Americas
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Washington Redskins officials have rejected proposals to build a roof over Fedex Field on cost grounds, according to the Washington Post. "It was one of the things that was looked at while looking at ways to improve things at the stadium [but] it's not going to happen," spokesman Karl Swanson said. Snyder was considering making a bid to host the Super Bowl in 2012 in conjunction with the Baltimore-Washington region's bid to host the summer Olympic Games that year, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
Stadia

US soccer officials have refused to bow to Moslem sensibilities and remove Budweiser beer advertisements from the stadium and programmes for a groundbreaking Iranian-U.S. game.
Business

The Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee has selected the SFX Sports Group to support the Host Committee's efforts to create and market corporate partnership opportunities in Tampa Bay leading to next year's Super Bowl XXXV.
Business

Swedish Minister of Sports, Lars Enqvist, has made an energetic start at his new role. Along with Olof Stenhammar, former campaign-leader for Stockholm's 2004 bid for the Summer Olympics, Engqvist has presented a plan to make Sweden an Olympic force.
Events

International Speedway Corporation, a leading promoter of motorsports activities, is registering a public offering of 4,000,000 new shares of Class A Common Stock being offered by the Company.
Events

Bud Selig, Major League Baseball's acting commissioner for nearly six years, denied a New York Times report Thursday that he has accepted the job on a permanent basis.
Business

Olympic Games organisers are confident of securing a deal on the Games' ticketing policy after offering a discount on top-level tickets for major sponsors.
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Dallas Cowboys have filed a lawsuit against sportswear company Converse Inc. in an attempt to protect the signature five-pointed blue star that appears on the teams helmets and other official merchandise, IS Newsire reports.
Business

The National Hockey League's Board of Governor's has approved a five-year, $600 million contract giving the Walt Disney Co.'s ABC-TV and ESPN cable networks rights to air the league's games, sources with knowledge of the board's action said Friday.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Athletic apparel giant Riddell Sports Inc. has announced it has won rights to market team soccer apparel and equipment in the United States made by the British firm Umbro International Inc.
Business

San Francisco 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. looks set to enter a plea bargain Tuesday in connection with the investigation of former Gov. Edwin Edwards, a move which could help his bid to regain control of the team.

Business

In a move to keep cable TV on the bench during this spring's NCAA men's college basketball tournament, broadcast network CBS and satellite TV company DirecTV has unveiled plans for joint coverage of the event.

After 11 days of silence, the opposing sides in the NBA lockout agreed to resume formal bargaining talks later this week, in a bid to save their Christmas NBC TV schedule.

Sixteen locked out NBA stars will stage an exhibition game this month in Atlantic City to raise money for charity and for other NBA players with less deep pockets who may be feeling the pinch of missed paychecks.

The International Olympic Committee plans to press up to 12 of its members to resign over the bribery scandal surrounding the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, according to reports in the US.

Business

None of the Olympics? major corporate sponsors have plans to abandon their sponsorship deals following the Salt Lake City fiasco, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee Dick Pound said.

Events

Among the diverse voices at this week's Interactive Sports West 1999 Conference in Los Angeles Mark Cuban's stood out.

Business

Indianapolis Motor Speedway chief Tony George is reinstating the Indy 500 press credential of a Sports Illustrated writer banned over a critical article he wrote.