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Institutional investors gave the thumbs up to Leeds United’s plans to raise £50million ($70.4m) by securitising the income from its ticket sales to finance the construction of a new stadium.

Australian cricketer Mark Waugh will face no further questioning over match-fixing allegations after a major investigation by the Australian Cricket Board found no evidence against the player.

The president of Spanish soccer club Barcelona says that his club could make $818.9m (B

As the NFL pre-season concluded, all but one of the first-round draft picks (defensive end Justin Smith, selected by Cincinnati) had signed contracts.

The internet division of Major League Baseball has unveiled a commercial partnership with leisure company Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI).

The National Hockey League (NHL) and the Salt Lake Organising Committee (SLOC) have signed a marketing agreement under which the NHL will implement a comprehensive marketing plan that promotes the League’s participation in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Any company can put its name to Spanish soccer club Real Madrid's famous stadium in exchange for Pts3billion ($15.4m), according to president Florentino Perez's latest plans.

World heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman is prohibited from fighting anyone else for the next 18 months unless he gives former title holder Lennox Lewis an immediate rematch, a U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday.

ergio Cragnotti, president of Italian soccer team Lazio is looking for a partner to invest in the Serie A club and says he would prefer a media company.

English Premier League soccer club Derby County has secured a new shirt sponsor: beer brand Marston’s Pedigree, which is brewed locally in Burton-on-Trent. How to Develop Effective Sponsorship Programmes: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

Fox Sports International has launched a new all-sports channel for Central and Eastern Europe.

Fox Sports International has launched a new all-sports channel for Central and Eastern Europe.

Beijing officials defended China's human rights record on Wednesday but conceded it faced a challenge persuading world opinion that the Chinese capital should stage the 2008 Olympic Games.

US satellite television platform DirecTV has announced that it is currently in negotiations to renew its pay-per-view distribution agreement with the World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE).

A new online soccer gaming site, TotoPools.com, has launched in the UK to coincide with the new soccer season

Speedway Motorsports is reportedly talking to potential naming rights sponsors for the company’s Sears Point track, according to the US investment bank Bear Stern’s ‘Weekly Pit Stop’ update on stock market listed companies involved in motorsports.