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goalnetwork.com, the global online soccer network launched in November, has signed a deal to be the exclusive sponsor on 185 soccer matches broadcast on FOX Sports World and 175 soccer matches on FOX Sports World Espanol.

Arsenal's French World Cup star Emmanuel Petit has said that players should consider going on strike because of the amount of football they are expected to play.

ESPN International and the National Football League (NFL) have agreed to extend their existing worldwide distribution agreement through the 2002 season.

Latin American pay-TV sports network PSN is to broadcast more than 100 matches from two of the region?s soccer tournaments ? the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte.

Sky, one of the two direct-to-home services available in Latin America, has finally launched its service in Argentina.

Nearly 500 Special Olympics professionals, leaders, volunteers and friends from the Unites States, Mexico and Canada will gather in Kansas City, August 16-19, for the Special Olympics 2000 North America Conference.

The 2000 NBA All-Star Game, taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area, February 11- 13, will be shown in 205 countries, with a potential audience of 750million households.

Dominican government leaders have applauded Santo Domingo's selection as host city for the 2003 Pan American games, but some opposition leaders dismissed spending on the sports event as inappropriate during recovery from a vicious hurricane.

Preparations for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games are in full swing after the initial delays that worried the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Games broadcasting supremo Manolo Romero said on Thursday.

Sports rights marketing company Traffic has expressed dismay at poor ticket sales for the first two quarter-finals of the controversial Copa America.

Internet portal SportsYA.com has launched an interactive sports TV programme with Argentine TV network Azul TV.

SportsYA! (www.sportsya.com), the Spanish-and Portuguese-language sports portal serving Latin American, Spain and U.S. Hispanic markets, has appointed Hugo Sanchez, the most widely recognized player in the history of Mexican soccer, as brand representative and e-columnist.

FIA president Max Mosley has threatened to reduce the number of Grand Prix events in Europe in the wake of the EU?s investigation into the FIA's control of television rights in the sport.

World champions France will not take part in FIFA's controversial Confederations Cup in Mexico next year if the dates are unsuitable.

CART has signed a deal with a local promoter to stage a round of its FedEx Championship Series in Mexico City.

A new professional basketball league is being formed after the financial collapse of several teams in the International Basketball League.

Canada said it might submit a bid to host the 2010 World Cup as a way of sending a message to the world that it was serious about one day hosting the world's premier soccer tournament.

A new race in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex as well as first-time events in England, Germany and Mexico highlight the record 22-race FedEx Championship Series schedule for the 2001 season.