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The much-maligned ITV Sport Channel could be available on satellite network BSkyB as soon as Tuesday, November 20 according to UK newspaper reports.

FIA president Max Mosley has asked for more television revenue to go to poorer teams rather than the big F1 players.

The NBA is reportedly in discussions with media giant AOL Time Warner over the creation of a jointly-owned television network.

Hilton Group, the hotel and leisure company which owns the UK’s largest bookmaker Ladbrokes, said the future prospects for its betting and gaming division “remain excellent” following the scrapping of the nine percent betting duty on October 6.

Dog may still be on the menu, but the organisers of the 2002 World Cup have decided to ‘westernise’ their staff by handing out English-language phrasebooks in Seoul’s major shopping districts.

A leading figure in the G14 – a power group comprised of the biggest soccer clubs in Europe – will appear at next year’s Football Expo, the annual industry event staged in Cannes.

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Octagon's parent comany, has blamed the soft advertising market for a falling $477.5million (B

Season Tickets, the US-based ticketing company for major league franchises and venues has acquired a new ticket exchange platform and completed the restructuring of its management team.

Daktronics, the US-based large screen and video display manufacturer, has reported lower than expected second quarter revenues of $41.6 million (B

The financial future of Manchester United will be top of the agenda when the leading Premiership Club has its annual general meeting today.

Football League clubs have accused the UK’s cash-strapped cable group NTL of weaselling out of an agreement to pay for internet rights by introducing stringent benchmarks linked to fees, writes today’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.

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Soccer fans could be watching video clips of winning goals at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea on their mobile phones if Tuesday's test of a high-speed wireless system allows development of a fully operational network.

Fiorentina players will meet with administrator Luciano Luna on Wednesday in a bid to resolve the deepening financial crisis at the club.

Australian sport graphic company Pineapplehead is to sell its sport technology to television broadcasters in an attempt to re-focus its business to delivering services to the film industry.

Manufacturing company Dodge Dealer has become the new sponsor of the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series (NWRS) after signing a multi-year deal for an undisclosed sum.