's Tourism, Sport and Recreation spokesman, Mr Bernard Allen, demanded the moratorium after claiming in the Dail that the stadium would cost E500 million rather than the E280 million projected.

Fans of Euro 2000 will be able to access up-to-the minute information on completed passes, possession, yellow cards, red cards, as well as statistics on teams or individual players, via a mobile phone WAP application, wap.footballone.com.

Bank One has been named the official bank for one of the Women's National Basketball Association's newest franchises - the Indiana Fever.

eoSports.com, the free online sports organisation service, has appointed Greg Shove, the former AOL executive who helped develop and shape AOL's interactive marketing strategy, to its board of directors.