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Talks between the NFL and the Referees Association have broken off, making it likely that replacement officials will be used in six pre-season games on Thursday.

France stayed ahead of Brazil atop of the FIFA world soccer rankings for a third straight month, while Germany climbed three places to fifth.

The labour relations policy of Nike, the US sportswear giant, has come under fresh scrutiny following sacking of employees in one of the company?s manufacturing plants in Mexico.

FIFA will urge South Korea and Japan to co-host the 2001 Confederations' Cup as a test run for the 2002 World Cup.

Major League Baseball could swing into the Far East as part of a plan to increase its international profile.

Latin American pay-TV broadcaster, Pan-American Sports Network (PSN) has appointed Luis Baraldi to the post of vice president for programming, production and operations.

The Football Association and the British Olympic Association are set for more discussions about entering a British football team in the Olympic Games.

Belgian Football Association President Michel D'Hooghe said on Monday he was resigning as chairman and executive committee member in June.

The Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal with Eurosport for the broadcast of the Tissot / UCI Mountain Bike World Cup 2000.

An IOC report says preliminary results indicate that the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, were broadcast in more countries than ever before and that the global cumulative audience is likely to equal Lillehammer's record??.

Quepasa!com will sponsor Fox Sports World Espanol's network coverage of the Copa America '99 which begins on June 29.

A lease needed to bring minor-league baseball back to Albuquerque, New Mexico for the 2003 season has been approved by the City Council.

A mystery bombing campaign means Colombia could lose South America's biggest soccer tournament and deal a blow to President Andres Pastrana's attempts to show progress in his quest for peace.

Virtual imaging firm Princeton Video Image, Inc. (PVI) is to produce a branded first-down line for the first time in the international live television feeds of Super Bowl XXXV.

In twin announcements in London and Berlin, officials of the CART FedEx Championship Series announced the debut of Champ Cars on ovals in Britain and Germany in September 2001.

Ticketmaster Online, including its sports ticket operation, sold 522,926 tickets worth $19.5 million over its internet site during the first quarter ended April 30, 1998.