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Sportal, the struggling London-based private internet sports firm whose owners include BSkyB , has secured enough funding for another month, British newspapers reported on Tuesday.

Manchester United Plc shares dropped for a second day today amid uncertainties over the management of the soccer club following the scheduled departure of manager Alex Ferguson at the end of next season, dealers said.

Perry Crosswhite, general manager of Australia's team for next year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester, believes England will surpass them in the medal tally, citing the National Lottery for the host nation's sporting revolution.

Richmond, Virginia-based turf company GreenTech, Inc, has been contracted by Michigan State University to supply the GreenTech ITM natural grass sports field system in Spartan Stadium for the 2002 football season.

FA chief executive Adam Crozier?s position has come under pressure over the weekend as the fallout from the Wembley stadium fiasco continues to spread.

The fans of England's Chesterfield soccer team have taken over their club for just #6,240 ($8,920) after its owner Andy Cooke, of the UK Sports Group, sold his 78 per cent stake to Chesterfield Football Supporters Society.

The 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games received a boost with news that Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman is expected to return to full training in October in preparation for the event.

The future for Quokka Sports and its flagship joint-venture with NBC, NBCOlympics.com, now looks doomed as the company prepares to file for bankruptcy protection, according to online media reports.

English Premier League Soccer revenues grew by 15 percent last year to #772m ($1.1bn) and are forecast to reach #1bn ($1.43bn) by 2001, according to a report by accountants Deloitte & Touche.

A study by the Sports Consulting Group of Andersen, SCORE, has found that England is ?Europe?s football related tax paradise? and that France has the most problems in attracting well-known international players.

Jaguar's plans to move their Formula One headquarters to Silverstone are on hold and the team is looking at other sites, team boss Bobby Rahal has said.

A space age design for London's premier athletics stadium at Picketts Lock was unveiled today as the Government dismissed claims it would not be built in time for the 2005 World Athletics Championships.

England?s Football League soccer competition is on the verge of signing a new three-year sponsorship deal with Nationwide.

Hollywood film star Vinnie Jones is lining up to become the new owner of England Second Division soccer side Brentford.

Ireland's Six Nations games with England on March 24 and with Scotland on April 7 have been postponed because of Irish fears over the threat of Britain's foot-and-mouth disease.

Brussels is the leading candidate to stage the world cross country championships if the event is switched from Dublin because of the foot-and-mouth crisis in England.