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Media company Carlton Communications has made further approaches to buy an English Premier League soccer club, the Times said on Monday.

Deadly brown asbestos has been discovered for the second time in a year at Birmingham City football club's stadium in England.

Pay TV giant BSkyB Plc has said it had secured backing for its $1 billion bid for Manchester United Plc from shareholders controlling some 44.6 percent of the company.

South African coach Nick Mallett has called for a shorter season as the world champions embarked on their seventh grand slam tour of Britain and Ireland.

The NFL's New England Patriots have reached an agreement to move to Hartford, Connecticut from their current Foxboro, Massachusetts home within three years.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has party waded into a controversy over the racial make-up of the country's rugby and cricket national teams by labelling them "lily-white".

The UK's third biggest cable operator, NTL, has bought a 6.3% stake in the Premier League soccer club Newcastle United with an option to take control of the company in a deal which would value it at #160m.

Franz Beckenbauer has hinted South Africa was still leading the race to stage the 2006 World Cup finals despite mounting opposition from England and Germany.

A Canadian broadcaster has made a multi-million bid to buy a leading speciality television group, partially owned by cable sports firm ESPN.

A scandal over Japan's successful bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics has flared up again when a major newspaper reported hard evidence had been found that Nagano spent millions of dollars on lavish entertainment as part of its bidding campaign.

It told the Monopolies and Mergers Commission - which is currently investigating the proposed #623 million bid at the direction of the British Government - it should prevent such take-overs as it would…

European soccer body UEFA says it is to plough 35 million Swiss francs ($23.57 million) back into the sport this season.

The 20 English Premier League soccer clubs generated a combined turnover of #569.2 million - a growth of 23% - in 1997-98, according to Gerry Boon, chairman of the Football Industry Team at Deloitte & Touche.

The first stadium to be purpose built for major professional soccer in the US opened on Saturday.

English Premier League soccer club Chelsea has lifted another trophy to go with the silverware in its boardroom cabinet - it has become the first British football club to be awarded a business kitemark for the quality of its management.

IMG has teamed up with Barry Neville Sports Management to bring a host of international sporting stars under the same roof.